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DESCRIPTION:Take Back Gandhi's 9/11.\n Satyagraha - Truth Force was born when people 
 gathered together, in their struggle against empire and racism in South 
 Africa. On September 11, 1906, at a public meeting attended by 3000 people 
 where Gandhi spoke, Sheth haji Habib, an old Muslim resident of South 
 Africa, was inspired to consciously speak out and state his decision to act 
 in defiance of an unjust law, that targeted the Indian population of South 
 Africa. Habib declared his willingness to suffer the consequences in a 
 spiritually-endowed fight for justice in the name of God. The theory of 
 satyagraha sees means and ends as inseparable. The means used to obtain an 
 end are wrapped up in and attached to that end. Therefore, it is 
 contradictory to try to use unjust means to obtain justice or to try to use 
 violence to obtain peace. Satyagraha is a synthesis of the Sanskrit words 
 satya (meaning "truth") and Agraha ("pursuit of"). Gandhi believed that 
 life itself is a the pursuit of truth. For Gandhi, satyagraha became 
 strength in practicing non-violent methods, or in his words "the Force 
 which is born of Truth and Love or non-violence."\n\nOn September 11, 2006, 
 there were efforts to rekindle the strength of Gandhi's vision for peace. 
 The award winning film, Gandhi was rereleased and shown in 64 venues, and a 
 short film Satyagraha - 100 Years of Nonviolence debuted, followed a year 
 later by a Choose Peace campaign.\n\nOn September 11, 2010 in San 
 Francisco, the poet/activist/writer Arnie Passman began the Take Back 
 Gandhi's 9/11 as a worldwide celebration of Peace and Love recognizing 
 Gandhi's adherence to satyagraha. Arnie noted that his favorite definition 
 of satyagraha was Martin Luther King Jr.'s description of it as "Love in 
 Action." \n\nArnie Passman has been a peace activist for over 50 years. For 
 the past ten years, he has been organizing poetry readings at the San 
 Francisco Gandhi statue on the mahatma's birthday (october 2).\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/09/04/18790798.php
SUMMARY:Take Back Gandhi's 9/11
LOCATION:Gandhi Statue, located in the Ferry Plaza, behind the Ferry Building, at 
 the end of Market Street, 141 Embarcadero, San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/09/04/18790798.php
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