HUNGRY FOR PEACE - How you can help end poverty and war with Food Not Bombs By Food Not Bombs co-founder Keith McHenry Artist and author Keith McHenry helped start Food Not Bombs in Massachusetts in 1980 and the second chapter in California in 1988. He was arrested "for making a political statement" in San Francisco, spent over 500 nights in jail and faced 25 years to life in prison. He spent 17 d
ays in jail for sharing vegan meals with the hungry in Orlando, Florida. He co-wrote "Food Not Bombs How to feed the hungry and build community" as well as wrote and illustrated "Hungry for Peace - How you can help end poverty and war with Food Not Bombs" He has traveled all over the world speaking at colleges, books stores and community centers while sharing free vegan meals with many of the over 1,000 Food Not Bombs groups active around the world. When he isn't on the road Keith lives in Taos, New Mexico growing his own food, sharing meals each Saturday and coordinating logistics for Food Not Bombs. "I wanted to write and express my sincere thanks for sending me the new Food Not Bombs book. It's beautifully written and was a great inspiration to me. There aren't many books that made me cry and be encouraged at the same time. Ironically, as I was reading I was also watching the police tear down the kitchen at Occupy Denver." - Hillary, Boulder Colorado
Food Not Bombs has proven to be an effective project for social change and has introduced several generations to the power of nonviolent direct action. Keith McHenry's first book helped inspire the formation of hundreds of Food Not Bombs chapters around the world. It sold 10,000 copies in English and thousands more in Spanish, Italian, French and Russian. His new book, "Hungry For Peace," will encourage another generation to take action collecting, cooking and sharing vegan meals and groceries in protest of a political and economic system that causes massive suffering. "Hungry For Peace" makes a passionate case that we should take action to end hunger, poverty and war, and provides shocking evidence that our future is in peril if we sit by and do nothing. This book will motivate you to take action and provides hope that you can make a difference. This 180-page Food Not Bombs handbook includes 120 photos and illustrations, vegan recipes to provide meals for groups of 100 (and families of six people) with metric and U.S. measurements, as well as a 30-year history of the movement, including time line of major events in the history of the Food Not Bombs movement. The author also shares his thirty years of experience on topics such as how to start a local Food Not Bombs group, how to prepare meals for hundreds, how to organize meetings, tours, gatherings, and successful campaigns for change using the principles of nonviolent direct action and direct democracy. This 8-1/2 X 11-inch book also provides copies of flyers you can reprint, information on the consensus process (and how to use it efficiently), and many other useful details to help you change society. This book will help you and your friends do your part to participate in the nonviolent global uprising.
