Freedom For the Tibetans

On June 13th The Tibetan Freedom Festival will take place in four cities around the globe simultaneously - Tokyo, Chicago, Amsterdam and Sydney. This momentous event is a musical festival with a serious edge, promoting awareness of the Tibetan cause, both the political status of this nominal region of China, and the nonviolent ethos that makes their fight for freedom so unique. Sebastian Edwards looks at the significance of the festival and the emergence of …

…ourselves as people capable of changing the world, however large or small the change may be, and these changes require a positive outlook regardless of one's circumstances. As he passionately proclaims, "If we continue to insist on truth, we begin to possess a sort of power that in the end is stronger than any violence we will come up against. And this has given us hope and laughter where it seems there shouldn't be any."