Meditation/Remembrance for the Day: The National Cathedral in DC tolled its big booming bell 200 times yesterday as sound track for the U.S. reaching 200 THOUSAND Covid deaths. Click here to see it on YouTube. It’s on YouTube. No sermon, no choir, no ads, no collection. It lasts almost 20 minutes. Suggestion: click the link, … Continue reading Meditation/Remembrance for the Day: 200,000
A quick followup to the July 28th post, “Why nonviolent protests are smarter, even/especially today”. The point, to reiterate, was that lots of academic & private polling research, plus my own movement experience, confirms the idea that nonviolent protests move public opinion in a progressive direction, while violent demonstrations nudge it toward the reactionary right, … Continue reading Stick to Nonviolence: A Followup
[NOTE: See also this UPDATE to this post, here.} I feel torn about renaming the Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama. On the one hand, Pettus was all those odious things: traitor, KKK leader, etc., etc. On the other hand, John Lewis & many others shed their blood under that sign, and seared its letters onto … Continue reading Rename the Pettus Bridge? I’m in no hurry.
Just read a very striking piece by E. J. Dickson in Rolling Stone. It says the “Cancel Cops Crusade,” in order to root out systemic police racism, killings & impunity, also has to take down the media images of the police. Even — especially– those of the “good cop.” Why? because the problem isn’t “bad … Continue reading Cancel Cops, Cancel ALL Cop Shows, NO Exceptions. And Cancel Quakers Too?
It’s even happening in Cambridge Massachusetts: “Harvard Offers Staff Early Retirement to Reduce Expenses,” roars a recent Bloomberg headline. “Richest U.S. school also allows voluntary cuts in work hours . . . asking employees to consider a series of voluntary measures, including early retirement, giving up vacation and reducing work hours as it faces a … Continue reading The Axe Falls at Earlham (Again): Virus & Depression taking Big toll