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Author Archives: Jeff Kisling
How to Prepare?
When I created this blog over two years (and 385 posts) ago, I called it “Quakers, Social Justice and Revolution” because great changes were occurring, and will continue to come faster and with more disruption in the coming days. Revolution … Continue reading
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Tagged government, social change, unrest
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Oppose Religious Registry
Even after this past season of one social/political surprise after another, I am stunned by the very idea of a religious registry such as Donald Trump is suggesting for Muslim individuals in the United States. The very idea is an … Continue reading
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Tagged concentration camps, persecution, religious discriminiation
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Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution
“Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution“ was the title of the commencement address Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr, delivered at Oberlin College in 1965. “There are all too many people who, in some great period of social change, fail to achieve … Continue reading
Economic Failure
At the root of our problems today is the failure of our economic system. The last century saw us convert from primarily a rural society to an urban, industrial one. We changed from living in small communities where we raised our own … Continue reading
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Tagged justice, materialism, others, power
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Never Give Up and Always Surrender
Below is an interesting passage from recent reading (fiction). I like this expression of how to be in the world, a different way of describing how one can apply one’s faith. “In the Yoga Sutras, we find the principles of … Continue reading
Environment: People vs Profit
The selection of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) opponent, Scott Pruitt, by the new Republican administration to head the EPA sends the clearest signal, yet, that this administration will be one of profit over people. The newly elected administration has consistently … Continue reading
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Healing Begins at Standing Rock
The forgiveness ceremony that occurred at the Standing Rock reservation as part of the veterans coming to support the water protectors has not been widely reported, but is, I think, a significant part of the many remarkable things that have been … Continue reading
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The Black Snake
Although the Army Corps of Engineers announced, yesterday, that it has denied the easement to build the part of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) at the presently planned location, 1/2 mile from the Standing Rock Reservation border, we know this is … Continue reading
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Trevor Noah on DAPL
So often humor is an extremely effective way to get people to listen about a subject they wouldn’t commonly pay attention to, and explain it in such a way that they will quickly but clearly understand. A brief video clip … Continue reading
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Tagged cars, environmental racism, Indigenous, Native Americans
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Experiencing Prejudice
I had always strongly felt that prejudice of any kind was unacceptable while at the same time realizing we all tend to make certain presumptions, often unconsciously. For example, seeing an obese person I might assume they have bad eating … Continue reading
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