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Category Archives: civil disobedience
Eviction Notice: Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines
Eviction Notice: DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE & KXL (Ally version) We, as allies of the Oceti Sakowin Oyate, support their notice of eviction to KXL and DAPL from their Lakota lands. We support their letter as it follows below: “Indigenous People … Continue reading
A time for reckoning?
Will this be the day that will launch steps toward racial justice in the land called the United States? The horrendous public execution of George Floyd by White police officers has triggered massive protests in cities across the country and … Continue reading
John Lewis
I was sad to hear of the death of John Lewis yesterday, 7/17/2020. In a time when there are few heroes, John Lewis was a hero to me and many others. He was in his early twenties when he was … Continue reading
The Tower
Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the siege of Kahnasatake, a 78-day standoff between the provincial and federal governments and Mohawks there (Oka). https://kislingjeff.wordpress.com/2020/07/10/30th-anniversary-of-oka/ Similar militarized actions by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police against the Wet’suwet’en people and their territory … Continue reading
Memorial Day and Peace
As a Quaker and someone who believes War is Not the Answer, I have conflicting feelings about Memorial Day. I respect those who felt they should serve in the military, knowing they might have to put their lives at risk, … Continue reading
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To sleep is to fall into belief
I haven’t heard get “woke” used for some time. Maybe because Barack Obama said being “woke” doesn’t mean anything unless you do something in response. It’s been disappointing to witness how many people have slept and fallen into belief regarding … Continue reading
Of so little value
Like a faucetDrip, drip, drip.Lives of all our relations,Death, death, death. Jeff Kisling, 4/30/2020 The sun shining on the trees is so beautiful this morning. I had to try to capture it before the sun moved on. Before I came … Continue reading
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Using our truth against their guns. We walk softly.
Yesterday I was blessed to attend a Zoom meeting to hear people talk about what is going on now in the Wet’suwet’en territories and their calls for solidarity. We White settlers are being asked to spread awareness in solidarity because … Continue reading
Solidarity in a pandemic. Digital week of action.
Solidarity in a pandemic We see you out you there participating in mutual aid and keeping your communities, your Elders and your immunocompromised loved ones fed and safe. We know that we cannot rely on the state to keep us safe. … Continue reading
Sacred, Holy Beings
One thing I’ve learned from these years of writing is I never know what I’m going to say when I center myself before the computer. I’ve heard people say they could not not do…. I can not not write. It … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 