Sacramentalist and Socialist

Text: Sunday at Quaker Meeting House, Ipswich, Doors 6.45pm. Free Entry. To Kill a War Machine, the real story of Palestine Action. Last Chance before it's proscribed. Screening of the indie documentary, followed by discussion and whip-round.

Can't think of a better subject for our first public event than dissenting over a State ban on non-violent direct action by Palestine Action using "anti-terror" laws. This Sunday, 6.45pm at the Quaker House in Ipswich we'll be screening To Kill a War Machine.

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Starting now!

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June Meeting 2025 Our next meeting will take place on Thursday 26th June at 6.30pm. Following discussions at our April meeting, we are refocussing on reading. We reflected on the way that our previous readings (A Th…

Join us this Thursday, 6:30pm BST as we continue to read ‘A Time to Speak’ by anti-apartheid activist and priest Michael Scott.

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Next Thursday is the launch of “#Abolitionist Alternatives to Exclusions Guide” by No More Exclusions, 5th June at 6pm

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Shout out about tonight’s reading group - what is the work of a #socialist #Christianity in times like these?

Join us 6:30pm BST!

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There are no good-faith anti-trans arguments, only patriarchal power grabs

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The #AngloCatholicSocialists are back!

This Thursday, we’ll be reading and discussing sections from anti-apartheid activist Revd Scott’s ‘A Time To Speak’. Texts will be provided 😃

Interested? It’s 6:30pm BST - sign up here! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Only quoting to emphasise how (unsurprisingly but still frustratingly) wild it is that the material realities of Christian Zionism are still so obfuscated and the consequences of that obfuscation…

+ 2) an understanding that a punitive mindset and anti-prisoner bias is as necessary to tackle amongst non-prisoners as struggling for improved living conditions

Although there was news from the prison, the two things that struck us were:

1) the commitment of the campaign to prioritise and learn from the families of those imprisoned, those more seasoned prison rights campaigners and former prisoners

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A view from the balcony: thoughts on the Wandsworth Prison Improvement Campaign May meeting Earlier this month, I attended the public meeting hosted by the WPIC (Wandsworth Prison Improvement Campaign). It was a full house in the church where the meeting was held to the extent that when I…

Earlier this month, one of our members attended the #Wandsworth Prison Improvement Campaign public meeting to find out how the campaign was progressing, what changes had been made to one of the worst conditioned #prisons in the UK: sacramentalistnsocialist.wordpress.com/2025/05/25/a...

Got a free evening tonight? Why not join us for our meeting 6:30pm GMT where we’ll be discussing…

- Lessons from 19th century anglo-catholic #socialism
- Dates for the May conference
- Drafting statements/resources for Gaza and anti-racist solidarity

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We’ll be meeting tomorrow evening, 6:30pm GMT. Join us!

Agenda items are:

- talk on fascinating #Christian #Socialist histories learned from folks at @thehourmag.bsky.social
- planning for the May conference
- reviewing shout outs for Palestine fundraisers and an anti-fascist demo in Nuneaton

The highlight of our agenda will be planning for the May conference so if you have ideas or want to hear more, you’ll be more than welcome!

#ChristianLeft #AngloCatholicSocialism #ChristiansAgainstFascism

Want to organise with other #Leftist #Christians? Got a project you’d like to shout out about? Next meeting is Thursday, 27th February at 6:30pm GMT, come join us!

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It is so important to consider that when he had the funds he chose to stay enslaved himself so that his wife and their future children would be free not knowing if he would ever be able to purchase his own freedom.

Give that (I believe) you still cannot claim asylum in the UK outside the UK and visa rules and regulations, this is grotesque. This government is so disappointing.

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Union research like this changes the narrative and strengthens our struggle to revalue care workers and build quality public care systems!

Amazing work by PSI affiliate @unisontheunion.bsky.social

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KENNETH LEECH | CHRISTIANS AND FASCISM

According to Kenneth Leech, there are five areas of activity which contribute to the growth of a Fascist movement: www.thehourmag.com/post/kenneth...

"There was sexual violence, there was torture, there was cruelty, which are very explicit signs of hatred, misogyny, and xenophobia,” said a representative of the Ministry for Women.

I’m curious about whether progressive folk are contributing to the CNC call for input on the +ABC. Is it something we can make a difference with?

This kind of stuff is why I’m always like- it wouldn’t be worth most scammer’s hassle to deal with GoFundMe and Gaza. Mona is verifiably in Gaza- has submitted tons of documentation and they have just ghosted her for over a month now.

Why Christians Should Be Leftists|Hardcover The Sermon on the Mount offers a rousing call to political solidarity—if only we have ears to hear it.    Being a Christian and being a socialist go together for Phil Christman. He exp...

my next book, Why Christians Should be Leftists, is available for preorder. as you'll figure from the title, it spits on the idea of complying with any vibe shift. it comes out September 16. www.eerdmans.com/978080288405... www.barnesandnoble.com/w/why-christ... you can also purchase it at amazon

#OtD 7 Feb 1974 Grenada achieved independence from Britain, following a turbulent period of civil unrest, including a nationwide general strike which had been ongoing since 1 January, protesting against police and paramilitary brutality stories.workingclasshistory.c...

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#AngloCatholicSocialism #AntiRacismInTheChurch #RacialJusticeSunday

Resources for Racial Justice Sunday February 9th will be Racial Justice Sunday and we have been working on some educational resources for congregations. These are made particularly for predominantly white congregations who will find …

It’s Racial Justice Sunday on 9th February this year and we’ve created some posters with key stats, especially for predominantly white congregations who might not be familiar with recent findings about racism in the UK.

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But yeah even in that scenario, can we have developed enough solidarity between bougie gentrifiers and the future victims of a Reform-shifted landscape to still locally fight against eg cuts and crackdowns? Somebody’s gotta do it!

+ it’ll have to be creating a visibly active left wing structure for historic Labour voters who’ve abandoned the party (and still feel weird about it) to support.