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TRUTHSGIVING
I only recently heard about Truthsgiving, one of many things I learned from my new friends as we walked during the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March in September, 2018. The subject came up as we were eating dinner together in … Continue reading
Defending Protestors
Last night Drake University’s National Lawyers Guild held a Zoom panel discussion about Defending Protestors. The panel explored the role the legal community plays in defending activists and their rights to protest and organize. I found out about the event … Continue reading
The Red Nation Statement on the US Elections 2020
It’s been a stressful year as we’ve experienced the explosion of the COVID-19 pandemic. The consequences of which have provided further evidence of the failure of capitalist economic systems in a dramatic way. Recent years been stressful as politics and … Continue reading
What does it mean to be a truth teller?
I’ve recently heard about additional experiences of a friend of mine, a Quaker friend. A friend who is a person of color. She has had many experiences related to racism and White supremacy, in more than one Quaker meeting she … Continue reading
What diagrams can reveal
As a software engineer I’ve used diagrams most of my life to help me understand the process I’m trying to create a computer program for. Those diagrams at times reveal an idea or relationship I hadn’t thought of. As an … Continue reading
A radical act
“Mutual Aid is essential to our survival” by Dean Spade, Truthout, October 28, 2020, is a primer about the concept of Mutual Aid. I recommend reading the entire article. I’ll be quoting it more extensively than I usually like to … Continue reading
What’s not on the ballot
Former Vice president Biden is using an effective technique, pointing out character, democracy, science, compassion, and decency are all on the ballot. What’s important, though, is what is not on the ballot: Capitalism With the presidential election coming up, there … Continue reading
What is needed in this moment
The article “What is needed in this moment” explores what I’ve been writing lately, that the capitalist system must be replaced. That we are being distracted in this election by which party wins, because either one will continue to operate … Continue reading
NATIVE AMERICANS TEAR GASSED, ARRESTED ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY
I was blessed to attend a beautiful, yet solemn Indigenous People’s Day celebration at the State Capitol in Des Moines. The main organizer was the Great Plains Action Society: greatplainsaction.org There was an undercurrent of sadness as many were reminded … Continue reading
Indigenous People’s Day, Des Moines, 2020
Yesterday’s gathering at the Iowa State Capitol to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day was a beautiful and yet somber occasion. Ralph Moisa sang and played the drum. My friend Christine Nobiss spoke about the petition (below) to abolish monuments, names and holidays … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 