Day Three

Wednesday, March 11

New Forms of Revolution?

On the conference’s third day we will explore new or alternative concepts of revolution: nonviolent revolution — from Gandhi to the “Velvet” Revolution in Czechoslovakia to the “Saffron” Revolution in Burma; the “rights revolution” inspired by the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the “Bolivarian Revolution” in Latin America today; and others.

                 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi                                   Czechoslovakian “Velvet” Revolution

                      Burma “Saffron” Revolution                                             Bolivarian Revolution

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