Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism w/ Author L.A. Kauffman

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, our guest L.A. Kauffman discusses her new book, Direct Action, which covers thirty years of creative nonviolent action and protest movement history . . . and the lessons that apply to the contemporary movement of movements. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/About Our Guest:L.A. Kauffman has spent more than thirty years immersed in radical movements as a participant, strategist, journalist, and observer. She has been called a "virtuoso organizer" by journalist Scott Sherman for her role in saving community gardens and public libraries in New York City from development. Kauffman coordinated the grassroots mobilizing efforts for the huge protests against the Iraq war in 2003-2004. Her writings on American radicalism and social movement history have been published in The Nation, The Baffler, and many other outlets. Related Links: Direct Action by L.A. Kauffmanhttps://www.versobooks.com/books/2331-direct-actionBeautiful Troublehttp://beautifultrouble.org/Love (and Revolution) Radio Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/loveandrevolutionradio/Music by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.orgAbout Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timelineRivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. http://www.riverasun.com/