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Comment on Revolutionary Reading: Civil Disobedience by Revolutionary Reading: Civil Disobedience – Jana Mills | Kingdom of God Worship Blogs

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Andrew — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:29:01 +0000

This is a powerful song

Comment on Revolutionary Reading: God’s Tears by wenjie zheng

wenjie zheng — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:52:22 +0000

I search god’s tears on ask.com for my website domain name and I see your poem and I liked it. what a coincidence!

Comment on Revolutionary Readings: The New Colossus by Work Cited « The American Dream

Work Cited « The American Dream — Thu, 19 May 2011 06:07:31 +0000

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Welcome « The American Dream — Thu, 19 May 2011 03:42:17 +0000

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Comment on The Present Crisis by Revolutionary Reading: Jerusalem – Jana Mills

Revolutionary Reading: Jerusalem – Jana Mills — Thu, 05 May 2011 15:28:11 +0000

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Comment on Some specific questions for Big Society evangelists by janamills

janamills — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:35:28 +0000

@Will – Yes it is about cuts but also an attempt to shift power in the democratic process, or rather (perhaps inadvertently) away from it.
@Julian Sorry I missed your event, I noticed from twitter that it seemed to go well! Look forward to more good things from Our Society. Did you cover any of these sort of questions?
@Nana – Sieze the opportunity why not! Yes it’s true a lot of the evidence has been and will be anecdotal. My worry is that there is no thought as to the democratic implications of this agenda and particularly the possibility of corruption. How many of these groups are so heavily funded but disconnected from ordinary people and their interests, and not really achieving much.

Comment on Some specific questions for Big Society evangelists by Nana Afua Pierre

Nana Afua Pierre — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:10:11 +0000

Hey Jana, just agreeing with waht you say. I’ve been asking myself these same questions. I’ve been to 2 or 3 talks since January in my local areas surrounding big society and BME communities in Gloucester and it’s really disappointing as a ‘philosophy’ and a ‘state of mind’ (as described by 2 conservative politicians some of these meetings) In one way, axing some services may very well be a necessity, but to ask people deprived of those services to volunteer and take charge of their neighbourhoods, is asking many hurt and broken people for more than they should give right now. I feel the voluntary sector (formal and informal) is going to be really exploited by this kind of politics. I think it’s unfair of the government to spin the idea like it’s a ‘for-us-by-us’ initiative, when it is really an opportunity for the government to wash its hands off of some of its necessary and essential responsibilities. I haven’t a clue what the localism bill will finally look like, but many groups in British society aren’t in good enough shape yet to exercise their right to challenge the government in a constructive manner. So when we hear about these BS success stories, that is all they come across as being: anecdotes that don’t show the full extent of BS not working… just some thoughts, seizing the opportunity to vent! Thanks Jana

Comment on Some specific questions for Big Society evangelists by Julian Dobson

Julian Dobson — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:29:40 +0000

I’ve only just come across this post and you make some excellent points. You may be interested in Our Society’s big society reality check next Thursday, which will try to provide more of the detailed critique you’re looking for – see http://bigcheck.eventbrite.com/

Comment on Some specific questions for Big Society evangelists by William Mc Cready

William Mc Cready — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:50:30 +0000

Great points Jana! I think the whole concept has necessarily been kept opaque, vague and bland to facilitate not having to over explain what is quintessentially a wishy washy cover for a steep lurch in our political and social reality… alas this is manifested in cuts that will by their very nature attack those most reliant on help to lead a life of basic dignity!