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DESCRIPTION:With Special Guest: Daniel Ellsberg\n\nBrian's political memoir, Blood On 
 The Tracks: The Life and Times of S. Brian Willson, is due to be released 
 in mid-June (PM Press). This memoir chronicles his long journey from a 
 conservative country boy to graduate student of criminal justice and law, 
 to disgruntled commander in Viet Nam, to becoming a double below-the-knee 
 amputee after being intentionally run over by an accelerating U.S. 
 government munitions train bound for Central America (with weapons destined 
 to murder peasants seeking justice). Subsequent experiences provoked 
 further expansion of his consciousness. It is his humble intent with this 
 book to open dialogues with others so that he may not only share my 
 insights, but learn from their experiences, as well.\n\nAfter serving in 
 the Vietnam War, S. Brian Willson became a radical, nonviolent peace 
 protester and pacifist, and this memoir details the drastic governmental 
 and social change he has spent his life fighting for. Chronicling his 
 personal struggle with a government he believes to be unjust, Willson sheds 
 light on the various incarnations of his protests of the U.S. government, 
 including the refusal to pay taxes for war, public fasting, and, most 
 famously, public obstruction. On September 1, 1987, Willson was run over by 
 a U.S. government munitions train during a nonviolent blocking action in 
 which he expected to be removed from the tracks. Providing a full look into 
 the tragic event, Willson, who lost his legs in the incident, discusses how 
 the subsequent publicity propelled his cause toward the national 
 consciousness. Now, 23 years later, Willson tells his story of social 
 injustice, nonviolent struggle, and the so-called American way of 
 life.\n\nS. Brian Willson is a Vietnam veteran and nonviolent pacifist. He 
 lives in Portland, Oregon. \n\nInformation: www.kpfa.org/events    
 Co-sponsored by 28 Bay Area non-profit organizations\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/08/18684126.php
SUMMARY:Brian Willson: The The Unimaginable Journey of an American Peacemaker
LOCATION:Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists\n1924 Cedar St\nBerkeley, CA 
 94709\n510-841-4824\nhttp://www.bfuu.org
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