Revolutionary Nonviolence Series - February 20, 2012 - Friends Center

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REVOLUTIONARY NONVIOLENCE?
A STRATEGY SERIES AT THE FRIENDS CENTER IN PHILADELPHIA - SPRING 2012

In this program, activist and artist David Solnit joins Occupy Philly participants and other Philadelphia peace and social justice activists to discuss lessons from the 1999 Seattle WTO, as well as his current thinking about creative strategies for effective radical change.

Sponsored by American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Occupy Philly: Friends Center and Interfaith Working Groups and the Shalom Center

David Solnit on organizing, "nonviolence" and People Power

Submitted by onion on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 15:35

Solnit argues for abandoning the word non-violence and think instead about which tactics make the most sense for what we want to do.

Food Not Bombs Anti-War Movie Night #1

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Occupy 4 Prisoners: Philly takes on the prison profiteers!

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Corbett celebrates criminals and the 1% budget

Submitted by coryvclark on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 16:07

On Tuesday February the 7th at 7 am Fight for Philly, Occupy Philly and several other labor and community organizing groups loaded on a bus to head for the Pennsylvania state capital to protest Governor Tom Corbbet's budget proposal.

They Joined Occupiers and other community groups from across the state on in the capital building to listen to Gov. Corbbet's proposal and to call on him to end the corporate welfare state that has existed in Pennsylvania for along time.