The PAR Mission is to inform the greater New Haven community about the activities of many progressive groups, so that people may learn about them and become involved in discussions and actions on issues for the common good, such as peace, health, racial equity, justice, clean energy and the environment.
Consider Radical Connecticut: People’s History in the Constitution State, written by Andy Piascik and Steve Thornton.
To get a copy, please send $25 ($20 plus $5 shipping) to:
Andy Piascik
25 Cartright St. PH-C
Bridgeport, CT 06604
“Radical Connecticut: People’s History in the Constitution State” authors Andy Piascik and Steve Thornton will discuss their new book Saturday, June 15, beginning at 5 p.m., at Possible Futures Bookstore, 318 Edgewood Ave., New Haven. This is a free event and the bookstore is wheelchair accessible.
by Steve Thornton, Hartford activist and historian
Hi, Friends at PAR,
I want to invite you to help me with an event taking place Saturday, June 10, called Teach Truth.
It’s a nationwide day of education and protest over the banning of books by the right wing. As of this moment it will take place on June 10 at noon in front of Hartford City Hall, 550 Main St.
Please join with me to help organize this event.
Thanks!
Steve
860–525–6510, [email protected].
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-truth-day-of-action-june-10-2023
Good Trouble: A Shoeleather History of Nonviolent Direct Action is a riveting chronicle of stories that prove time and again the actions of thoughtful, committed people can change their country and the world. It is a brisk, inspiring primer for veteran activists and newcomers alike.
Civil Rights struggles. Labor strikes. Immigrant organizing. Tenant occupations. LGBT campaigns. Each of the 40-plus examples in Good Trouble focuses on the power of organizing and mobilizing, relevant in any context, and serves as an “emergency tool kit” for nonviolent direct action.
“Good Trouble comes to us at a time when faith in our democracy is fading,” writes Rev. Damaris Whittaker, senior minister of Fort Washington Collegiate Church, New York.
“Change is the result of action, but those without hope do not act. Good Trouble is a tale of overcoming despair to beat the system,” says Jackie Allen-Doucot, lifelong member of the Catholic Worker Movement.
The book takes its title from a quote by John Lewis, member of Congress and legendary civil rights hero, who led a 2016 sit-in on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives: “Dr. King and Rosa Parks inspired me to get into trouble, good trouble,” Lewis said at the time.
Good Trouble author Steve Thornton is a retired union organizer who has spent forty-five years in Hartford CT on the front lines of student, labor, community, environmental, and anti-racist struggles. This is his third book, the first with Hard Ball Press, publisher of a wide range of working-class writings (hardballpress.org).
The Shoeleather History Project: Stories from Hartford’s grassroots: www.ShoeleatherHistoryProject.com.