Category Archives: Politics

A Kinder Gentler Triumphalism/Unilateralism?

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Karen A. Scofield

On Ralph Peters’ “Return of the Tribes”

Ralph Peters is essentially saying that, globally, Christianity (inferred in the scope of his works) must “recognize and exploit“ (class warfare?) local customs (which he states often are “cumulative” rather than proactive and have to do with syncretic Shamanism, magic, “exclusive” “barricades,” and connection to the Earth) in order to enact “the religious counterrevolution of our Islamist enemies.” Continue reading →

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Spells for Democracy: 13 Tuesdays

Posted on August 21, 2006 by Isaac Bonewits

On August 14th, a member of our Spells for Democracy e-list made a suggestion for a series of weekly workings on Tuesdays between then and Election Day. Here’s the list of Tuesday assignments that she posted on 8/14, with a few additions for gaps:
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Some musings on fear and the religious left

Posted on July 30, 2006 by Isaac Bonewits

As a Neopagan activist I have watched over four decades of liberal mainstream religionists speaking noble words and expressing (four or more) noble truths, but still not having one-tenth the cultural, political, or economic impact their fundamentalist brethren have. Continue reading →

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Impeach the Bastards!

Posted on July 16, 2006 by Isaac Bonewits

The time for being polite is over. It’s no longer a matter of left or right, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Green, or Independent. Continue reading →

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