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Howard Zinn: Anarchism Shouldn’t Be a Dirty Word | Democracy and Elections | AlterNet
Ziga Vodovnik: In your People’s History of the United States you show us that our freedom, rights, environmental standards, etc., have never been given to us from the wealthy and influential few, but have always been fought out by ordinary people [...]

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Submergent relaunches website

Submergent.org recently relaunched (www.submergent.org). The old site was having some technical difficulties.
What is Submergent?
Embracing the Anabaptist impulse, Submergent is exploring new ways of embodying the Gospel in our post-modern, post-colonial, post-Christendom world. We are a network of emerging Anabaptist leaders, churches, and organizations from all over the world [...]

My twin brother Mark Van Steenwyck asked me to be one of the jurors at a writing competition over Jesus Manifesto.The following is the information about the contest.
Stepping into the Wind: A Pentecost-Inspired Writing Competition
We want your words. Jesus Manifesto is inviting you to submit an original article exploring the theme of Pentecost. In particular [...]

Ten Reasons Why I’m Not Voting : :: Jesus Manifesto ::
Good ol’ Mark have yet another insightful post related to politcs, voting and the empire.
This is an issue that I’ve been pondering about from an outsider perspective (in spite the fact that Puerto Ricans are US citizens since the approval by the US [...]

 
The Revolution starts at home is the title for the workshop my family will be facilitating at The New Conspirators conference, or better yet Festival of the Imagination. Our purpose will be to share a bit of how do we embodied the revolutionary and radical teachings of Jesus in our everyday life at home.  More than been [...]

Freedom to Learn :: Unitierra in Oaxaca by Gustavo Esteva
We have learned, with the Zapatistas, that while changing the world is very difficult, perhaps impossible, it is possible to create a whole new world. 
So we created our university, Unitierra. Young men and women without any diploma, and better yet no schooling, can come to us. [...]

My Mother Wears Combat Boots: A Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us :: AK Press

ITEM OVERVIEW
Jessica Mills is a touring musician, artist, activist, writer, teacher, and mother of two. Disappointed by run-of-the-mill parenting books that didn’t speak to her experience, she set out to write a book tackling the issues faced by a [...]

a how-to-graffitti guide
walls_are_alive.pdf
 

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