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Poor Peoples Campaign Des Moines Day 1
Des Moines, Iowa May 14, 2018
Posted in #NDAPL, Black Lives, climate change, Indigenous, integral nonviolence, peace, race, revolution, Uncategorized
Tagged Poor Peoples Campaign
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We Need Spiritual Warriors Now
I’ve been thinking more about Spiritual Warriors since writing yesterday’s article. I realized I hadn’t written about the first time I was called a warrior, which led me to think of myself and other activists in those terms. During my … Continue reading
Michael Foster ‘valve turner’
In a Newsweek article last year, Michael Foster wrote about “why I turned off the Keystone pipeline and face 21 years in jail.” My friend and fellow Keystone Pledge of Resistance Action Leader, Jim Poyser, mentioned that Michael was a … Continue reading
Design and Build Beloved Community Models
In a recent article in Friends Journal, Donald McCormick asks “why is there no vision for the future of Quakerism?” That and the increasing threats from environmental destruction led me to share my vision, which has been evolving over the … Continue reading
Posted in bicycles, climate change, Quaker Meetings, renewable energy, revolution, Uncategorized
Tagged Beloved Community, future
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The most shameful and tragic problem is silence
Since our trip to Minneapolis last Saturday as water protectors, I’ve been thinking about activism, yet again. Wondering, again, why so few people come out to the streets with us, though it was heartening to find that around 500 or … Continue reading
Capitalocene and Revolution
Two things are clear. We are facing rapidly accelerating deterioration of environmental conditions, and current approaches to making changes on the scale necessary to prevent these things from spiraling out of control are stunningly ineffective. It is time for nothing … Continue reading
Letter from Birmingham Jail
As Martin Luther King day approaches, I wanted to re-read the letter he wrote from Birmingham Jail. The civil rights struggles of the 1960’s had a large impact on me. I was a student at Scattergood Friends School at the … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, peace, revolution, Uncategorized
Tagged civil disobedience, civil rights, Martin Luther King, Vietnam War
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Journal-Volunteer Service Mission begins
Journal 7/4/1971 This is my third day with the Friends Volunteer Service Mission (VSM), Friends United Meeting (FUM), Second Friends Church, Indianapolis, Indiana. Dad, Randy and Jon came with me straight from Okoboji. I’m glad they did. We spent July1 … Continue reading
Posted in Quaker Meetings, revolution, Uncategorized
Tagged IFCL, Indianapolis, Volunteer Service Mission VSM
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Scattergood Journal–Kent State Massacre
Journal May 5, 1970 Revolution? It seemed as though the activist anti-war movement was almost dead. The Vietnam Moratorium Committee closed its offices due to lack of funds and interest, contending that activities would continue on a grass-roots level. As … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 