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Anne Newkirk Niven

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Blog entries tagged in pagan activism

PaganNewsBeagle Fiery Tuesday March 24

Lots of stories to get fired up about in today's PaganNewsBeagle: Canadian Paganism, care & feeding of activists; co-housing; so-white Congress; arguing that witchcraft shouldn't try to be respectable.

Great story at the Wild Hunt by Dodie Graham MacKay on Pagan activism in Canada.

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PaganNewsBeagle Fiery Tuesday March 3

In today's Fiery Tuesday roundup, we concentrate on activism in today's Pagan movement. Several intersecting articles: black Pagans talk about Black History month; PCon and "Bringing Race to the Table;" #Black Lives Matter; the myth of "making your own reality;" Pagan Environmental Network.

February was Black History month, and Wild Hunt contributor Crystal Blanton offers the perspective of a number of black Pagans its significance.

People are still unpacking the issues of racism at Pantheacon. P Lupus offers a modest evaluation and links to the podcast of the "Bringing Race to the Table" panel discussion from the conference in this post.

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PaganNewsBeagle: Fiery Tuesday Dec 2

Today's Fiery Tuesday posts are sure to stir a bit of controversy -- hopefully of a useful kind! Pagan Activism Conference, lowering police shootings; secularization of holidays; the (humanistic Pagan) case against spellwork; scary monsters in "pagan" festival.

First up, a report on last week's online Pagan Activism Conference. Which brings up the question: when and how should Paganism and political/environmental activism come together?

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  • Lizann Bassham
    Lizann Bassham says #
    Really like the Halstead blog - but then I'm a Reclaiming Witch so that makes sense.
PaganNewsBeagle Fiery Tuesday Oct 7

In today's Pagan News Beagle, we bring you stories of activism, faith, and hope. A controversial activist gives "Pagan" invocations in Florida; nature deficit disorder; the "next" GMO?; GMO-proof corn?; and decentralized power in Germany.

Activist David Suhor (whose self identification is "Agnostic Pagan Pantheist Living Existentially") is raising hackles in a small Florida town with his "in-your-face" Pagan invocations. Is he a nuisance? A harmless gadfly? A courageous proponent of Pagan rights? Make up your own mind: the whole story is at The Wild Hunt.

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PaganNewsBeagle Fiery Tuesday Sept 30

Greetings, Pagans and allies! Today's activist "Fiery Tuesday" includes stories on Pagans at the Climate Change march, the next Religious Rights case before the Supreme Court; the fate of a village already experiencing climate change, sustainable paths for cities, and a mobile farmer's market.

Many Pagans attended the recent Climate Change March in Manhattan; Terrence Ward offers this report on their experiences.

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  • Anne Newkirk Niven
    Anne Newkirk Niven says #
    Sorry, Greybeard, that is an inaccurate reading of Obama's actual statement. http://mediamatters.org/research/2009/06/03/fox-natio
  • Greybeard
    Greybeard says #
    Obama told a reporter recently that the US is "A Muslim nation." Why would you not expect the court to uphold Muslim rights?
PaganNewsBeagle Fiery Tuesday August 19

There's lots to be fired up about today! In an environment awash with activist news, today we are concentrating on some of the stories we've come across that *aren't* being covered by Big Media: an African witch who saved Tutsis during the Rwandan genocide, Pagan civil rights activists speak out, Indigenous People's Day, and a trip with the Icelandic Pirate Party. Enjoy your day!

This story of a courageous African healer who used her Craft (and a good deal of guile) to save others from the rampaging mobs during the Rwandan genocide is an inspiration.

The woman who started the campaign to remove the 10 Commandments monument at City Hall in Bloomfield, New Mexico speaks about her faith, life, and the place of religion in the public square.

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PaganNewsBeagle Fiery Tuesday August 12

It's Fiery Tuesday and we've got lots of news of activism on behalf of our many communities and our wider world. Pagan perspectives on progressive events with a Christian focus, 10 commandment monument in violation of constitution, sexual abuse in Paganism and religious persecution in Iraq.

Star Bustamonte gives a Pagan perspective on the "Moral Monday" protest campaigns in North Carolina. (Spoiler alert: she likes the progressive causes of the campaign, but not the way the campaign itself is framed in a solely Christian context."

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