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John Griffith’s draft resistance
I’ve written several things recently related to Quakers and military conscription. Yesterday I shared the stories of Don Laughlin and Roy Knight, Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Friends, who served time in prison for draft resistance. John Griffith, clerk of … Continue reading
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Draft Resister Stories
I recently posted a copy of An Epistle to Friends Concerning Military Conscription. Two of the men who signed that letter, which explains why those Quakers felt they could not cooperate with the draft (Selective Service System), were Don Laughlin … Continue reading
An Epistle to Friends Concerning Military Conscription
Although yesterday’s post was intended to be about privilege, the context was war and conscription, specifically the Vietnam War. I was reminded of a letter to Friends on the same subject, that was published earlier than the Richmond Declaration of … Continue reading
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Another Privilege
The following statement was the result of a conference held at Earlham College in 1968, at the time of the Viet Nam War. I was a student at Scattergood Friends School at the time, and was able to attend this … Continue reading
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Help Stop Keystone XL
With the Republican administration’s Executive Order approving the construction of the Keystone, the environmental community is organizing to resist that. From the Rainforest Action Network: In December, 21 banks were part of a “revolving credit” that gave TransCanada $5 billion … Continue reading
When silence is not an option
On the 49th Anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Fusion Films is re-broadcasting the powerful sermon delivered just two days ago by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II at the historic Riverside Church in New York … Continue reading
Death of Martin Luther King, Jr
This is the sad anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr, in Memphis, Tennessee, April 4, 1968. The New York Times has an article today about King’s opposition to the Vietnam War. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/opinion/when-martin-luther-king-came-out-against-vietnam.html?_r=0 Online photo album of Kennedy … Continue reading
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Oil to Flow Through DAPL
According to High Country News, oil is expected to flow beneath the Missouri River, through the Dakota Access Pipeline, as early as this week. A District of Columbia court has yet to release its ruling related to the Standing Rock Sioux and … Continue reading
No Longer Taken For Granted
Our evolving environmental disaster can no longer be denied or ignored. The status quo is neither just, moral, or survivable. In the preface to Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work that Reconnects by Joanna Macy and Molly … Continue reading
Speaking at #noDAPL
Below is video from Friday’s Standing Rock Solidarity Rally, beginning with Brandi Herron speaking of things we are thankful for. That is followed by my remarks about how I came to refuse to have a personal automobile. I had said … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 