Made in America

I’m been writing a long, moving article in my head. It is how we should buy American-made goods to support domestic industry for economic diversity and fair-waged jobs in the manufacturing sector. I was going to appeal to the grossly lopsided balance of trade we have with China, and consider the present and emerging environmental… Continue reading Made in America

Banners at General Assembly: history?

Does anyone know when the first banners appeared at General Assembly, or Universalist General Convention, or at the Unitarian “May Meetings”? I know the British Unitarians have these at their Annual Meeting, but who influenced whom? I wonder if there’s an inheritance from trade union, women’s sufferage, and related reform movement banners (on either side… Continue reading Banners at General Assembly: history?