Hungry for Peace : How You Can Help End Poverty and War with Food Not Bombs

The de facto how-to manual of the international Food Not Bombs movement, which provides free food to the homeless and hungry and has branches in countries on every continent except Antarctica, this book describes at length how to set up and operate a Food Not Bombs chapter. The guide considers every aspect of the operation, from food collection and distribution to fund-raising, consensus decision making, and what to do when the police arrive. It contains detailed information on setting up a kitchen and cooking for large groups as well as a variety of delicious recipes. Accompanying numerous photographs is a lengthy section on the history of Food Not Bombs, with stories of the jailing and murder of activists, as well as premade handbills and flyers ready for photocopying. First Forward by Howard Zinn Preface by Jo Swanson Introduction — After the Riots Section one Solidarity Not Charity A New Society Nonviolenee in Theory Nonviolenee in Practice Food Not Bombs How Food Not Bombs Got its Name Section two Logistics Seven Steps to Organizing a Local Food Not Bombs Group The “Office” Decision-Making Outreach Food Collection Food Distribution The Kitchen Outdoor Tables and Field Kitchen Beyond Basic Food Collection and Distribution Street Theater Fundraising Catering Concerts, Protests, Gatherings and other Food Not Bombs Events Models Used to Organize a Local Food Not Bombs Group Food Not Bombs and the State Non-profit, Tax-exempt Status Legal Tips The Revolution Doesn’t Need a Permit If the Government Tries to Shut Down Your Meal If the Government Arrests You Support People Call the Media Jail Solidarity Courts and Trials False Allegations of Terrorism Basic Steps to Effective Community Organizing Organizing Literature Tables, Meetings, Events, Tours and Gatherings How to Have a Successful Literature Table Packing the Literature Box How to Organize a Meeting How to Organize an Event How to Organize a Tour How to Organize a Gathering Planning a Campaign of Nonviolent Direct Action Basic Types of Nonviolent Direct Actions Marches Vigils and Tent City Protests Occupations and Flash Mobs Blockades and Lockdowns Risking Arrest Sharing Free Meals Strikes and Walkouts Food Not Bombs Relief Efforts Projects of Food Not Bombs Food Not Lawns Homes Not Jails Free Radio Indymedia Bikes Not Bombs Section three The Story of Food Not Bombs The First Food Not Bombs Chapter The Second Food Not Bombs Chapter Food Not Bombs Becomes Global The Next Thirty Years of Food Not Bombs Section four Food Not Bombs Vegan Recipes Food Logistics Equipment Tips on Cooking for Large Numbers of People Recovering Food and Shopping Food Flandling and Storage Composting Food Not Bombs Recipes Drinks Simple Recipes Breakfast Lunch and Dinner Salads Salad Dressings Soups Desserts Afterword A Global Spring Appendix The Eight Founders of the Food Not Bombs Movement Quotes Related to Food Not Bombs Major Events in the History of Food Not Bombs Books that Include Food Not Bombs Vegan for Peace Bibliography Flyers and Forms Acknowledgments The Author The “Bake Sale to Buy a Bomber” Poster Food Not Bombs has proven to be an effective project for social change. Hungry For Peace passionately makes the case that we should take action to end hunger, poverty and war providing shocking evidence that our future is in peril if we sit by and do nothing. This book will motivate you to take acting and provides hope. This new 188 page Food Not Bombs handbook with 122 photos and illustrations, vegan recipes to provide meals for groups of 100 and families of 6 people with metric and U.S. measurements, the 30 year history of the movement and logistics on how to start a local Food Not Bombs group, how to prepare meals for hundreds, how to organize meetings, tours, gatherings and successful campaigns of nonviolent direct action. This 8 1/2 by 11 inch book also provides flyers you can reprint, the time line of major events in the history of the movement and many other useful details to help change society. This book will help you and your friends do your part to participate in the global uprising. The de facto how-to manual of the international Food Not Bombs movement, which provides free food to the homeless and hungry and has branches in countries on every continent except Antarctica, this book describes at length how to set up and operate a Food Not Bombs chapter. The guide considers every aspect of the operation, from food collection and distribution to fund-raising, consensus decision making, and what to do when the police arrive. It contains detailed information on setting up a kitchen and cooking for large groups as well as a variety of delicious recipes. Accompanying numerous photographs is a lengthy section on the history of Food Not Bombs, with stories of the jailing and murder of activists, as well as premade handbills and flyers ready for photocopying. For the last three decades, Food Not Bombs groups in hundreds of communities all over the world have shared free, nutritious food with the hungry and provided meals to people protesting war, poverty and the destruction of the environment. If this sounds good to you, "Hungry for Peace" will give you all the information you need to start a Food Not Bombs group in your community: information on recovering food, setting up kitchens, cooking vegan and vegetarian meals for large groups, efficient consensus decision making, organizing nonviolent protests, producing banners, flyers and many other powerful ways to inspire the public to create a world where everyone has the food, dignity and peace they desire. -- Publisher's description