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#CapitalismIsThePandemic day of action
As I wrote yesterday, today is the day for #CapitalismIsThePandemic. One of many actions related to global mass strikes. This is a creative action, especially in these times when gatherings should be discouraged because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is … Continue reading
CAPITALISM IS THE PANDEMIC #CapitalismIsThePandemic
https://seedingsovereignty.org/capitalism-is-the-pandemic I’ve recently been studying, thinking and writing about the idea of an era of global mass strikes that began yesterday, May 1, International Workers Day. https://kislingjeff.wordpress.com/2020/04/30/the-era-of-mass-strikes-begins-on-may-1/ Having been involved with many movements over the course of my life, many … 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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What is your vision for the future?
The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have upended our lives. Change is being forced upon us. Which makes this an incredible opportunity to build better lives and communities. This requires us to have a vision of what we want to … Continue reading
The normal we had was precisely the problem
In these turbulent days I think about the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. One of the great misfortunes of history is that all too many individuals and institutions find themselves in a great period of change and yet fail … Continue reading
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We need to ask the right questions
The dire economic condition of the vast majority of people, people who have no financial reserves, is creating tremendous, rapidly escalating pressure to re-open businesses. Protests in the streets, usually outside legislative buildings, show levels of fear and anger that … Continue reading
Earth Day 2020
I’ve always felt uncomfortable with the idea of an Earth Day. As others have pointed out for other holidays, what usually happens is one day of attention, and then people return to their daily lives and the holiday fades away. … Continue reading
Look beyond your culture
The multiple, significant changes people globally are experiencing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic give us both the time and impetus to revaluate our lives. And the opportunity, or rather the necessity of figuring out where we go from … Continue reading
Episode One: SHIFT the Narrative
This is a continuation of yesterday’s post, What does solidarity look like? I hadn’t intended to write so much yesterday about how I came to join the ZOOM meeting of the first episode of SHIFT the Narrative. But as I … Continue reading
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What does solidarity look like?
Yesterday I was blessed to attend a ZOOM meeting which was the first of what will be a series of such meetings, to be held every second Thursday. These meetings, led by Native people, are titled SHIFT the Narrative, which … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 