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Next Steps for Sunrise Movement / Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
The Iowa CCI / Sunrise Green New Deal Tour Stop in Des Moines was on April 24, 2019. An estimated 450 people attended. Following are suggested next steps from Iowa CCI: Call/Email your US Congresspeople and tell them to support … Continue reading
Green New Deal Tour comes to Des Moines
Every once in a while I’ll wonder why I was led to call this blog “Quakers, social justice, and revolution”. The Quaker and social justice parts are what I often write about. I would occasionally get hints about the “revolution” … Continue reading
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Sunrise Movement vs Extinction Rebellion
Earth Day, 2019 I’m not sure how most people think about Earth Day this year. The recent climate catastrophes, including the massive, intense fires in California, the series of severe storms across the country, melting of huge amounts of ice … Continue reading
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First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity Marcher Reunion
One of the main goals of the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March, where a group of about 50 Native and non-native people, and one dog, walked along the path of the Dakota Access Pipeline from Des Moines to Fort Dodge, … Continue reading
“Earth”
WARNING: Explicit language. Why would I post something with explicit language? Because our very survival depends on all of us to wake up now. As the song Earth below says, “we gotta love the earth, we’re being stupid.” If shocking … Continue reading
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Youth activism and homelessness
Recently my sister Lisa encouraged me to share more of my photos. I’ve enjoyed doing so and hearing people’s comments. Once in a while I’ll think about all the time and effort I put into photography, and how that will … Continue reading
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Burning: Notre Dame and Mother Earth
Watching something that took centuries to develop, something that can never entirely be recreated, disappear in the comparative blink of an eye — that, in slow motion, is going to be the dominant feeling of the 21st century. Only instead … Continue reading
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Responses to the urgency of climate chaos
Yesterday’s blog post about the Extinction Rebellion, and responses to that, has made me realize many people are unclear about how to respond to the urgency of climate catastrophe. While it is good to see people are waking up to … Continue reading
Extinction Rebellion coming to the U.S.
As I was working on today’s blog post, I got a message from my friend Ed Fallon, that he will be discussing the Extinction Rebellion (XR) on his radio program, the Fallon Forum, today. You can listen to the program … Continue reading
We say no, again, to Keystone XL pipeline
In yet another desperate attempt to prop up the fossil fuel industry, the president has just tried to get around Federal court orders to stop construction of the Keystone XL pipeline until a real environmental assessment is done, as required … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 