Peace Now! Great American Pacifists Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:39:14 -0400 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2464526 en-us © 2026 Peace Now! Great American Pacifists yes 524f0d2b-a4e9-5a74-9b3c-538e793495ec crispinsartwell@gmail.com Little Crispy episodic false First episode of the new podcast, which will devote an episode each to figures such as Lucretia Mott, William Lloyd Garrison, Dorothy Day, Bayard Rustin, and Judith Butler.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Little Crispy crispinsartwell@gmail.com https://storage.buzzsprout.com/3q4bt89hanzg7kpxwzjy2lyajji2?.jpg Peace Now! Great American Pacifists The Profound Ethics of Non-Violence in Judith Butler The Profound Ethics of Non-Violence in Judith Butler One of the most important living intellectual figures, Judith Butler has, in this century, developed a very profound and original pacifist ethics. 

I kept using 'she' pronouns right until the end when I suddenly realized it should be 'they.' I am apologizing to them and everyone else. 

]]> One of the most important living intellectual figures, Judith Butler has, in this century, developed a very profound and original pacifist ethics. 

I kept using 'she' pronouns right until the end when I suddenly realized it should be 'they.' I am apologizing to them and everyone else. 

]]> Little Crispy Buzzsprout-17675635 Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -0400 1899 1 20 full false Practical Pacifism (and the Arab Spring): Gene Sharp Practical Pacifism (and the Arab Spring): Gene Sharp Sharp's work on practical ways to transform totalitarian systems non-violently has proven important to resistance movements all over the world, including in the color revolutions and the Arab Spring, in Myanmar and Serbia and elsewhere. His years: 1928-2018.

https://commonslibrary.org/198-methods-of-nonviolent-action/: 198 techniques of non-violent resistance

]]> Sharp's work on practical ways to transform totalitarian systems non-violently has proven important to resistance movements all over the world, including in the color revolutions and the Arab Spring, in Myanmar and Serbia and elsewhere. His years: 1928-2018.

https://commonslibrary.org/198-methods-of-nonviolent-action/: 198 techniques of non-violent resistance

]]> Little Crispy Buzzsprout-17624809 Wed, 06 Aug 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1931 1 19 full false Daniel and Philip Berrigan: The Spiritual Poetry and Prose of Non-Violence Daniel and Philip Berrigan: The Spiritual Poetry and Prose of Non-Violence The astonishing Berrigan brothers, Roman Catholic priests and peace activists of total commitment.

]]> The astonishing Berrigan brothers, Roman Catholic priests and peace activists of total commitment.

]]> Little Crispy Buzzsprout-17575612 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1682 1 18 full false Effective Spirituality: the Great Cesar Chavez Effective Spirituality: the Great Cesar Chavez A leader of the Farm Workers, and an amazingly effective one, with a beautiful commitment of the most serious kind.

]]> A leader of the Farm Workers, and an amazingly effective one, with a beautiful commitment of the most serious kind.

]]> Little Crispy Buzzsprout-17502147 Mon, 14 Jul 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1410 1 17 full false Political and Philosophical Entailments Political and Philosophical Entailments I argue in this episode that pacifism entails the repudiation of utilitarianism (as well as other forms of teleological ethics) and also anti-statism. Around 20:49 I say 'Dorothy Day' when I mean Jane Addams.

]]> I argue in this episode that pacifism entails the repudiation of utilitarianism (as well as other forms of teleological ethics) and also anti-statism. Around 20:49 I say 'Dorothy Day' when I mean Jane Addams.

]]> Little Crispy Buzzsprout-17320461 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:00:00 -0400 1455 1 16 full false Non-Violence of the Spirit: Teachings of Thomas Merton Non-Violence of the Spirit: Teachings of Thomas Merton The great spiritual teacher, Trappist monk, and advocate of universal spirit (1915-1968) and his development of Catholic teachings and Dorothy Day's radicalism and anarchism.

]]> The great spiritual teacher, Trappist monk, and advocate of universal spirit (1915-1968) and his development of Catholic teachings and Dorothy Day's radicalism and anarchism.

]]> Little Crispy Buzzsprout-17279826 Wed, 04 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0400 1701 1 15 full false A Fundamental Source: Bayard Rustin A Fundamental Source: Bayard Rustin The great civil rights organizer, close collaborator of A.J. Muste, A. Philip Randolph and Martin Luther King, immersed in Gandhi, whose movement he brought to the US. His directness and vulnerability.

]]> The great civil rights organizer, close collaborator of A.J. Muste, A. Philip Randolph and Martin Luther King, immersed in Gandhi, whose movement he brought to the US. His directness and vulnerability.

]]> Little Crispy Buzzsprout-17195953 Tue, 20 May 2025 09:00:00 -0400 1671 1 14 full false Dorothy Day Slaps Harry Truman (Peacefully) Dorothy Day Slaps Harry Truman (Peacefully) The founder of the Catholic Worker, prospective saint, helper of all who need and incandescent advocate of peace in World War 2 and Vietnam. The clearest, fastest American protest against the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

]]> The founder of the Catholic Worker, prospective saint, helper of all who need and incandescent advocate of peace in World War 2 and Vietnam. The clearest, fastest American protest against the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

]]> Little Crispy Buzzsprout-17136237 Sat, 10 May 2025 17:00:00 -0400 1722 1 13 full false 'War is the Health of the State': On Randolph Bourne 'War is the Health of the State': On Randolph Bourne The short-lived, physically challenged young intellectual who attacked his teacher John Dewey and other liberals who endorsed WWI (Herbert Croly, e.g.) to do a lot better in various respects.

]]> The short-lived, physically challenged young intellectual who attacked his teacher John Dewey and other liberals who endorsed WWI (Herbert Croly, e.g.) to do a lot better in various respects.

]]> Little Crispy Buzzsprout-17110495 Tue, 06 May 2025 13:00:00 -0400 1663 1 12 full false Jane Addams 2 (bonus): My Grandfather's Correspondence with Her Jane Addams 2 (bonus): My Grandfather's Correspondence with Her In 1935, the last year of both of their lives, Herman Bernstein (my mother's mother's father) asked Jane Addams and many other eminent people whether permanent peace was possible. I read in her response, from his book "Can We Abolish War?"

]]> In 1935, the last year of both of their lives, Herman Bernstein (my mother's mother's father) asked Jane Addams and many other eminent people whether permanent peace was possible. I read in her response, from his book "Can We Abolish War?"

]]> Little Crispy Buzzsprout-17093228 Sat, 03 May 2025 17:00:00 -0400 813 1 11 bonus false The Great Jane Addams in WWI The Great Jane Addams in WWI The brilliant Nobel Prize winner, Hull House founder, associate of Dewey etc and her embroilment in the anti-war movement in the lead-up to World War I.

]]> The brilliant Nobel Prize winner, Hull House founder, associate of Dewey etc and her embroilment in the anti-war movement in the lead-up to World War I.

]]> Little Crispy Buzzsprout-17089141 Fri, 02 May 2025 18:00:00 -0400 1731 1 10 full false The Pacifist William James The Pacifist William James I'm stunned to find out that William James accounted himself a pacifist. The context at the turn of the 19th into the 20th century has been entirely transformed. His problematic relation to his own hypermasculine student Teddy Roosevelt.

]]> I'm stunned to find out that William James accounted himself a pacifist. The context at the turn of the 19th into the 20th century has been entirely transformed. His problematic relation to his own hypermasculine student Teddy Roosevelt.

]]> Little Crispy Buzzsprout-17039356 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:00:00 -0400 1955 1 9 full false How Pacifism Survived Into the Twentieth Century How Pacifism Survived Into the Twentieth Century An amazing and seemingly destined transmission and return: Ballou to Tolstoy, Tolstoy to Gandhi, Gandhi to King. If the podcast makes an historical contribution, it is in this episode.

]]> An amazing and seemingly destined transmission and return: Ballou to Tolstoy, Tolstoy to Gandhi, Gandhi to King. If the podcast makes an historical contribution, it is in this episode.

]]> Little Crispy Buzzsprout-17014333 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:00:00 -0400 1543 1 8 full false Lucretia Mott and the Post-War Peace Movement Lucretia Mott and the Post-War Peace Movement A hero of Thoreau and Emerson ("Civil Disobedience" is Lucretia Mott without Jesus), spearhead of abolitionism, feminism (a convener of Seneca Falls), and pacifism. One of the greatest persons and personalities America has produced. I use her sermons to talk about the crisis of pacifism produced by the Civil War.

]]> A hero of Thoreau and Emerson ("Civil Disobedience" is Lucretia Mott without Jesus), spearhead of abolitionism, feminism (a convener of Seneca Falls), and pacifism. One of the greatest persons and personalities America has produced. I use her sermons to talk about the crisis of pacifism produced by the Civil War.

]]> Little Crispy Buzzsprout-16982280 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:00:00 -0400 1478 1 7 full false Adin Ballou: System-Builder and Influencer for Peace Adin Ballou: System-Builder and Influencer for Peace One of the fundamental influences on Tolstoy (with whom he corresponded), and hence on Gandhi and King, Ballou (1803-1890) gave much more careful and elaborate accounts of non-resistance than most of his contemporaries.

Also, he completely destroyed social contract theory.

]]> One of the fundamental influences on Tolstoy (with whom he corresponded), and hence on Gandhi and King, Ballou (1803-1890) gave much more careful and elaborate accounts of non-resistance than most of his contemporaries.

Also, he completely destroyed social contract theory.

]]> Little Crispy Buzzsprout-16939127 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:00:00 -0400 1643 1 6 full false Henry Clarke Wright: Essence of Radical Reform Henry Clarke Wright: Essence of Radical Reform Wright "shocks all the old women with his infidel writings," said Thoreau in his journal. Boy we can see why.

]]> Wright "shocks all the old women with his infidel writings," said Thoreau in his journal. Boy we can see why.

]]> Little Crispy Buzzsprout-16920826 Sat, 05 Apr 2025 08:00:00 -0400 1666 1 5 full false The Magnificent William Lloyd Garrison The Magnificent William Lloyd Garrison An ethical hero who lived from 1805 to 1879: direct influence on Tolstoy and hence on Gandhi and King. 

]]> An ethical hero who lived from 1805 to 1879: direct influence on Tolstoy and hence on Gandhi and King. 

]]> Little Crispy Buzzsprout-16906934 Wed, 02 Apr 2025 17:00:00 -0400 2021 1 4 full true David Low Dodge: First American Peace Activist David Low Dodge: First American Peace Activist The mediator's kingdom is not of this world, b! The founder of the New York Peace Society (1774-1852) was one of earliest American anti-war advocates. A source for the Garrisonians and others who followed, Dodge taught "the government of God", the centrality of the Sermon on the Mount, and an absolute prohibition on violence.

]]> The mediator's kingdom is not of this world, b! The founder of the New York Peace Society (1774-1852) was one of earliest American anti-war advocates. A source for the Garrisonians and others who followed, Dodge taught "the government of God", the centrality of the Sermon on the Mount, and an absolute prohibition on violence.

]]> Little Crispy Buzzsprout-16899795 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:00:00 -0400 1987 1 3 full false John Woolman: Early Abolitionist, Pacifist, Spiritual Genius John Woolman: Early Abolitionist, Pacifist, Spiritual Genius Discusses the spiritual classic The Journal of John Woolman, which is a fundamental document of American radical conscience. As represented in section 5 of the Journal, Woolman (1720-1772) had to help work out collective resistance to the French and Indian Wars (in which, for example, slave owner and militarist George Washington made his reputation).

Why pacifism is not (merely) individualistic.

]]> Discusses the spiritual classic The Journal of John Woolman, which is a fundamental document of American radical conscience. As represented in section 5 of the Journal, Woolman (1720-1772) had to help work out collective resistance to the French and Indian Wars (in which, for example, slave owner and militarist George Washington made his reputation).

Why pacifism is not (merely) individualistic.

]]> Little Crispy Buzzsprout-16875306 Fri, 28 Mar 2025 09:00:00 -0400 1990 1 2 full false Intro: How I Became a Pacifist Intro: How I Became a Pacifist and what it means. A preview of the 15-or-so episodes to come.

]]> and what it means. A preview of the 15-or-so episodes to come.

]]> Little Crispy Buzzsprout-16864825 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:00:00 -0400 1667 1 1 full false