This Is An Uprising

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Fri, 04/22/2016 - 8:00am to 9:00am
Black Lives Matter direct action
How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-first Century

From protests around climate change and immigrant rights, to Occupy, the Arab Spring and #Black Lives Matter, a new generation is unleashing strategic nonviolent action to shape public debate and force political change. We'll be speaking with author Paul Engler who along with his brother Mark have written "This Is an Uprising" to look at the hidden art of such outbursts of protest, examining  core principles that have been used to spark transformative unrest. Nonviolence is usually seen simply as a philosophy or moral code. This is An Uprising shows how it can be employed as a method of political conflict, disruption and escalation ... how Positively Revolting

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