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ROYALSTON, Mass. The recent death of 1960s anti-war and New Left activist Rennie Davis is the inspiration for this article. Without judgment or advocacy, I want to explore the varied shifts in consciousness that have taken place in the lives of several people who, like Davis, were peace and social justice activists during the Vietnam War era.
Only a short time before his death, at age 80, Davis received some media attention because of a new movie about the 1969 Chicago Seven trial. In an obituary written for
The Rag Blog, my college friend, activist and professor Jonah Raskin wrote, “Rennie was a man with a deep moral consciousness who aimed to follow the dictates of his heart and his head no matter where they might take him.”
Give up the meat - Iâve been doing it for 50 years
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Fifty years ago, together with my wife Renata, I stopped eating meat. I was a graduate student then, studying philosophy at the University of Oxford. The process that led to our decision began with a philosophy class. I had asked a question and after the class a Canadian student named Richard Keshen came up to ask what I thought of the answer I had been given.
Fifty years ago, I stopped eating meat.