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Economic Concentration Camp
The more I think about our broken economic system, the more sinister my thoughts become. How have we come to accept millions of people living in extreme poverty, living without adequate food, water, shelter, healthcare, safety or hope? How have … Continue reading
Principles of Satyagraha
Continuing the discussion of satyagraha fundaments, Chris Moore-Backman writes that nonviolence scholar Robert Burrowes says satyagraha has the following basic criteria: it places a higher priority on ethics than on perceived effectiveness it views means and ends as indivisible rather … Continue reading
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Satyagraha Fundamentals
I’ve read and written about the part of the iceberg underwater (self-purification) and the part above water (constructive program) from “The Gandhian Iceberg” by Chris Moore-Backman. Now I am reading about the tip of the iceberg, nonviolent resistance or satyagraha. … Continue reading
Peace and Social Concerns
Quakers believe their faith calls them to action, to address issues related to peace and social injustices. Readers of this blog know of many of the things I’ve been involved with over the past several years, including the Keystone Pledge … Continue reading
#noDAPL as Revolutionary Act
I’ve written a lot about how working with others who love the Earth, and especially Native Americans this past year related to the Dakota Access Pipeline resistance has profoundly deepened and broadened my spiritual life. As I begin to try … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, civil disobedience, Indigenous, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged revolutionary act
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Silence and Icebergs
I have been carrying a deep, spiritual hurt since learning about, and writing about the scope, depth and complexity of the propaganda machines being used and further developed today. To learn of the extremes to which many are willing to … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, Arts, climate change, Indigenous, Kheprw Institute, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged propaganda, truth
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Lost Ideals
Recent events indicate a continued movement away from the ideals our country was founded upon. Those experiencing religious persecution in England and Europe fled to what was to become the United States of America. France gave the country the Statue … Continue reading
Un-privileged
One of the interesting things I’ve noticed as we all struggle to deal with a Republican President and Party that is misusing and abusing its power, is how those who had been living a privileged life in our society suddenly … 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
Quakers, social justice and revolution 