In the USA we are seeing a rising of violent and hate filled groups like the white nationalist group the Proud Boys who gathered last week end in Salem Oregon. I attended the event to document the rise

From a song I wrote called In The World: "Why all the generals are they in the parks? Have the poets all lost their mark? Young soldiers lying dead ... the poetry unread!" The song below is one

I follow Julian Assange's mother on Twitter and she follows me. Therefore, I often see what she writes on Twitter and I follow the comments of those who respond to her concerns. A few days ago she wrote

According to the Hebrew Bible, Dominion Theology is Elohim's purpose for man. It is one of the first commands of Elohim to man in Genesis. That is the Torah way. The Tanakh is not about pacifism. You follow

A way-lefty, I've been a pacifist my entire life and now at age 69 I've still yet to meet a Republican pacifist. Perhaps when pacifists begin to appear among Republicans the world will change for the better.

Most people, almost all I know, are intuitively against war. Most will justify the defence of their country but never offensive measures. A significant amount will then say that under certain conditions

One cannot live as a pacifist in an organized society without the presence of a warrior class which is willing to be violent.  It is, in  fact, the latter group's capacity for violence which

It's strange how people misrepresent the meaning of words when it suits their purpose. Such as "pacifism". It doesn't mean what some people wish it meant. It isn't "pacifism" to oppose

[This post is meant for constructive criticism so that, through the Socratic Method, it may be revised and refined. There is some vagueness within the text which is completely intentional. My arguments

"Camp 1st Casual Btn. Ft. Riley Sept. 16, '18 Dear Friend: Received your letter of the 10th inst. and with a little delay I answer. Unless a man is isolated from this civilized world of ours, he cannot

"The problem after a war is with the victor. He thinks he has just proved that war and violence pay. Who will now teach him a lesson?" AJ Muste

I don't know if my tinfoil hat is a bit tight today, but I got stuck listening to a country / pop station on Memorial Day weekend, and it strikes me as downright cringey how pretentious and propagandist

Years ago when I was mentally gravitating towards the libertarian mindset, I dabbled in pacifism a little. I greatly admired the civilly disobedient heroes of the 20th Century that I learned about in high

My Beliefs In the limited experiences I’ve had debating pacifism, it seems like a lot of the arguments used toward the just war philosophy are based primarily on Old Testament examples, misquoted or

I call myself both an anabaptist and an anarchist. With the news going out over the last two days, I can't help but feel myself getting fired up. I can't/won't/don't condone any form of violence, but I