"A whole trend of false spirituality says that to change the unjust structures of society you have to first change people. They do not realize the great fact of reality: that a selfish, unjust, society inevitably produces selfish, exploiting, violent people."
--Guadalupe Carney
A remarkable 900 word statement that notably concludes with: "It is important to be on the right side of a just war, and it is even more important to be on the right side and win."
If our Christianity causes us to look with inherent suspicion at how the poor spend their money all while we look with inherent admiration at how the extremely rich accumulate mass amounts of wealth, we have a theology that’s more influenced by capitalism than the gospel of Jesus
A Trump-era anti-asylum policy has expanded to now expel Venezuelan asylum seekers from the U.S. Join @RESCUEorg in urging President Biden to stand up for asylum seekers' rights by ending this harmful policy called Title 42: https://t.co/FBxqGQLpvf
In El Paso I reported on a Democrat-leaning, majority Latino city that's quietly sending far more buses of asylum seekers north than Abbott. I found an immigrant-friendly city overwhelmed, yearning for federal leadership and unapologetic about the buses.
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NEW: Citing threats to communities and ecosystems worldwide, Roger Waters, Ben Cohen, Noam Chomsky, Bill Ayers, and 220+ organizations from around the world are demanding the US cancel the F-35 program and reinvest the funds in life-affirming goods and services. #GroundTheF35
A Christianity that believes it needs political power, a president, legislation, and a nation to ensure its survival is a Christianity that actually dethrones Jesus as the actual savior of the nations and advances a belief that even Jesus needs a nation to be his savior.
At a bookstore today I asked where to find the books on peace and nonviolence. The clerk said, “If there are any, they’d be in the ‘Esoteric’ section.
Sigh.
Joe Biden: Unfortunately folks, we're on the precipice of Nuclear Armageddon
Folks: Thanks for the update, Mr. President. Good thing this has nothing to do with your current policy of orchestrating massive warfare against the country with the world's largest nuclear arsenal