Author Archives: Jeff Kisling

New blog:Quakers and Religious Socialism

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Jeff Kisling

Hello friends. I started a new blog Quakers and Religious Socialism  I first heard about Religious Socialism at the end of 2020, when my friend Fran Quigley wrote in response to the blog post I had written, The Evil of Capitalism. Fran … Continue reading →

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New posts on LANDBACK Friends

Posted on September 27, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

Thanks for all the views and comments on this blog. My Indigenous friends have said the best way a nonnative person such as I could help them is by learning about and sharing what I’m learning about the concepts of … Continue reading →

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New posts on LANDBACK Friends

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

I’ve been writing new blog posts on LANDBACK Friends (LANDBackFriends.com) because those are the issues I’m learning and writing about now. Here is a list of the posts from July to present on LANDBACK Friends: July 1 Replanning Human Life – LANDBACK … Continue reading →

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Recent articles on LANDBack Friends

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

I’ve been writing new blog posts on LANDBACK Friends (LANDBackFriends.com) because those are the issues I’m learning and writing about now. Here is a list of July’s posts there: July 1 Replanning Human Life – LANDBACK Friends Replanning Human Life … Continue reading →

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Black Children’s Memorial burned

Posted on July 3, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

These are photos I took earlier in the year when I noticed this memorial in the neighborhood of the church where we, Des Moines Mutual Aid, fill about sixty boxes of food to distribute to those in need. Then I … Continue reading →

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More posts on LANDBACKFriends.com

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

Most of my new posts will be published on landbackfriends.com Here are the most recent: Quaker meeting 6/27/2021 Proximity and perspective In their silence; they woke the world Incomprehensible Monuments to White Supremacy July 4, 2020

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Our communities are still mourning

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

Trauma is passed from generation to generation. The recent documentation of the remains of 215 Native children at a boarding school in Canada has re-opened deep wounds in Native communities. Some of my Native friends have shared how this affects … Continue reading →

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Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

Yesterday I wrote how the verification of the remains of 215 children at the Kamloops Indian Residential School affected my Native friends and me. That discovery prompted Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to announce a Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, … Continue reading →

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Space between stories, worlds

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

Yesterday’s post on LandBackFriends.com is: Space between stories, worlds – LANDBACK Friends I’m planning to be writing on LandBackFriends.com for the near future. I’m posting the links to the most recent posts here in case those of you who have … Continue reading →

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To End Racial Capitalism, We Will Need to Take on Policing

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

Today’s post on LANDBack Friends TO END RACIAL CAPITALISM, WE WILL NEED TO TAKE ON POLICING – LANDBACK Friends

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