A More Excellent Way Monthly Report

We start a new tradition, a monthly rant. A sermon, speech or discussion about the world and how we can make it better. 17 year ago I attempted to start a new organization at 27 years old I had worked for a few non-profits and was idealistic still a little naive. Not only was I put through the ringer having worked for a refugee agency assisting HT victims but I had been an organizer for a union, a case manager at a detention center for immigrants but worked as a legal assistant at an immigration law firm. After all these experiences I was ready to take on the world by creating a ministry or non-profit that kept the vision of MLK alive. It’s name was A More Excellent Way a phrase used by him quoting the writings of the apostle Paul. 1 Corinthians 12:31 "Now eagerly desire the greater gifts. And yet I will show you the most excellent way." Reverend Doctor King is pointing to the Way of Love described by Paul as "Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant..." connecting to the peaceful nature of the Jesus Movement and the Jewish concept of Chessed or loving-kindness which became a foundational component of the Civil Rights movement. This week, I came across the most ridiculous argument among progressives it is between Cenk Uger from The Young Turks, Sam Seder from The Majority Report and the always controversial Jimmy Dore anti-war comedian activist that I follow closely. Sam and the young lady he co-hosts with in their weekly show on YouTube were sharing "old gossip” about their interactions while part of the Young Turks. All this came about because they believe that Ana Casperian and Cenk are going right wing in an effort to get more viewers. There are many conspiracies from Sam and Jimmy that TYT is a front for the democratic party which attempts to behave in a liberal way to attract young people to the party and then always folds to the institutional party or the establishment narrative from the corporate donors when needed. According to Sam Seder TYT was one of the most popular shows on YouTube at one point and now it has turned into a clown show. Seder also attacks Jimmy Dore for some reason which I found unfair as he often calls out politicians from both sides of the political spectrum specially as People are dying, the world is getting worse. I would be the first to call him an "A Tool of the Antisemitic/Conspiratorial Left" but he actually speaks about the possibility of nuclear war, the deep state, the evil perpetrated by both parties and the need to fight for the poor. Although he has attempted to get single payer healthcare for all by pressuring Bernie Sanders, AOC and other candidates, he has turned into the mouthpiece of the radical anti-Israel section of the left by sharing his ontological disdain for Jews which comes from conspiracies and his mostly Roman Catholic upbringing. Although politics are messy I believe we can overcome this confusion through steering back the peace movement to a Spiritual Consciousness found in MLK writings.

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