Co-founder of the Movement for a New Society - which for nearly 20 years pioneered forms of consensus decision-making, direct action and communal living that are now central to today’s activist groups - George Lakey has led over 1500 workshops on five continents, training coal miners, homeless people, prisoners, Burmese guerillas, steel workers and others.

This Summer, George is touring the UK on a rare visit organised by Peace News.

Confirmed dates so far include:

London, 16 July: "After the Arab Spring: Making Nonviolent Revolution". 7pm, Friends House, Euston Rd (Peace News and Turning the Tide event)

Brighton, 17 July: "Building Revolutionary Bases: Learning from Movement for a New Society". 7.30pm, Cowley Club, London Road.

Edinburgh, 18 July: Book talk ("Facilitating Group Learning" and other books). 6.30pm, Word Power bookshop, W Nicholson St.

Liverpool, 20 July: Book talk ("Facilitating Group Learning" and other books). 1pm, News from Nowhere bookshop, Bold Street.

Manchester, 20 - 22 July: "Dealing with Power" (advanced training for trainers). Application necessary. Deadline 30 April 2012. See here for more info and application form.

Near Shrewsbury, 26 - 30 July: Peace News Summer Camp. George will be attending the whole of PN Summer Camp, and co-leading a day-long whole-camp session "Making Nonviolent Revolution" on Sat 28 July.

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For more info and links re. George see  http://peacenews.info/node/6452/making-nonviolent-revolution-speaking-tour-george-lakey