* GEORGE LAKEY: Strategy, Tour, Books and Videos
Lakey (86) shares his learnings from six decades of strategic nonviolent organizing for peace and racial, social, and climate justice, through storytelling and discussion. He’s a columnist for WagingNonviolence.org and a founder of the Global Nonviolent Action Database at Swarthmore, Earth Quaker Action Team, Movement for a New Society and Training for Change.
Citizen George: See Lakey’s new bio-pic film
and trailer, his wiki page, and videos below.
Dancing with History: A Life for Peace and Justice,
Lakey’s 2023 autobiography, 100 event book tour
and 24 ways to Strengthen Movements
See reviews by Stephen Zunes in The Progressive,
Doug Gwyn in Friends Journal and Lakey’s other books:
- HOW WE WIN: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning
- Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians got it right and how we can, too,
- Facilitating Group Learning: Strategies for Success with Diverse Learners
- Toward a Living Revolution: A five-stage framework for creating radical social change
- More titles by George Lakey
- MNS books & authors, Bill Moyer, and more best reading.
BELOW: Lakey’s talk at People’s Forum NYC (1h+15m; 1/23)
from his 100 event tour. See his 24 ways to Strengthen Movements.
BELOW: Lakey’s video based on his How We Win guide (30 min.) explains why
“polarization is the forge that heats systemic change” now, as it did in the 1930s
and 1960s in the US and Scandinavia. Also see the Trailer for his new bio-pic.