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DESCRIPTION:Revaz Farok Ardesher and Francesca Rosa, participants in the 24-day 
 anniversary Salt March, will show slides and discuss their experience from 
 the March/April 2005 event.                                         In 1930 
 Mohandas Gandhi and 78 handpicked followers (all pledged to total 
 non-violence) marched from Ahmedebad in Gujarat State to Dandi Beach 241 
 miles south. Thousands joined en route. 24 days later in Dandi, Gandhi and 
 his followers 'illegally' harvested salt in violation of colonial British 
 salt laws. In response they were brutally attacked by the British army.  
 Gandhi and many others were jailed. This event was considered the real 
 beginning of the Independence movement and one of the first successful 
 modern manifestations of Satyagraha, or non-violent civil disobedience.  75 
 years later, an anniversary Salt March or 'Dandi Yatra' was organized by 
 Tushar Gandhi (great grandson of Mohandas Gandhi), the Mahatma Gandhi 
 Foundation and the Congress Party of India to commemorate this historic 
 event and as a response to the widespread violence in Gujarat State in 2002 
 against the local Moslem population.  $5-$10 sliding scale donation - no 
 one turned away for lack of funds.   Funds benefit Mahatma Gandhi 
 Foundation (and flood relief in Mumbai).  Sponsored by New College Center 
 for Education and Social Action.   Endorsed by Global Exchange, Norcal ISM 
 (Northern California International Solidarity Movement) and American Arab 
 Anti Discrimination Committee - San Francisco.     For more 
 information:415-552-6430.  For more information about the Salt March:  
 http://www.saltmarch.org      \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/08/20/73993.php
SUMMARY:Report Back  from  India and the 75th Anniversary Salt March
LOCATION:New College Theater, 777 Valencia St., San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/08/20/73993.php
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