Viking Economics: George Lakey On How Nordic Nations Used Nonviolent Action to Oust the 1%

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, George Lakey, nonviolent movement strategist, organizer, teacher, and author, joins us to speak about his new book, Viking Economics, about how Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland used nonviolent action to gain long-lasting economic justice . . . and how we can follow in their footsteps here in the United States. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/About Our Guest:George Lakey is a long time activist, strategist and trainer for nonviolent movements, the cofounder of Training for Change and Earth Quaker Action Team, and the author of nine books that were "written as homework for the movement to support activism and a better world for all of us". His newest book, Viking Economics, explores how the Nordic Nations used nonviolent action to gain long-lasting economic justice.Related Links:Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got it Right and How We Can Too!http://vikingeconomics.org/How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the 1% by George Lakey http://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/how-swedes-and-norwegians-broke-the-power-of-the-1-percent/Princeton Study on Oligarchy and American Non-Democracyhttps://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/files/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdfRivera Sun's Op-Ed on the Princeton Study"Rich People Rule: Struggle Lies Ahead"http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/23473-rich-people-rule-struggle-lies-aheadEarth Quaker Action Teamhttp://www.eqat.org/Training for Changehttp://www.trainingforchange.org/Norway To Go Carbon-Neutral by 2030https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/15/norway-pledges-to-become-climate-neutral-by-2030Where to Invade Next by Michael Moorehttp://wheretoinvadenext.com/Deep Ecology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_ecologyMusic by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.orgThis week's featured music is "Jog" by the band, Crowfoot, on their album, "As the Crow Flies". Find their music at www.crowfootmusic.comAbout 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.