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Martin Luther King, Jr
The major threat of Martin Luther King Jr to us is a spiritual and moral one. Martin Luther King Jr turned away from popularity in his quest for spiritual and moral greatness – a greatness measured by what he was … Continue reading
Sunrise Movement 2020
I recently summarized my involvement with the Sunrise Movement, beginning when the Movement made national news in November, 2018, and the Sunrise youth staged a sit-in at Speaker Pelosi’s office, some arrested for nonviolent direct action. One of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s first … Continue reading
Mni Wiconi: water threatened again!
Following is from Chase Iron Eyes, Legal Counsel, The Lakota People’s Law Project: In 2016 and ‘17, you stood with Standing Rock because you knew the importance of the Lakota maxim: Mni Wiconi — water is life. Decades back, a … Continue reading
We have to understand who we are
My life working on environmental issues has taught me that a Spiritual approach to our environmental chaos is what is needed. The root of our unfolding environmental disaster is the dominant White view that natural resources are commodities that can … Continue reading
I N V A S I O N
In this era of “reconciliation”, Indigenous land is still being taken at gunpoint. INVASION is a new film about the Unist’ot’en Camp, Gidimt’en checkpoint and the larger Wet’suwet’en Nation standing up to the Canadian government and corporations who continue colonial … Continue reading
Life and Death Struggles Continue Today
Today is the anniversary of one of many incidents of White people and soldiers attacking and killing Native men, women and children. This anniversary is of the Wounded Knee Massacre, December 29, 1890. In the late nineteenth century, Indian “Ghost … Continue reading
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How to talk about the Green New Deal at the dinner table
So you’ve just walked in the door for a holiday dinner—your cousins are arguing, the air smells like baked cinnamon, and some combo of Fox, MSNBC or ESPN is playing in the other room. It’s the first time you’ve seen … Continue reading
Cultural Collapse
We are facing two major threats to our way of life, and quite possibly our survival. Capitalism has failed because it has created unbelievable maldistribution of wealth, pushing millions into poverty. And at the same time ravages natural resources which … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, climate change, peace, Uncategorized
Tagged cultural collapse
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GUILTY OR NOT-GUILTY: YOU DECIDE
Following is the statement written by my friend Miriam Kashia. This statement was written to be delivered during yesterday’s trial of the Climate Defenders Five (detailed here). She wasn’t permitted to read the entire statement then, so it is published … Continue reading
Climate Necessity Defense by Bold Iowa
Yesterday’s article, Climate Defenders Five Trial, gives the background for the case that was heard at the Polk County Justice Center yesterday. The trial was about the simple misdemeanor trespass charges against Todd Steichen, Martin Monroe, Miriam Kashia, Kathy Byrnes, and … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 