May 2011
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In an age so adjusted to war, I call upon you to be maladjusted. In an age so...
– Dr. Martin Luther King (via libertariancontrarian)
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State of the Re:Union | Bayard Rustin →
A master strategist and tireless activist, Bayard Rustin is best remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, one of the largest nonviolent protests ever held in the United States. He brought Gandhi’s protest techniques to the American civil rights movement, and helped mold Martin Luther King, Jr. into an international symbol of peace and nonviolence. This hour long radio...
Steven Davison: War and the Social Order →
martinjkelley:
This story starts in 1915, when London Yearly Meeting convened a committee on War and the Social Order… The very act of convening such a committee was a mark of how Quakerism was modernizing and…
Charlie Booker on Footballer's Private Lives →
Wife has decided dubstep is too depressing and is now flooding the house with the sound of ska.
Now if you think you do have rights, one last assignment for you. Next time...
– George Carlin, You Have No Rights (via coeus)
Anonymous asked: why is your least favourite song "Imagine"?
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kimya-dawson asked: Crime and Punishment indeed, also, I'm in school tomorrow!
War is Peace: Mother's Day Proclamation by Julia... →
warispeace:
Written in 1870 as a response to brutalities of the Civil War and Franco-Prussian War:
Arise, then, women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts, Whether our baptism be of water or of tears! Say firmly: “We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies, Our husbands will not…
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11 Reasons to Stop Eating Dairy →
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Taking Control: West Midlands Gathering →
On May 14th and 15th Birmingham will play host to the Taking Control West Midlands Gathering, a weekend of workshops aimed at aimed at creating a more unified West Midlands community of people and groups interested in actively pursuing democratic and liberating social change.
And I’m facilitating the ‘Campaign Against Arms Trade’ workshop.
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“Joyfully celebrating the killing of a killer who...