Wednesday, April 01, 2026
No Kings 3-28
My reading into the early Quakers, Nayler and Fox and their separate movements, showed me that much of it was about social justice. In those days church and state were bundled together, and getting out in the street for religious reasons was their equivalent of a No Kings protest.
Galesburg had its own No Kings protest (see below), but the War is a Racket sign deserves its own story.
Smedley Butler grew up Quaker in the early years of the 20th century, and went off to join the Marines in the Phillipines where he became very well decoorated as a hero (this went against his Quaker upbringing). Sent back to serve in Cuba and Central America, he became disillusioned, not so much with the army but with the US government for using the army to support the corporations. His book War is a Racket dealt with this issue. Hey - American kids are dying here - and it's all because you're trying to make more money?
Today millions are being made in the back-and-forth as they say the war will end, the war will drag on, etc. Somebody would rather keep this little game going and watch the millions get raked in. But people are dying.
Galesburg had its own No Kings protest (see below), but the War is a Racket sign deserves its own story.
Smedley Butler grew up Quaker in the early years of the 20th century, and went off to join the Marines in the Phillipines where he became very well decoorated as a hero (this went against his Quaker upbringing). Sent back to serve in Cuba and Central America, he became disillusioned, not so much with the army but with the US government for using the army to support the corporations. His book War is a Racket dealt with this issue. Hey - American kids are dying here - and it's all because you're trying to make more money?
Today millions are being made in the back-and-forth as they say the war will end, the war will drag on, etc. Somebody would rather keep this little game going and watch the millions get raked in. But people are dying.
