A friend Jake shares and explains the hidden history of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and their long track record of peace and justice activism
Check out the Peace Testimony: https://www.fgcquaker.org/cloud/york-friends-meeting/pages/peace-testimony
Check out the American Friends Service Committee: https://www.afsc.org/
Quakers and conscientious objection: https://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/conscientiousobjection/co%20website/pages/HistoryNew.htm
https://www.lib.uci.edu/sites/all/exhibits/warwithin/index.php?page=section_5
Thousands of Quakers forced into labor camps for refusal to violate their morals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_States
Quakers work to free Japanese Internees: https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1046&context=td
Quaker Action Group works against nuclear arms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Quaker_Action_Group
Jakes favorite Tolstoy books:
The kingdom of God is within you: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43302
What I believe: http://www.self.gutenberg.org/wplbn0002951803-what-i-believe-by-tolstoy-leo.aspx?&words=theology
Check out Jakes Podcast @TastingAnarchy about wine and liberty and if you want to build a community of peace try to join him at @Chillderburg
https://open.spotify.com/show/0XH7iIpbMl7oT0mgyKbTO7?si=AO4qZXDvQBaRwNw2Z52jyw