After-Action Report: The 160th Anniversary Reenactment of the Battle of Chickamauga

Mrs. Robin and I home schooled both of our children (now grown and with families of their own), and #homeschool American #History classes included attendance at - and then participation in - "Living History" events. These are re-creations of people and events that made American History and whose impact continues to this day.

The article linked below is my "Report of the Chaplain" following this past weekend's amazing re-creation of the three-day Battle of Chickamauga. This was the last Confederate victory before the rape of the South by General Sherman which devastated much of Georgia but helped bring the War Between the States to an end. Written from the point of view of a Confederate soldier, and with heavy emphasis on the spiritual aspects of that terrible war, I hope readers find it informative and inspiring:

https://technophobeconfessions.wordpress.com/2023/09/25/report-of-the-battalion-chaplain-blood-steel-and-victory/

#USA #CSA #civil-war #USA-history #soldiers #armies #gospel #bible #revival #judgment

Report of the Battalion Chaplain: Blood, Steel, and Victory

This is the after-action report of Rev. RC Arnaud, Chaplain, First Battalion, First Brigade, in the combined armies of Northern Virginia and Tennessee in the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia on the 1…

#all #governments and all the #poo #lice and all the #armies and all the government #workers and all workers #of #inequity ,thou shall not kill not even yourself

we are truly fucked by the evil ones ,they even fuck your dead bodies

jimmy saville was knighted by the evil #death #cult even the #word #vile is in its #name

Putin and Zelenskyy, Talk to Each Other!

A short quote:

#Ukraine should not side with any bellicose great power whether it is the U.S., #NATO or Russia. In other words, our country should be #neutral. The #Ukrainian #government should #demilitarize, abolish #conscription, settle peacefully territorial disputes concerning #Crimea and #Donbass and contribute to the development of future #nonviolent global governance instead of trying to build a 20th century fashioned nation state armed to the teeth. It will be easier to #negotiate with #Russia and her client separatists when you share a vision that Ukraine, Donbass and Crimea in future will be one whole on the united planet without #armies and #borders. Even if elites lack intellectual #courage to look into the #future, pragmatic understanding of benefits of the common market should pave the way for #peace.

#antiwar

Putin and Zelenskyy, Talk to Each Other! - World Beyond War . . .

We live in hard times which demand courage to promote peace.

​Militarism and the police: how our streets became battlefields

When faced with #conflict, human beings respond in various ways and often choose #solutions that avoid #violence. We are very good at #negotiating, #communicating, #cooperating, as well as, of course, submitting to those more #powerful than us. Violence in our societies is pervasive; it is experienced every day by victims of #crime, domestic and more. But the systemic way #armies and #militarized #police units plan and prepare for the use of overwhelming violence is specific and unique.

A key example of militarized #policing is the #suppression of #protest and #dissent. Social movements come into conflict with the #authorities via lobbying, #protests or direct actions. Authorities respond to these #conflicts in various ways, sometimes reaching for militarized options. This violence is planned, trained for, repeatedly rehearsed and often delivered in a calculated way that aims to disorientate, overwhelm or eliminate the perceived enemy or threat.

Through the lens of #militarism, conflict stops being something that drives #change and #transformation; it becomes a #threat to be neutralized and the individuals and groups driving conflict become enemies akin to a foreign invading #army. Violence of this nature relies on its perpetrators’ #obedience to orders, the #dehumanization of its victims, and a heightened perception of threat.

The experiences of the democracy movement in #HongKong serve as one particularly extreme example. While in Hong Kong these tactics have been deployed by an #authoritarian #government, we have seen similar examples of police violence leveled against #activists across the world — in Chile, France, Germany, Indonesia, Myanmar, South Africa, South Korea and the US, to name but a few.

#peace #propeace #HumanRights