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Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution
“Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution“ was the title of the commencement address Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr, delivered at Oberlin College in 1965. “There are all too many people who, in some great period of social change, fail to achieve … Continue reading
Education as Part of the Next American Revolution
As I wrote yesterday, the book that we will be discussing at KI today is The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs. The last part of the book is about education, and how we … Continue reading
Holy War
Last night on The Voice, Alicia Keys was going to perform “Blended Family (What You Do for Love)” from her newly released album titled Here. But due to the “current political climate,” she said, “there’s only one song I can sing, called ‘Holy … Continue reading
The Peacemaker
I’d like to share the story below from Tim Corcoran’s Facebook post. This is what I was trying to say yesterday. Things change when one becomes responsible for a situation. http://www.digitalwampum.org/the-peacemaker–the-tadadaho It’s the story of how a man – the Peacemaker … Continue reading
This Is What Democracy Looks Like
From all that I have been reading online, I imagine this will be an unpopular post. A chant we often use during street marches and protests is “this is what democracy looks like.” Tuesday’s election is also what democracy looks … Continue reading
Autonomous Death
Stories are appearing more frequently about robots and advances in artificial intelligence (AI). As a computer programmer I find this to be a fascinating subject. Perhaps that is also the reason I find the subject so terrifying. I know how … Continue reading
Interconnections
In this time of increasing recognition of and actions on a wide range of social justice issues, by a rapidly increasing number of people, there comes a growing awareness of how interrelated these things are. Each summer Quakers in the … Continue reading
Inspired
I’ve been thinking more about our latest gathering, Monday, in support of the water protectors. I felt so inspired for a number of reasons. But what first came to mind was, once again, the question Alvin Sangsuwangul, my friend from the … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 