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December 2, 2016

The KKK has announced a march. How do we respond?

On November 10, 2016, The Loyal White Knights of Pelham, a North Carolina branch of the Ku Klux Klan, announced a “Victory Klavalkade Klan Parade” to take place on Dec. 3rd, 2016.  The stated purpose of the march is to celebrate Donald Trump’s victory and the sense of validation they have gained from it. As […]

Filed Under: Observations, Peace Work, politics Tagged With: KKK, Klan March, Klan rally, Ku Klux Klan, nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, responding to racism, third way

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

March 1, 2012

White Flour book on the way…

Order the book or support the project here! My new illustrated book will be coming out in late May.  It tells a funny, instructive and true story of a creative anti-racism protest by a group calling itself the Coup Clutz Clowns, in Knoxville, Tennessee.  If all goes well, the book will be released on May […]

Filed Under: General Update, Peace Work, poetry, politics Tagged With: Clowns, humor, humour, KKK, Knoxville, march, non-violence, protest, Racism, White Flour

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Sadly, it seems that my poem White Flour refuses to be outdated.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

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It’s always nice to visit my old guitar case at It’s always nice to visit my old guitar case at the Grey Eagle. So good to hear David Wilcox and a bunch of other great friends. Just about to contribute a song I’ve never played on an electric guitar on an electric guitar I’ve never played before. What could possible go wrong? :-)
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The Seasons Project

November 16, 2023

I've been a fan of Christine Lavin's since I first discovered her music in the early nineties. She's insightful, sings and plays beautifully, and she is incredibly, side-splittingly funny (often … 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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