Metta's latest blog posts
- Invitation to weekly lectures in Toronto
- I Support Fighting Israel Nonviolently
- Hiroshima Day speech 2011
- News from the International Peace Bureau
- Games, Theodicy, and The Tree of Life
- After the G-20, Re-Thinking Turmoil
- Einstein on Cosmic Religion
- Nonviolence: A CBC Radio series (Including with me)
- CBC Interviews Me About Russia
- Dilemmas of Nuclear Power
- My friend, Janet Salaff
- Why Did You Stay Communist So Long?
- Classifying Russian Political Opinions
- On Our Way to Nuclear Disarmament
- No to Tigers
- Moral Payback
- How to Democratize the Planet
- How to Eat
- Nah! We’re Not Doomed
- Happy Holidays, Friends.
- Obama's Faith and Mine
- Waiting to Forgive
- Defending Democracy Again
- What if You Sit Next to Ellen Tauscher on a Plane?
- Flummoxed by Afghanistan
Last update:
April 20, 2013, 16:19
April 20, 2013, 16:19
Metta Spencer
sociologist

Top links on and off this site
- The Global Pub is a new initiative to encourage grassroots dialogue among everyday North Americans and Russians. The idea is to use Google Plus for (free) monthly video conferences; full details and an application form can be found here.
- During winter and spring 2013, there were two great lecture series at University College, both co-organised by Science for Peace, and both on Thursdays. There are YouTube videos for most of these lectures, so if you weren't able to be there, you can catch up by viewing the videos here.
- The Russian Quest for Peace and Democracy is now available in hardback and softcover. See the book's freestanding website RussianPeaceandDemocracy.com (with extensive background audio, transcripts, and photos), and/or order a copy through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Chapters Indigo, or Lexington Books, the publisher.
Some essential background reading (see the left-hand page menu as well):
- Streaming audio of a talk to Senior College, University of Toronto (external link): here
- Sign and circulate the Carbon Tax Petition!
- Zero Nuclear Weapons, a forum in Toronto, 13 & 14 November 2009
- Making Peace in Stockholm, a contemporary report from the 1986 Stockholm Disarmament Conference and the parallel Women's Peace Gathering.
- A selection of Metta's academic and non-academic papers
- Metta's curriculum vitae
- Family photos and a history of Calera, Oklahoma
- A website about Metta's book Two Aspirins and a Comedy
- Peace Magazine: read (and subscribe to) the magazine or link directly to all Metta's Peace Magazine articles
- Metta's weblog; see sidebar for most recent blog essays or subscribe to this RSS feed
- Metta on Facebook and Twitter
Contact Information
Professor Metta Spencer
155 Marlee Ave #201
Toronto ON M6B 4B5
Canada
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