“The Undiscovered Paul Robeson” by Paul Robeson Jr.: Review by Paul Von Blum
2010
ESRA: An Opportunity to Reshape the World
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We have been discussing how we can get members of Congress involved in an Environmental and Social Responsibility Amendment to the Constitution (ESRA). And so what I did over the past few months was to look at the principles and to draft a resolution. The idea is this: we take the principles in the ESRA, and we put them in a congressional resolution asking members of Congress to support the principles, and from there we can work to draft specific legislation for a constitutional amendment.
2010
Response to Noach Dzmura
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Dzmura’s arguments stand no chance of being adopted by the American mainstream any time soon. If we want to “move the needle” of public opinion, we need to make more moderate ones.
2010
A Progressive Religious Agenda Toward Gay Rights – A Response to “Ten Reasons Why Gay Rights Is a Religious Issue” by Jay Michaelson
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Essentialist arguments may win compassion from heterosexuals, but they don’t reflect reality. Let’s render marginal the idea that homosexuality is sin.
2010
Q&A on the ESRA
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This Q&A explains why we chose the approach we did in the details of this amendment (including why it is so long and so technical).
2010
ESRA: Environmental and Social Responsibility Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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We invite you to read our Environmental and Social Responsibility Amendment (ESRA) and to review the accompanying Q&A to understand why we have gone further than other amendments proposed to deal with the core problems of corporate power and the need for environmental responsibility.
2010
Ten Reasons Why Gay Rights Is a Religious Issue
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The centrality of religion to civil rights discourse is amplified when the civil rights struggle questions a status quo largely supported by religion.
2010
Introduction to the Queer Spirituality & Politics Section
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What has lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activism accomplished, and where is it headed? And how might queer political activism move our society as a whole toward a more caring, just, and liberatory future?
2010
Bisexuality – Theology and Politics
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Regardless of the structure, rituals, and principles of our path, and whatever the Divine name to whom we offer our prayers, bisexual and transgender people of faith live consciously and continually in the place where the twain meet.
2010
It’s So Queer to Give Away Money
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A different queer politics, focused on racial and economic justice and grassroots activism, has been growing stronger.
2010
Dismantling Hierarchy, Queering Society
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Queer politics calls us to go beyond a simple toleration for gay and lesbian communities to address how heteropatriarchy structures white supremacy, capitalism, and settler colonialism.
2010
The Uganda Controversy: Solidarity vs. Imperialism in LGBT Organizing
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Proposed legislation in Uganda would make homosexuality a capital offense. The legislation had been reportedly inspired by evangelical Christian leaders from the United States.
2010
The Intersection of Anti-Occupation and Queer Jewish Organizing
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As a queer Jew who is deeply critical of the Israeli government and deeply inspired by Jewish ritual, I have a deep desire for both political and spiritual fulfillment.
2010
The Hands of the Holy: Re-Envisioning LGBT Welcome in Faith Communities
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It’s time to develop new, compelling arguments about why faith communities should eagerly welcome and fully include LGBT people — arguments not based on the claim that people “can’t help” being lesbian or gay.
2010
The Transformative Promise of Queer Politics
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The story of Lt. Dan Choi’s protest action is a useful entry point into a discussion of the current trajectory of gay and lesbian organizing because it emblematizes one major reality of the activist moment: the widespread sense of urgency in pursuit of the assimilationist (rather than radically transformative) goals.