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Since Parkland
I can think of no greater failure of our society than the accelerating rate of school shootings. Protecting our children is our most sacred duty. And yet even the most common sense policies for gun control are shut down by … Continue reading
Gun (Un)control
Landmark Legal Shift Opens Pandora’s Box for DIY Guns is the apt title of a recent article by Andy Greenburg on WIRED.com. DIY stands for “do it yourself”. It is possible for anyone with a 3D printer to download the … Continue reading
Poor People’s Campaign Highlights Consequences of War
Yesterday I summarized the rally of the third week of the Poor People’s Campaign in Des Moines, Iowa. That event was held across the street from North High School because part of this week’s theme is school gun violence. Videographer … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, gun violence, school shootings
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Poor People’s Campaign–Gun violence and militarism
The rally of the third week of the Poor People’s Campaign was held across the street from North High School in Des Moines, Iowa. The themes were gun violence and militarism. People spoke about school gun violence, violence against people … Continue reading
Posted in Black Lives, peace, Poor Peoples Campaign, Uncategorized
Tagged gun violence, immigration, militarized police, war
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Poor People’s Campaign Week 2 and Plans for Week 3
This video by Rodger Routh is about week two of the Poor People’s Campaign in Iowa regarding systemic racial injustice. WHO-TV Political Reporter Dave Price interviews Stephen Blobaum about the Iowa Poor People’s Campaign: http://whotv.com/2018/05/20/the-insiders-may-20th-edition-the-iowa-poor-peoples-campaign/ According to Medium.com nearly 321 … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, Poor Peoples Campaign, Uncategorized
Tagged gun violence, Iowa
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March for Our Lives, Des Moines, Iowa
Despite the snow there was a fair turnout for the March for Our Lives at the state capitol in Des Moines. The crowd was completely silent as the names of the 17 victims of the Parkland shooting were read. I … Continue reading
“We have no power to extend Second Amendment protections to weapons of war”
Students gather for “March for Our Lives” marches across the country and the world in the wake of yet another school shooting, this time in Parkland, Florida. These students are leading the demands for legislative action, saying “enough is enough”. … Continue reading
Peace vs a culture of guns
Living in the United States, with our gun culture, is difficult for those who believe in peace and nonviolence. The debates quickly become partisan and generate deeply emotional responses. There is a reason so much of these debates are simply … Continue reading
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Heed the Spirit
The people of the world and Mother Earth herself are oppressed and losing hope for a return to a right relationship among people, and with nature. Those who know how to listen to the Spirit, know the Spirit will show … Continue reading
What is racism?
I recently wrote “These past several days we have heard the qualification “the largest mass shooting (in modern history)”. I think it is important to acknowledge, unfortunately, numerous occasions in the history of this country when even larger numbers of … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 