Written in Protest Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/written-in-protest/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Thu, 30 May 2024 17:07:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Written in Protest Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/written-in-protest/ 32 32 On Nakba Day, some Palestinians dream of a single, secular state https://religionnews.com/2024/05/16/on-nakba-day-some-palestinians-dream-of-a-single-secular-state/ https://religionnews.com/2024/05/16/on-nakba-day-some-palestinians-dream-of-a-single-secular-state/#respond Fri, 17 May 2024 00:17:09 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4148645 (RNS) — People who reflexively invoke Israel’s right to exist conflate the right of a nation to exist with the right to oppress.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/05/16/on-nakba-day-some-palestinians-dream-of-a-single-secular-state/feed/ 0 To save their movement, student protesters should break camp https://religionnews.com/2024/05/03/to-save-their-movement-student-protesters-should-break-camp/ https://religionnews.com/2024/05/03/to-save-their-movement-student-protesters-should-break-camp/#respond Fri, 03 May 2024 20:03:05 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4146378 (RNS) — 'A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.'

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/05/03/to-save-their-movement-student-protesters-should-break-camp/feed/ 0 Wokeness might set you free. No one said it would make you happy. https://religionnews.com/2024/03/27/wokeness-might-set-you-free-no-one-said-it-would-make-you-happy/ https://religionnews.com/2024/03/27/wokeness-might-set-you-free-no-one-said-it-would-make-you-happy/#respond Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:43:20 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4139964 (RNS) — Those who work for social justice aren’t unhappy by nature. They are affected by the problems they’re trying to fix.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/03/27/wokeness-might-set-you-free-no-one-said-it-would-make-you-happy/feed/ 0 Protesting for Palestinians is necessary, but stopping the war will take more https://religionnews.com/2024/02/28/protesting-for-palestinians-is-necessary-but-stopping-the-war-will-take-more/ https://religionnews.com/2024/02/28/protesting-for-palestinians-is-necessary-but-stopping-the-war-will-take-more/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2024 15:17:38 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4134817 (RNS) — If a movement can’t do more than protest, it’s just begging.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/02/28/protesting-for-palestinians-is-necessary-but-stopping-the-war-will-take-more/feed/ 0 America’s lack of faith in our collective power is a bigger problem than Trump https://religionnews.com/2024/01/26/americas-lack-of-faith-in-our-collective-power-is-a-bigger-problem-than-trump/ https://religionnews.com/2024/01/26/americas-lack-of-faith-in-our-collective-power-is-a-bigger-problem-than-trump/#respond Fri, 26 Jan 2024 20:04:15 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4129762 (RNS) — Americans' loss of a democratic imagination is bigger than a loss in the ballot box.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/01/26/americas-lack-of-faith-in-our-collective-power-is-a-bigger-problem-than-trump/feed/ 0 A new biblical epic, ‘The Book of Clarence,’ captures the political side of the messiah https://religionnews.com/2024/01/11/a-new-biblical-epic-the-book-of-clarence-captures-the-political-side-of-the-messiah/ https://religionnews.com/2024/01/11/a-new-biblical-epic-the-book-of-clarence-captures-the-political-side-of-the-messiah/#respond Thu, 11 Jan 2024 22:22:00 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4127426 (RNS) — An irreverent biblical comedy counters decades of whitewashed and stiff-necked biblical narratives.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/01/11/a-new-biblical-epic-the-book-of-clarence-captures-the-political-side-of-the-messiah/feed/ 0 A new biopic about King’s mentor Bayard Rustin has lessons for today https://religionnews.com/2023/12/06/a-new-biopic-about-kings-mentor-bayard-rustin-has-lessons-for-today/ https://religionnews.com/2023/12/06/a-new-biopic-about-kings-mentor-bayard-rustin-has-lessons-for-today/#respond Wed, 06 Dec 2023 21:59:00 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4122137 (RNS) — ‘Rustin’ reminds us what makes nonviolent revolutions powerful.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/12/06/a-new-biopic-about-kings-mentor-bayard-rustin-has-lessons-for-today/feed/ 0 Nonviolence, rebellion and the Palestinian attack https://religionnews.com/2023/10/13/why-our-fetish-for-nonviolence-nor-revolutionary-violence-cant-help-palestinians/ https://religionnews.com/2023/10/13/why-our-fetish-for-nonviolence-nor-revolutionary-violence-cant-help-palestinians/#respond Fri, 13 Oct 2023 18:27:06 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4114004 (RNS) — In the famous words of John F. Kennedy, 'Those who make nonviolent revolutions impossible, make violent revolutions inevitable.'

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/10/13/why-our-fetish-for-nonviolence-nor-revolutionary-violence-cant-help-palestinians/feed/ 0 Let’s review: Slavery benefited white people https://religionnews.com/2023/08/09/lets-review-slavery-benefited-white-people/ https://religionnews.com/2023/08/09/lets-review-slavery-benefited-white-people/#respond Wed, 09 Aug 2023 21:03:47 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4104014 (RNS) — We’re not done covering the basics of anti-racism in America. Even some Black people are confused. 

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/08/09/lets-review-slavery-benefited-white-people/feed/ 0 Cornel West for prophet! (Not president.) https://religionnews.com/2023/06/07/cornel-west-for-prophet-not-president/ https://religionnews.com/2023/06/07/cornel-west-for-prophet-not-president/#respond Wed, 07 Jun 2023 23:59:01 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4096923 (RNS) — The Bible tells us that prophets don’t make good kings.

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