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Category Archives: Poor Peoples Campaign
Prospects for Peace
As others have expressed, I have had times when I’ve been overwhelmed by the nearly daily onslaughts against democratic norms, institutions and governance, or lack thereof, of the current Republican administration and Congress. This continuous series of attacks on governing … Continue reading
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Universal Basic Income
Stockton, California, was a bankrupt city. It is expected more and more cities will file for bankruptcy as taxable revenues dry up and property values plummet. And as an increasing number of communities are impacted by more severe storms, fire, … Continue reading
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Tagged living wage, poverty, Universal Basic Income
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Air conditioning and catalytic converters
Or how to be an ostrich and keep your head in the sand. I used to hope that the time would (eventually) come when so many changes in our environment and climate would finally force people to acknowledge that climate … Continue reading
Audit: The Souls of Poor Folk
“WE COME TO YOU AS REPRESENTATIVES OF BLACK, INDIAN, MEXICAN-AMERICAN, PUERTO RICAN AND WHITE-AMERICANS WHO ARE THE TOO LONG FORGOTTEN, HUNGRY AND JOBLESS OUTCASTS IN THIS LAND OF PLENTY. WE COME BECAUSE POOR FATHERS AND MOTHERS WANT A HOUSE TO … Continue reading
Quakers and the Poor People’s Campaign
Last night Rev. William Barber spoke to Quakers gathered for this year’s meetings of the Friends General Conference at the University of Toledo. He mentioned attending Quaker meetings as a child. He spoke about two Quaker abolitionists who are heroes/sheroes … Continue reading
Quakers and Peace Today
Much has been written about the role of some Quakers in the Underground Railroad, that network of safe places where those escaping enslavement found help on their journey northward. It seems not as many Friends were involved as we might … Continue reading
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Race, Culture and Ideology
In a review of the book The Great Alignment: Race, Party Transformation, and the Rise of Donald Trump,” Paul Rosen writes: Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz argues that Trump is the product of an ongoing multigenerational process that has reshaped … Continue reading
Poor People’s Campaign Returns to Washington, DC
In 1968 the Poor People’s Campaign came to Washington, DC. Fifty years later, June 24, 2018, the new Poor People’s Campaign returns to Washington. Iowa Poor People’s Campaign Minnesota Poor People’s Campaign (more photos from my friend Rezadad Mohammadi in … Continue reading
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Reclaiming the Moral Narrative
Last Monday’s rally at the Des Moines capitol building was week 6 of the Poor People’s Campaign, with the theme “Reclaiming the Moral Narrative”. From the Poor People’s Campaign handout: As Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., prophetically described 50 … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 