March 16 For 5 years my enthusiasm for Earth based Idealism has been dampened by my country’s ongoing occupation of Iraq. Perhaps this situation has disturbed you as well, and perhaps disturbance is too light of a term. I must admit that I feel something closer to rage when I consider that with all the [...]
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Winter Soldier: March 16th and 17th
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Departure
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Departure
I made my train last night. I spent the first part of the ride reading The Revolution will not be Microwaved by Sandor Ellix Katz. His book contains stories of contemporary food activism, some philosophical/spiritual analysis plus recipes. It stimulated my appetite for both food and home. I live with a caterer and his family [...]
Train Day (with families?)
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I would like to cultivate wisdom by seeing the people around me as my brothers, sisters, siblings. Through this lens the passengers on this train become part of my spiritual family. This may not be the most accurate way to see the world, but wisdom does not always correlate to accuracy. Still accuracy has its [...]
I protest use of the term protester
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Soon I’ll be sharing the juicy details of all these peace and justice protests that I and the news media have been covering. However, our use of that term represents 2 different things. When the press talks about protesters it usually signals their urge to sensationalize. When I talk about protesters it signals my willingness [...]
No War, No Warming, Resistance is Forming
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From all that I know, the U.S. is still one of the best places to be a dissident. I marched past my country’s Congress Building this week. A man from Pakistan reminded me that in his country, any demonstrator wanting to get that close to the halls of power should be prepared for a police [...]
More on the Warming Front
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Unfortunately, it is not just the oil companies that are taking us down the road to climate crisis. Large agribusiness is another promoter of global warming. Companies like ADM, Bungee and Cargil are steadily burning the tropical rain forests to make way for palm and soy plantations.
Fortunately, efforts are under way to resist this destruction. [...]
Connections
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Taking a trip to a demonstration has its challenges. The March 19th Day of Action Against War and Occupation was no different. It reminded me of working class activist Mary Margaret Fondriest who once said, “At first I wasn’t even gonna go [to the protest]. I had to work late the night before and didn’t [...]
Some Gratitude
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The 5 Years too Many action was great; great for me and also, I believe, the peace and justice movement as a whole. As with just about any great event there are some people who deserve some thanks. I would like to start by thanking Kathy Kelly, Simon Harak, and all those Voices in the [...]
