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Publications
The Gandhi Way is the quarterly newsletter of
the Gandhi Foundation which is sent to Friends of the Foundation;
individual copies are available for £1.
The Summer 2008 edition (no. 96) of The Gandhi Way includes
the following articles:
Media Lens Cogitation: Nonviolence and the
Self-Cherishing Mind
by David Edwards and Matthew Bain
Gandhi and Peace Studies
by David Maxwell
Ancient Wisdom
by Negeen Zinovieff
A Historic Visit to our Office and Cell
John
Linton: A Gandhian Memory by Denise Moll
Martin Luther King Jr: The Civil Rights
Movement and Gandhian Philosophy
Review Gandhi
in the Mirror of Foreign Students (JS Mathur)
NEW!
Muriel
Lester, Gandhi and Kingsley Hall
This is
the title of a new 18 page GF pamphlet written by David
Maxwell, a Trustee of both the Gandhi Foundation and of
Kingsley Hall and a former teacher. He relates the story of the
remarkable Lester sisters, especially Muriel, who established
the Kingsley Hall community centre in Bow in 1915, an area which
at the time consisted of run-down housing and smoky and smelly
factories. The author focuses on the Lester-Gandhi connection
and describes how she first met Gandhi at his ashram in 1926 and
tried to persuade him to come to Britain, startling him by
saying that she wanted him to "come
and learn from us". However it was not until 1931
that Gandhi came, this time to attend a conference on the
political future of India. Gandhi's contacts in Britain
wished him to stay close to the conference centre for his
convenience but Muriel managed to persuade Gandhi to stay every
night at Kingsley Hall to be in a place that was in keeping with
his concern for the less privileged.
Gandhi's last visit to Britain was memorable not for the
negotiations, which were a failure, but for his impact on the
many people from all walks of life that he met then. David
Maxwell tells this story beautifully, and points out that
Kingsley Hall is a building well used by the local multicultural
community today. The small rooms where Gandhi stayed can be
visited by arrangement.
The pamphlet is available for £2 from GF Secretary,
Denise Moll.
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CDs, DVDs and
Cassettes now available:
An interview with Tony
Benn on Gandhian matters, 2006: CD £3.50, DVD £5
CD of the 2005 Annual
Lecture, Sir Mark Tully: £3.50
Cassette of 2004 Annual
Lecture, Helen Steven & Ellen Moxley: £2.50
Cassette of Ruth Rosen
reading Mr Gandhi The Man by Millie Graham Polak: £2.50
(all prices inclusive
of p&p)
Please apply to the
Secretary - cheques should be made
out to The Gandhi Foundation.
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Sonja
Schlesin: Gandhi's South African Secretary
by George
Paxton
Sonja Schlesin, of Russian Jewish origin, became
secretary to Mohandas K. Gandhi at the age of 17 when Gandhi
was at the beginning of his career as a radical reformer in
South Africa. She soon became a key figure in the satyagraha
campaigns and was a superb organiser. Strongly opinionated,
she espoused female/male equality and was the first woman to
try to enter the legal profession in South Africa. Although
supported by Gandhi she was turned down as a female trying to
enter a male preserve. Although Gandhi wanted her to come to
India to organise his educational programmes, she remained in
South Africa and taught in schools there, were she was perceived
as a brilliant but eccentric teacher. She retained her interest
in Gandhi's future career and they kept in touch by correspondence.
Schlesin and Gandhi shared many ideals which they both lived
out to an unusual degree.
Cost: £7.50, including postage
SALE!
Gandhi
and the Contemporary World
edited
by Antony Copley and George Paxton
This large collection of essays by Indian and
Western scholars and activists is now selling at the reduced
price of £5 including postage.
A
list of other Gandhian publications available through the Gandhi
Foundation can be requested from
George
Paxton, 87 Barrington Drive, Glasgow G4 9ES, from whom the above
publications can also be ordered.
Cheques
should be made payable to The Gandhi Foundation.
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Mildred Masheder writes
directed at parents, teachers and all others who care for children. The books are mostly full of ideas for activities as children learn about the world through creative action. They incorporate worthwhile values whilst always having the emphasis on enjoyment.
Indeed
there is much about co-operation and peaceful conflict resolution, also about the joys of being in touch with nature and the necessity of preserving the planet.
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