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March 27, 2013

Klansmen, Crips, Clowns, Memphis and Me

This Saturday the Ku Klux Klan is promising to have one of its largest rallies ever in Memphis, Tennessee. I’m headed there too. The Memphis park formerly known as Forrest Park, after Civil War general, slave trader and first Grand Wizard of the KKK Nathan Bedford Forrest, now bears the innocuous moniker “Health Sciences Park” […]

Filed Under: Peace Work, politics Tagged With: CCC, community, Conference on Race and Equality, Coup Clutz Clowns, Forrest Park, KKK, Klan, Ku Klux Klan, Memphis, Memphis Unite, nonviolence, protest, rally, Tennessee, White Flour

September 21, 2012

White Flour is now a video!

Here’s a way to hear and see this story, that doesn’t require buying the book. Please feel free to share it in any context you like, virtual or actual.  

Filed Under: In the News, Peace Work, poetry, politics Tagged With: activism, Clowns, Coup Clutz Clowns, David LaMotte, KKK, non-violence, nonviolence, street theater

October 28, 2008

In Light of Current Events

Sadly, it seems that my poem White Flour refuses to be outdated. There is more sad news on the topic from Tennessee yesterday. People at shows have been asking where they can get a copy, so I’ve decided to add a permanent page with the text.  Feel free to distribute as you see fit.

Filed Under: Peace Work, poetry, politics Tagged With: Clowns, Coup Clutz Clowns, creative non-violence, hate groups, KKK, Knoxville, Ku Klux Klan, non-violence, White Flour, White Power, White Supremacist, White Supremacy

April 7, 2008

White Flour

Memphis, Tennessee People keep asking at shows where they can get a copy of my poem, White Flour. Christine Kane did me the honor of printing it on her excellent blog a while back, but I guess it’s time I added it to my own. By the way, I just got word that it will be […]

Filed Under: Peace Work Tagged With: Clowns, Coup Clutz Clowns, David LaMotte, Klan March, Knoxville, Ku Klux Klan, non-violence, non-violent, peace, poem, poetry

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Book Cover reveal!

May 1, 2023

Hey friends, I've got some exciting news to share.  The release date for my new book, You Are Changing the World Whether You Like It Or Not, has been set!  It will be out in bookstores on July 25, … Read More

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"The cover art is by artist Scott Neely, who doodled this guitar drawing while actually sitting at a concert of mine, listening to me play my instrumental song Shadows."
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