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	nville at Mandarin Community Club - Eventful
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SUMMARY:Jeff Nall on "Activism in the Face of Futility"
DESCRIPTION:Jeff will discuss the philosophy behind his new book\, bot
	h of which share the same name: "Perpetual Revolt\," at the Buckman Br
	idge UU Society\, in Jacksonville\, FL \n\nJeff Nall is a writer\, spe
	aker\, and activist. His writing has appeared in select journals and a
	 range of independent magazines including Z magazine\, Toward Freedom\
	, and the Humanist. Two of his essays appear in the activist anthology
	\, Cost of Freedom. Nall earned a Master of Liberal Studies degree fro
	m Rollins College and has done work toward a PhD in comparative studie
	s at Florida Atlantic University.\n\nAbout the Book: \nPerpetual Revol
	t is the work of a writer\, academic\, and activist determined to brin
	g people together for the causes of pluralism\, compassion\, and peace
	 and justice. Perpetual Revolt is comprised of essays\, interviews\, s
	peeches\, art and photos that collectively call for spiritual\, religi
	ous\, and secular progressives to unite against war\, intolerance\, an
	d fundamentalism of all kinds.\n\nNall’s daughter Charlotte was born
	 two months after the United States invaded Iraq. Driven by an empathy
	 that imagined\, what if it was his child beneath American bombs or at
	 the barrel of American good intentions\, Nall refused to sit silently
	 while bombs burst over Baghdad. A college student and journalist at t
	he time\, Nall helped create and lead one of the most vibrant anti-war
	 organizations\, Brevard Patriots for Peace\, in the state of Florida\
	, leading to two mass marches in a notoriously conservative area\, Bre
	vard County. Though his efforts failed to stop the war\, Nall continue
	d to revolt as a writer\, speaker\, academic\, and dedicated activist.
	 \n\nThrough Patriots for Peace\, he continued to organize rallies\, v
	igils\, and marches against the war. Eventually he helped found the Sp
	ace Coast Progressive Alliance and reorganize the Brevard County chapt
	er of the National Organization for Women. His efforts not only helped
	 revitalize progressivism in his community\, but he directly helped re
	form Brevard’s abstinence-only sex-ed curriculum\, bolster church-st
	ate separation\, and bring about changes to local law enforcement surv
	eillance policy.\n\nPerpetual Revolt moves from journalistic accounts 
	of peace protests\; to interviews with noted independent journalist\, 
	Amy Goodman\, and folk legend\, Jesse Collin Young\; to well-researche
	d analysis of the largely unknown history of Christian support for chu
	rch-state separation\; to Nall’s own poetic\, forceful speeches call
	ing for perpetual peace and justice activism in the face of a daunting
	 futility. \n\nIncluded in the first part of the book\, “Fighting fo
	r Peace and Justice\,” are first-hand accounts (and photographs) of 
	inspiring anti-war marches\, routinely ignored by the mainstream media
	\, and a revealing look at Rev. Martin Luther King’s opposition to A
	merican foreign and economic policy. Part two\, “Heading off the Cul
	ture War\,” features a critical look at what Nall calls “antagonis
	tic atheism” as well as interviews with respected Christians and ath
	eists who find common ground as they discuss a range of issues includi
	ng church-state separation\, war and peace\, poverty\, and religion an
	d science.\n\nPraise for Perpetual Revolt\n“While leaders in Washing
	ton prepare to wage perpetual war\, Jeff Nall's eloquent and inspiring
	 book calls for waging perpetual revolt\; a revolt against war\, corpo
	rate greed\, narrow mindedness and apathy. Full of exciting street rep
	orts and interviews from anti-war protests across the country\, Perpet
	ual Revolt is a timely account of peace activism in the Bush years and
	 beyond. With thought-provoking analysis and refreshing insight\, Nall
	 writes from the left wing of the church\, invoking Dr. Martin Luther 
	King's legacy in nearly every page\, and seeking common ground for muc
	h needed\nunity across religious and cultural lines. This call for soc
	ial change beyond\nelectoral politics is at once a portrait and field 
	guide of a peace movement in the belly of the beast. Perpetual Revolt 
	is an important document in a time of war\, full of critiques as well 
	as hope. This book should be widely read as it inspires people to take
	 action beyond just voting in the next election.”\n—Benjamin Dangl
	\, author of "The Price of Fire: Resource Wars and Social\nMovements i
	n Bolivia" (AK Press)\; editor of TowardFreedom.com\,\na progressive p
	erspective on world events. Dangl is the recipient of two\nProject Cen
	sored Awards for his reporting from Latin America.
LOCATION:Mandarin Community Club @ 12447 Mandarin Road, Jacksonville, 
	Florida 32223 United States
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