Publishing: The Power Of Hope
In this time of political crisis and corruption, the idea of a saintly politician — much less in the person of a mayor of a world city — may evoke scornful laughter.
But the story of Giorgio La Pira, mayor of Florence, Italy from 1951 to 1957 and again from 1961 to 1965, deserves to be better known. He combined a vigorous program of social democracy with a commitment to non-violence and was beloved of Florentines of his day. An architect of post-war Italy, his ebullience, personal charm, and undeniable sanctity make him a remarkable figure in 20th European history.
In collaboration with Fondazione Giorgio La Pira, Solidarity Hall is publishing a translation of this elegant pictorial biography of La Pira, with text by Riccardo Clementi.
Watch for updates about this project here at solidarityhall.org and on social media.
Please contact us directly if you would like to pre-order the book now.
Publishing : Arizmendi’s Reflections
José María Arizmendiarrieta
Reflections
Pensamientos
A New Translation
The Interpreters’ Cooperative of Madison
A collaboration with The Interpreters’ Cooperative of Madison, this book is currently available for purchase in print.
Dorothy’s Place Podcast
Dorothy’s Place is an imaginary kitchen something like where Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin once hosted their roundtable discussions for “clarification of thought.” These sessions focused not only on Catholic social teachings but on various social theorists whose work Peter argued for as nourishing: Proudhon, Berdyaev, Solovyov, Mounier, Dostoyevsky, and others.
In a similar vein, podcast partners Elias Crim and Pete Davis attempt to clarify their (and their audience’s) thought through conversations with people who are, in some way, about the work of “building the new world in the shell of the old.”
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Solidarity Hall is a podcast, a publishing project, and especially a community of friends with overlapping interests in localism, liberation theology, municipalism, and the solidarity economy. We don’t worry too much about how these things fit together.
We try to engage both the global justice movement and the great wisdom traditions of the world. You could call this combination “Utopia plus Eden” — or even the Pluriverse.