Palestine and LANDBACK

Plans to destroy Palestine were well under way 75 years ago with schemes to legalize land theft. The LandBack movement began in 2018 with efforts in the US and Canada for Native Americans to regain their ancestral lands. The idea quickly spread to Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and even Fiji. LandBack could easily encompass the … Continue reading Palestine and LANDBACK →

The Crucified of the Earth

I was recently made aware of a slightly different way of thinking about the flight of the family of Jesus from Bethlehem. A farmer who fled from the war in Guatemala into Honduras in the early 1980s, meaning he was a refugee, told Chris Hedges that when the family left Bethlehem, “It was on this … Continue reading The Crucified of the Earth →

The Cost of Bearing Witness

How one sees the past year depends upon how deeply you look into what happened. Most people in this country don't delve into issues like environmental chaos, rising authoritarianism, and war. That is aided by labeling those who insist on learning these things as "woke." Aided by news and social media that doesn't cover these … Continue reading The Cost of Bearing Witness →

How the world sees Israel’s colonial violence in Palestine

(c)2023 Jeff Kisling Increasingly, many more stories and events are emerging related to global opposition to Israel's war in Palestine and the US support for it. The US and Israel are facing growing isolation and opposition from the rest of the world due to their colonial and imperial policies. The U.S. Again Voted Against A … Continue reading How the world sees Israel’s colonial violence in Palestine →

Language

The point of this post comes from the article, It’s time to rethink the climate emergency narrative. The language we have been using has not resulted in any significant environmental action. But to get to that point, some context might help. One of the first memorable experiences I had with language was when I learned … Continue reading Language →

Absurdity

I shouldn't have been surprised by the evolution of language to help make sense of the collapse of the world I grew up in. Each new concept required work to begin to understand it. Work, meaning participation in the implementation of the concepts, because increasingly, academics fail to teach us what we need. Experience must. … Continue reading Absurdity →

Hypernormalization

New terminology is needed to describe unprecedented global collapse. I've struggled for years to try to motivate people to resist the conditions that are are fueling this collapse. I grew up in a Quaker community that worked against injustice. Where men and their families refused to participate in the militarism in this country, knowing they … Continue reading Hypernormalization →

Local resilience checklist

I find I don't know where to begin this morning. I'm listening hard for spiritual guidance but have not found it thus far. We're all so weary of the constantly evolving crises. But things seem to have reached a new low when babies are dying in Palestinian hospitals because of no electricity. This hits me … Continue reading Local resilience checklist →

“Ain’t Gonna Study War No More”

There is a sense of hopelessness, helplessness, and despair in the face of the horrors of the Israeli-Hamas war. Coming of age in the 1960s, during the Vietnam War, I witnessed and was part of the massive antiwar movement in this country. But for the past several decades I’ve wondered what happened to the antiwar … Continue reading “Ain’t Gonna Study War No More” →

Prerequisites to Building a Hub for Local Resilience

[Note: This is a continuation of a series I’ve been writing about resilience based on THE RESILIENCE WE WANT, A Guide to Making Your Community Space into a Hub for Local Resilience and Mutual Aid.] Before getting more into the details of the guide to make your community a hub for resilience, I'd like to express more fully … Continue reading Prerequisites to Building a Hub for Local Resilience →