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Classic 20th Century Quaker Books That Need to Live on

Let’s Go Goatwalking, Friends

Jim Corbett was a fascinating guy, but like all of us he had his faults. In his amazing first book, he way overdid the self-deprecation: ”Goatwalking is a book for saddlebag or backpack —to live...

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John Calvi: Boon Companion for Spiritual Travel

English-speaking Quakers today are in dire need of some new “spiritual” books, and I have a top candidate to recommend here. It is John Calvi’s How far Have You Traveled? Amid all the wonderful stuff...

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A Sparkling New Podcast on “Tell It Slant” – The Biography of Chuck Fager

Announcing A Brand-New, free podcast, now online at the link below: Tell It Slant-Podcast with Emma, Chuck & Mark A Review of Tell It Slant By Dan Whitley (Chuck, here is...

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From “Tell It Slant,” Excerpt #2: Encouraging Rejections

(Excerpt #1 is here.) In the spring of 1956 — Chuck was in eighth grade — orders came for the family to leave an Air Force base in California. His father, now a major, was...

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A History of NOW and its Women who Made History

The Women of NOW review: superb history of feminist growth and groundswell Katherine Turk has produced a must-read on the group which did so much for American women in the 1960s and 70s Clara BinghamSat...

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Announcing: A Very Special Quaker Publishing Award

For years, I’ve been loudly protesting the sky-high, exclusionary prices on “academic” or “scholarly” books and monographs. The particular focus of my ire has been publications by or about Quakers and Quakerism, though the price-gouging...

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. . vivid, revealing first-person counterpart to the author's highly-praised historical account, Selma 1965 . . .

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Examines the strategy & tactics, successes & failures, history & future of faith-based work to end war, and to dismantle militarism and the repression it has spawned.

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Examines the neglected role of Progressive Quakers in 19th and 20th century activism -- abolition, women's rights & more.

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How Progressive Quaker activism helped change America.

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A Sign of The Times In My Neighborhood

Chuck Fager November 25, 2025

I won’t say its name. It’s one of several in the area. I go there often, particularly on Tuesdays with my daughter, when she’s off work and can drive. A...

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Hey, Big Political Media — You MISSED Tuesday’s NC Political Earthquake!

Chuck Fager November 6, 2025

So 2025 is a municipal election year in North Carolina, with seemingly little to catch wider public attention. A crowd of candidates with only local name recognition was running for...

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Ten Funny/Defiant Music Videos to Keep Your “NO KINGS” Spirits Humming

Chuck Fager October 25, 2025

On October 18, I helped host a ZOOM No Kings virtual rally, meant to include & encourage resisters who couldn’t attend in-person events. We didn’t want droning speeches, and had...

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Is Arthur Waskow Now Done With “Godwrestling”? I doubt it.

Chuck Fager October 23, 2025

In 1978, a Jewish writer-activist named Arthur Waskow published a book called Godwrestling. I read the book a year or two later, and have never forgotten it. Waskow died this...

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New Quaker Art Journal Now Online

Chuck Fager October 22, 2025

In these tough times, the arts can support resistance, endurance, and vitality. Yet Friends were firmly opposed to the arts for 200 years. That era is over, but in many...

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Homeland Invasion Update: 09-26-2025

Chuck Fager September 26, 2025

Homeland Invasion: Update 09-24-2025 – Chuck Fager Recent scenes from the front: — A combat vet protesting Chicago ICE raids, emerging from a thick cloud of their tear gas, unmasked...

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