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Do All the Good You Can

Posted on October 12, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

This summer I was blessed to attend the first National Network Assembly which was held at the Des Moines YMCA Camp near Boone, Iowa. It was a wonderful experience and successful in attaining its goal of providing opportunities for community … Continue reading →

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Protest Against ICE in Iowa

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

From my friend Christine Nobiss: I would like to connect you with Molly Arndt who is running a small group in Iowa City that has protested and will continue to protest against ICE allies and facilities in Iowa. All climate change, … Continue reading →

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Iowa Climate Defenders Five

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

Today was supposed to be the date for the trial of the Iowa Climate Defenders Five (Todd Steichen, Martin Monroe, Miriam Kashia, Kathy Byrnes, and Ed Fallon) who were arrested at a GOP rally and fundraiser for President Trump June … Continue reading →

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War Today

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

It was perhaps unfortunately prescient to have written about the Richmond Declaration on the Draft recently, in light of the situation in Syria today. We call on Friends everywhere to recognize the oppressive burden of militarism and conscription. We acknowledge … Continue reading →

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Planned Power Outages in California

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

The rapid warming of the arctic changes the jet stream, which leads to more extreme weather. Greenhouse gases are increasingly disrupting the jet stream, a powerful river of winds that steers weather systems in the Northern Hemisphere. That’s causing more … Continue reading →

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International Rebellion

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

Yesterday I wrote that silencing protest is crucial for establishing an authoritarian regime, as the current Republican party and administration are doing. As is suppressing media coverage of protests, or delegitimizing what reporting is done as ‘fake’ news. Today we … Continue reading →

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Silencing Protest

Posted on October 7, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

Silencing protest is crucial for establishing an authoritarian regime, as the current Republican party and administration are doing. As is suppressing media coverage of protests, or delegitimizing what reporting is done as “fake” news. I remember how shocked I was … Continue reading →

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Quaker Queries: Outreach

Posted on October 7, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

I’ve written a number of times about Quaker’s practice of considering answers to a set of queries. https://kislingjeff.wordpress.com/2017/11/02/advices-and-queries/ This month’s advice and queries are about outreach. My response follows the queries. I left out the last names of the people … Continue reading →

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Richmond Declaration on the Draft

Posted on October 5, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

I recently came upon the brochure about the Declaration on the Draft and Conscription: Richmond 1968, held at Earlham College (Richmond, Indiana) October 11 – 13, at the time of the Viet Nam War. An announcement of the Conference was … Continue reading →

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Atlantic Coastal Flooding Needs Planned Retreat

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

On February 24, 2018, I created a Facebook group titled “Overground Railroad” which has only seven members and very few visitors. The description is “a group to explore how to prepare climate refugees to migrate to the Midwest, and how … Continue reading →

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