Bail Fund Arrests
Have you ever joined a peaceful protest? Aren’t freedom of speech, freedom of assembly worth protecting? Clamping down on such freedoms is essential for any movement toward authoritarianism. And sadly this country is rapidly moving in that direction. These are times that call for peaceful protest. Yesterday I wrote about polycrisis. One of the examples…
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Mother Earth Takes Another Hit
The approval for the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) remained in the debt ceiling legislative just passed by the US Congress. This is an egregious act on many levels. The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is a project proposed in 2014 that would transport fracked gas from West Virginia to southern Virginia through a…
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Travel Advisories in Florida and Iowa
Recently, separately, the NAACP and Equality Florida (the state’s largest LGBTQ civil rights group) issued travel advisories in Florida. These advisories highlight the consequences of Florida’s relentless far-right political agenda and passage of legislation to implement its extreme policies. At the end of this is a description of Des Moines Black Liberation’s declaration of #BlackEmergencyIA…
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MUTUAL AID MONTHLY
I previously described the new publication of Des Moines Mutual Aid. See: https://quakersandreligioussocialism.com/2023/03/27/mutual-aid-monthly/ The publication of MUTUAL AID MONTHLY relates to one of our Points of Unity, political consciousness. We work to raise the political consciousness of our communities.Part of political education is connecting people’s lived experiences to a broader political perspective. Another component is…
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Mainstream and Margins
Are you part of the mainstream, or on the margins? Reference is often made to marginalized groups or peoples. My friend Jed Walsh recently wrote, “I’m tired of being in the margins of a Quakerism that’s clinging to the status quo, and hoping to find other places to practice faith and spirituality where I can…
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Spiritual Transition
Writing these blog posts can be difficult. It can be hard to discern what to write. To listen to the silence is a spiritual practice. And I most often write about spiritual matters, which are difficult to put into words. Then publish what is written on the Internet for anyone in the world to read.…
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