Religious Socialism, Mutual Aid, and Abolition of Police and Prisons
FCNL Statement on Anti-racism, Anti-bias, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
My parents, Burt and Birdie Kisling, were involved with the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) for many years. I’m very grateful they persuaded me to become involved, too. I was on the General Committee for nine years. I was reluctant at first because I refused to have a car, so the trip from Indianapolis…
A dangerous trend toward authoritarianism
The killing of Tortuguita scares me. As an environmental activist, I often participate with my friends in public actions to try to bring attention to our evolving environmental crisis. I’ve realized for years that white privilege meant I didn’t feel particularly threatened by police during such actions in the past. I don’t think my Black,…
No Cop Academy-Chicago
It’s clear what it means when the establishment proposes dramatically expanding the militarization of police as their response to police brutality and killings. There is a web of interconnections between the killing of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán (Tortuguita), who was resisting the plan to build “Cop City” in Atlanta, resistance to a police academy in…
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Quakers and Religious Socialism 