The ACORN

The ACORN

Journal of the Gandhi-King Society

September 1990/March 1991

Vol. V, No. 2/Vol. VI, No. 1

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To the Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

The Spiritual Dimension of Gandhi's Activism

Charlene Spretnak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Between Apathy and Revolution:

Nonviolent Action in Contemporary Mexico

Caridad Inda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Civil Disobedience: Justice against Legality

Grazina Miniotaite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

The Greens and the Lust for Power

Wolfgang Sternstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Book Review:

Gene Sharp, Gandhi as a Political Strategist

Barry L. Gan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

News from the Gandhi-King Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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The Acorn, Journal of the Gandhi-King Society, is a biannual publication devoted to the examination of various global issues of our time from the Gandhian standpoint of Satyagraha. The Acorn is published with the support of St. Bonaventure University.

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Editorial Committee:

Barry L. Gan, Editor

Robert Barford

Robert L. Holmes

Richard Werner

Cover:

Gaye Harrison

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