Category Archives: Violence
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MA$TER$ OF WAR
1November 28, 2017 by Ron Madson
“A NATION THAT CONTINUES YEAR AFTER YEAR TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON MILITARY DEFENSE THAN ON PROGRAMS OF SOCIAL …
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“My Church Shackles are True”
15June 13, 2016 by Ron Madson
“What demon possessed me to have behaved so well.” —Henry Thoreau This past year my “ward” —-for some reason …
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Book Review: The Failure of Nonviolence: From the Arab Spring to Occupy, Peter Gelderloos, Left Bank Books, 2013
2November 4, 2013 by Tariq Khan
Peter Gelderloos has written a handful of books and several essays, though he is probably best known for his provocative …
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LDS Sign Declaration Renouncing Wars!
14August 22, 2013 by Ron Madson
“There comes a time when silence is betrayal..”–Martin Luther King. A “Declaration Renouncing War” has been prepared for LDS members …
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Romney and Romero
18October 22, 2012 by Kate Savage
(and Ryan, and Rand) For several months now, whenever I hear about Mitt Romney, the image of Oscar Romero creeps …
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And now for something completely different… nonviolence
29August 27, 2012 by christopherpdavey
It could be considered strange that Mormon culture leans toward militarism more so than pacifism. This ethotic trajectory is somewhat …
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Campesinos Refusing To Disappear: Guatemala’s Polochic Valley One Year After the Evictions
5March 26, 2012 by tristan savage
by Tristan Call. Posted Simultaneously at Upside Down World Juan lived in the village of Paraná until August, when for …
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The Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Inspiration
1March 3, 2012 by tristan savage
from Tristan Call posted simultaneously at sfablog.org, the blog for the Student-Farmworker Alliance My years of involvement in the Campaign …
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Civilization: Its Violent Roots, Part 2 of Cain’s mark Civilization: Its Violent Roots
1February 29, 2012 by J. Madson
The story of Cain and Abel is foundational. By foundational I mean the basis or the underlying support, the body …
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