Petra Kelly in the book "Nonkilling Global Political Science" (ed. 2009)

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0. Mentioned in the Acknowledgements as Glenn Paige and Petra Kelly have met.

1. "In the murderous twentieth century it can be seen in courageous contributions to nonkilling global change by the Christians Tolstoy and Martin Luther King, Jr., the Hindu Gandhi, the Muslim Abdul Ghaffar Khan, the Jew Joseph Abileah, the Buddhist Dalai Lama, the Green Petra Kelly, and countless others, celebrated and unsung." p. 42

2. "In Germany, “nonviolence” is asserted among the salient values of the ecological Die Grünen (Green Party) founded by Petra K. Kelly and thirty others in 1979. Among sources of inspiration were the
nonviolent movements associated with Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. (Kelly 1989). Although uncertainly salient in policy practice as Green parties diffuse throughout the world, the founding commitment to nonviolence by an innovative social movement-electoral party provides a significant political precedent." p. 56

3. "Nonkilling Americans, such as Adin Ballou and Henry David Thoreau inspire Tolstoy (Christian 1978: 588); Tolstoy inspires Gandhi; Gandhi inspires King; all inspire German Green Party founder Petra Kelly (Kelly 1989) and many others in a cumulative global diffusion process of emulation and innovation." p. 70

4. "The legacy of Petra Karin Kelly (1947-1992), a founder of the electoral Die Grünen, presents nonkilling political science with a problem-solving agenda for the twenty-first century. Her call to action encompasses every critical issue from disarmament through economy and human rights to worldwide cooperation to save the planet. She calls for a “global culture of ecological responsibility” and urges establishment of “binding principles governing ecological relations among all countries” (Kelly, 1992: 76). Along with Tolstoy, Gandhi, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, and Martin Luther King, Jr., Petra Kelly deserves to be seen now and will be recognized in the future as a major contributor to nonkilling global change in the twentieth century and beyond (Kelly 1989; 1992; 1994; Parkin 1994)." p. 109

5. "The problems that threaten life on Earth were produced collectively, they affect us collectively, and we must act collectively to change them.. Petra K. Kelly" p. 113

6. "In the twentieth century the legacies of Tolstoy, Gandhi, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Petra Kelly— courageously carried forward by leaders such as the Dalai Lama, Aung San Suu Kyi, and Desmond Tutu—inspired and supported by unsung heroines and heroes who make nonkilling servant leadership possible—are harbingers of powerful nonkilling politics of the future." p. 128-9

7. "But from a nonkilling perspective there will be “no justice without nonkilling.” For killing and threats to kill have contributed to the creation and maintenance of injustice. In the case of unequal treatment of women, for example, as Petra Kelly has observed: “The unfair sexual distribution of power, resources, and responsibilities is legitimized by ancient traditions, enshrined in law, and enforced when necessary by male violence” (Kelly 1994: 15)." p. 133

Bibliography. KELLY, Petra K. 1984. Fighting for Hope. London: Chatto and Winders·The Hogarth Press.
_____ 1989. Gandhi and the Green Party. Gandhi Marg, 11: 192-202.
_____ 1990. “For feminization of power!” Speech to the Congress of the National Organization for Women, San Francisco, June 30, 1990.
_____ 1992. Nonviolence Speaks to Power. Honolulu: Center for Nonviolence
Planning Project, Matsunaga Institute for Peace, University of Hawai i.
_____ 1994. Thinking Green! Essays on Environmentalism, Feminism, and Nonviolence. Berkeley, Calif.: Parallax Press.