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Graphics Matter
I think it is very interesting that since I posted this graphic on Facebook, many of my friends of color indicated that they “LIKED” it, including the state chairperson of the Indiana NAACP Environmental Justice committee, the local leader and … Continue reading
Military (police) Law, Free Speech Suspended
Today’s militarized police forces have far exceeded the idea of peace officers and law enforcement. Police forces stem from the police patrols that colonial empires created to control their colonies and enslaved populations. Police forces in the United States continue … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, peace, race, revolution, Uncategorized
Tagged Black Lives Matter, police
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Stop Killing Black People
This is my friend JR, who went to Ferguson just after Michael Brown was killed, and who was involved in getting Indy10 started, Indianapolis’ Black Lives Matter group. The photo was taken during one of the street demonstrations organized and … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, peace, Quaker Social Change Ministry, revolution, Uncategorized
Tagged Black Lives Matter
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I Cannot Protect You
White people need to stand up and speak out now. To affirm that Black Lives DO Matter. You need to make your friends and neighbors uncomfortable by making these discussions happen. Silence is complicity in this. “Now, what we’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, peace, race, revolution, Uncategorized
Tagged Black Lives Matter
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Clinton utterly fails environment
How is it possible that the Clinton campaign utterly fails to address the greatest threat we face? If way opens for Bernie to be on any ballot this fall, I’m voting for him. The alternative is the Green Party. http://www.gp.org/ … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, renewable energy, revolution, Uncategorized
Tagged environmental justice
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Nonviolence and the House Democrats
The United States House of Representatives Democrat’s sit in has been fascinating to watch. The symbolism of the action being led by Representative John Lewis, a leader in the civil rights movement of the 1960’s was powerful. John Lewis was … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, Indiana Moral Mondays, peace, revolution, Uncategorized
Tagged civil rights, Congress, legislation
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The Moral Integrity of Muhammad Ali
I hope you will watch this video of Rabbi Michael Lerner’s speech at Muhammad Ali’s memorial service in Louisville. He clearly describes the moral integrity of the life of Muhammad Ali. And he calls upon each of us to commit … Continue reading
Muhammad Ali and me
Athletes are once again demonstrating leadership to call attention to, and demand change to stop injustice. It has been amazing to see kneeling during the national anthem, for which Colin Kaepernick was vilified, now supported by athletes and supporters of … Continue reading
Posted in Black Lives, civil disobedience, peace, revolution, Uncategorized
Tagged Muhammad Ali, Vietnam War
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Saudi Arabia as Canary?
You are probably familiar with the old practice of placing canaries in an area of a coal mine to indicate when the air is unfit to breath. Since then that idea has been used to refer to things that indicate … Continue reading
Posted in revolution, Uncategorized
Tagged Arab spring, environmental justice, oil, Saudi Arabia
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 