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Classic 20th Century Quaker Books That Need to Live on

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...

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...

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...

Recent Books by Chuck Fager: Click a book for ordering information

. . .widely recognized as the most vivid and accurate account of the Selma movement . . .

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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 fresh wave of hard-right populism is stalking Europe

Chuck Fager September 16, 2023

In Germany, the AfD are weaponising climate change The Economist — Sep 14th 2023 A spectre is haunting Europe: the spectre of a rising hard right. In Germany the overtly...

Is This for Real? Life in space discovered?? Gwynne Dyer Says, “Maybe Yes.”

Chuck Fager September 15, 2023

Life discovered on planet 120 light years from Earth Gwynne Dyer — Sep 16 2023 – Gwynne Dyer is a UK-based Canadian journalist and historian who writes about international affairs...

Kim Davis, Antigay Kentucky Clerk, Must Pay $100K for Refusing Same Sex Marriage License

Chuck Fager September 14, 2023

Kim Davis, Kentucky County Clerk who denied gay couple marriage license, must pay them $100,000 Cybele Mayes-Osterman — USA TODAY—Sept. 14, 2023 Kim Davis, former...

Aliens in the Mexican Congress?? Sworn Witnesses Said “Yes.” But is “Seeing” Believing??

Chuck Fager September 13, 2023

AP News: Scientists call fraud on supposed extraterrestrials presented to Mexican Congress BY MEGAN JANETSKY Sept. 13, 2023 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Supposed aliens landed in Mexico’s Congress but there...

When Hanging Wasn’t Brutal Enough for Black Prisoners: Southern Whites Brought In “Old Sparky”

Chuck Fager September 13, 2023

From Reading Religion: The End of Public Execution Race, Religion, and Punishment in the American South By: Michael Ayers Trotti 266 Pages — $32.95 Published By: University of North Carolina...

Gwynne Dyer: Armenia in Trouble— USA to the Rescue??

Chuck Fager September 12, 2023

Why it’s unlikely the US will help Armenia by Gwynne Dyer, — Sept. 11, 2023 The Armenians are a people of great antiquity — the first Armenian kingdom was in the...

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