Gavin Andersson grew up in Botswana. While studying in Johannesburg he became active in restarting the black trade union movement and was banned by the Apartheid government in 1976. After five years working as a carpenter, he returned to Botswana and cofounded CORDE, which strengthened cooperatives and grassroots business enterprises.

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"Unbounded Organizing in Community" is a guidebook to Organization Workshops, inspired by Clodomir Santos de Morais. The theory of Organization Workshops and Unbounded Organizing is presented in condensed form. Emphasis is on practical examples and guidelines for organizers and participants. Others say about this book: "Packed into this small book are truly big things, big ideas, examples of big practices which speak clearly and intelligently into the challenge of living and building a world together in ways that sustain us as individuals and as groups." Crain Soudien, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Education and African Studies, University of Cape Town "An inspiring theory of social change and a roadmap for putting it into practice." Alicia Cabezudo, Rosario, Argentina, VP International Peace Bureau, Geneva "With this new, delightful, down to earth guide we can see the operationalization of the authors theories and the social experiments they nurtured. Practical field exercises abound." Deborah Lagutaris, Oakland, California