Next Saturday at Firestorm Books we'll be discussing the Eurochristian origins of mass criminalization and racial capitalism. Join us in-person at 3pm with Andrew Krinks, author of the recently published book "White Property, Black Trespass." In dialog with local organizers Hill Brown and Rev. Allyn Maxfield-Steele, Andrew will share their work on the historical continuity and religiosity of whiteness and property, concluding with a vision for a faith-based abolition of prisons and policing.

You can find more information on the event and copies of "White Property, Black Trespass: Racial Capitalism and the Religious Function of Mass Criminalization" on our website at https://firestorm.coop/events/3344-the-religion-of-criminalization-the-religion-of-abolition.html.

#Abolitionism #ChristianAbolitionists #SocialJustice #LiberationTheology #FreeThemAll #ChristianAnarchism #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

Hmm, I forgot that I posted a Psalters song of the week yesterday, the turn me round slave song. #music #christiananarchism #liberation

https://substack.com/home/post/p-154139425

#resist #pacifism #nonviolence #anarchism #christiananarchism

I am a former USMC infantryman (1977-1991) who left the Marines as a #consciencious_objector.
I will be the first to admit that religion, when subservient to the state, is a major tool in war and oppression. For the Christian church it does not matter if you are High Church, Evangelical or Anabaptist, they all are complicit.
But I still hold to the Way of Jesus, as did the Berrigans.

https://cac.org/daily-meditations/sitting-with-reality/

#resist #christiananarchism

https://churchanew.org/brueggemann/no-safe-place

https://radicaldiscipleship.net/2025/01/15/sanctuary-medicine/

#resist #communitysupport #christiananarchism #christiananarchy

Whether or not you made it to last week's reading group kick off, we hope you'll join us tomorrow to discuss the first section of Rebecca Solnit's "A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster." We'll be talking about the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 (pages 13-72) in the context of our own experiences with Hurricane Helene. This is also a cool section because it includes the origin story of the Catholic Worker Movement, a radical faith movement that inspired BeLoved Asheville!

Copies of "A Paradise Built in Hell" are available at Firestorm with a discount, or at no cost for participants in financial distress. We'll also be continuing to provide childcare for kids five and up, so please let us know the names and ages of the young folks you're bringing!

Full event details and schedule can be found at https://firestorm.coop/events/3290-beholden-to-each-other-a-disaster-reading-group.html

#HurricaneHelene #AparadiseBuiltInHell #DisasterCapitalism #MutualAid #FeministBookstore #CatholicWorker #ChristianAnarchism #FirestormCoop (- L)