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Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian Anticolonial & Black Freedom Struggle
ANTHONY MONTEIRO, my Brother/Friend & LU Classmate & Fine Black Man, sent me this link that I am sharing with you.
FRIDAY, JUNE 14 Fri 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
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"Through panel presentations and open discussion we
will explore together the path forward for humanity in this time of
crisis. An examination of the examples of Martin Luther King Jr, Mahatma
Gandhi and others will guide our discussions on how to fight for truth,
peace and justice.
"The event will include a screening of Richard Attenborough's movie "Gandhi", and a cultural celebration with music, dance and poetry." - Anthony Monteiro
The Saturday Free School —
The year of 2019 is the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth. We, in Philadelphia, will continue our celebrations for the year with our second event, Now is the Time: Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Anti-Colonial Struggle and the Black Freedom Movement, where we call on people to look back at the Indian Anti-Colonial Struggle and the Black Freedom Movement to anchor us today in a new resistance.
These are difficult times for people around the world. The ruling elite in the United States has brought the world close to war. This society is driven by increasing violence, in the form of white supremacy and economic exploitation, leading to misery and poverty around the country. Philadelphia is the poorest big city in the United States, and all around us, we see an illogical society unable to provide people with basic needs, but also unable to create meaning in the lives of people. A crisis in which a society is unable to create meaning for those who live in it is a crisis of civilization, and these are signs of the increasing calamity that western civilization faces.
In this time, people are crying out for a new knowledge and morality, that can liberate them from the shackles of oppression and create new meaning in a time of crisis. They are increasingly rejecting elites who control knowledge. They are rejecting “experts” who stand above the people, and exercise authority and control over knowledge. They are rejecting the attacks of these elites on our great freedom fighters.
And so we turn to Gandhi as a figure for our times. A celebration of Gandhi, is a celebration of the Indian freedom struggle, a multi-faceted struggle which heralded the end of colonialism in India and inspired the liberation struggles in Africa and Afro-America. A celebration of Gandhi is a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr., a great soul himself and the greatest interpreter of Gandhi, who provided an extraordinary synthesis and radical practice of the ideas of Gandhi. It is grounding ourselves in the values and ideas of the black freedom movement, and seeking the path forward. A celebration of Gandhi is an interrogation of Western Civilization, and of the violence in our societies. And finally, a celebration of Gandhi is a call for world peace.
We seek to know the world in order to change it. We will discuss and learn from the ideas of the Indian freedom struggle and the Black Freedom Movement but also from some of the world’s greatest civilizational traditions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Black Christianity and Islam and African spiritual traditions. We will discuss the deep connection between India and Afro-America, the role of the black church and the black colleges and universities in forging this connection through figures like Howard Thurman and Sue Bailey Thurman, Mordecai Johnson, William Stuart Nelson and others. We will bring light to the ideological and principled unity between these past heroes, and the lessons for today.
We call upon the people of Philadelphia to join us and continue the struggle for peace and justice.https://www.yearofgandhi2019.org/now-is-the-time.html
The year of 2019 is the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth. We, in Philadelphia, will continue our celebrations for the year with our second event, Now is the Time: Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Anti-Colonial Struggle and the Black Freedom Movement, where we call on people to look back at the Indian Anti-Colonial Struggle and the Black Freedom Movement to anchor us today in a new resistance.
These are difficult times for people around the world. The ruling elite in the United States has brought the world close to war. This society is driven by increasing violence, in the form of white supremacy and economic exploitation, leading to misery and poverty around the country. Philadelphia is the poorest big city in the United States, and all around us, we see an illogical society unable to provide people with basic needs, but also unable to create meaning in the lives of people. A crisis in which a society is unable to create meaning for those who live in it is a crisis of civilization, and these are signs of the increasing calamity that western civilization faces.
In this time, people are crying out for a new knowledge and morality, that can liberate them from the shackles of oppression and create new meaning in a time of crisis. They are increasingly rejecting elites who control knowledge. They are rejecting “experts” who stand above the people, and exercise authority and control over knowledge. They are rejecting the attacks of these elites on our great freedom fighters.
And so we turn to Gandhi as a figure for our times. A celebration of Gandhi, is a celebration of the Indian freedom struggle, a multi-faceted struggle which heralded the end of colonialism in India and inspired the liberation struggles in Africa and Afro-America. A celebration of Gandhi is a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr., a great soul himself and the greatest interpreter of Gandhi, who provided an extraordinary synthesis and radical practice of the ideas of Gandhi. It is grounding ourselves in the values and ideas of the black freedom movement, and seeking the path forward. A celebration of Gandhi is an interrogation of Western Civilization, and of the violence in our societies. And finally, a celebration of Gandhi is a call for world peace.
We seek to know the world in order to change it. We will discuss and learn from the ideas of the Indian freedom struggle and the Black Freedom Movement but also from some of the world’s greatest civilizational traditions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Black Christianity and Islam and African spiritual traditions. We will discuss the deep connection between India and Afro-America, the role of the black church and the black colleges and universities in forging this connection through figures like Howard Thurman and Sue Bailey Thurman, Mordecai Johnson, William Stuart Nelson and others. We will bring light to the ideological and principled unity between these past heroes, and the lessons for today.
We call upon the people of Philadelphia to join us and continue the struggle for peace and justice.https://www.yearofgandhi2019.org/now-is-the-time.html
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The Saturday Free School —
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/news/kings-pilgrimage-india-exhibit-feb-10-1959-mar-18-1959Audio
of Dr. King's farewell address as he leaves New Delhi after his trip
across India. Dr. King visited many places in India, including Tagore's
center at Shantiniketan, the place where the Buddha found enlightenment
at Bodh Gaya, Gandhi's ashram at Sabarmati, and the southern most tip of
the nation at Cape Comorin where the three great bodies of water, the
Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal meet.
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The Saturday Free School —
Lawrence Dunbar Reddick's account of the press conference held by Dr. King in Delhi on 10th February 1959."My Friends,For a long while I have looked forward to visiting your great country.To other countries I may go as a tourist, but to India I come as a pilgrim.This is because India means to me Mahatma Gandhi, a truly great personality of the ages.India also means to me Pandit Nehru and his wise statesmanship and intellectuality that are recognized the world over.Perhaps,
above all, India is the land where the techniques of non-violent social
change were developed that my people have used in Montgomery, Alabama
and elsewhere throughout the American South. We have found them to be
effective and sustaining—they work!Accordingly, I bring greetings to the
people of India—greetings and thanks for what your freedom movement has
meant to ours. During our brief stay here, we hope that you will
receive us as friends, will share with us your problems and aspirations
and will let us share ours with you.We hope and pray that the bonds of
friendship will be strengthened between us and among all men who
dedicate their lives and possessions to justice, peace and brotherhood.In the name of my people and my country, America, I salute you and extend the hand of a brother."https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/account-lawrence-dunbar-reddick-press-conference-new-delhi-10-february-1959
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