Conception, newsletters, tracts, letter, writings by Dale Aukerman and others

1. 1980 letter from Dale Aukerman.

2.  Tracts: #4 "The War is Over," by Larry Kuenning, #6, #10 "Simplicity," by Art Gish, #11 "Evangelism Reconsidered," by Art Gish, #12 "Are You a Radical?  What Kind?", #15 "Prison as an Education Experience," by Ted Glick, #16 "What Kind of Church Will You Buy (Or What To Do If You Are Alienated From the Church," by Dale W. Brown, #18 by Kerby Lauderdale, #19, #20 "Community," by Art Gish, #23 and a different #23, #24, #25, #175 "Why I am A Pacifist," by Kenneth Brown.

3.  Reprint:  "Adding Up the Cost of Vietnam..." by John C. Danforth.

4.  Reprint: "Peacemaking," by Dale Aukerman.

5.  "Pacifism and Why I am a Pacifist," by Gary Frantz.

6.  BAM literature list.

7.  BAM, "A Call to Act."

8. "Signs," by Ken Brown.

9.  Shalom - a BAM-BPF Newsletter.

10.  BAM Newsletters:

1:2 November, 1968, II:3 May, 1969, 11:5 August, 1969, 11:6 September, 1969,11:7 November, 1969.  III: _ February , 1970, Newsletter III:2 March, 1970

 III:3 April, 1970 WAM-BAM (the ferment of Women's liberation hit BAM.  A special women's caucus raised an objection to male domination of the movement and contemplated taking the name of WAM-BAM).

III:4, July, 1970       

 

V:1 March 1971, Special Tax Resistance issue, December, 1971

 

May, 1972

IV:3 "A Modest Proposal, The Restitution of the 2000 Chickens," idea by Rosemary Ruether.

11.  "Radical Faith and the New Left," by Dale W. Brown.

12.  Ted Glick was one of eleven people who destroyed files of inner city draft boards in Philadelphia on February 6 and files of the General Electric Corporation (the second largest war contractor) in Washington on February 11 (1970?).  Six of the eleven people were Roman Catholic clergy.  The took the name, "East Coast Conspiracy to Save Lives."  See Newsletter III:3 and Tract #15, "Prison as an Educational Experience," by Ted Glick.

13.  Reprint: "We Burned Every Hut."

14.  "Mankind Needs You..." by Jerry Eller.

15.  March 18, 1968 letter from Ken Brown introducing Dale Aukerman as full time peace education worker with a $2,500 annual salary and housing at Koinonia farm and committee fundraising letter.

16.  "Why Christian pacifism," by Dale Aukerman.

17.  "Teaming Up," by Dale Aukerman.

18.  Happy Resistance Day, an induction refusal statement.

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The Brethren Action Movement has developed out of an informal group of Brethren who became convinced that our Church must witness more boldly on the appalling critical social issues of our day.  We believe that many Brethren are ready to proceed more boldly than before. ....

....The Brethren Action Movement is not a membership organization and has no official status within the Church of the Brethren.  It is made up of members and friends of the Church, working together to carry out the concerns that grow from the teachings of the Church and our fellowship within it.

Additional information:  In 1968 Dale Aukerman became corresponding secretary and peace education worker for the Indiana Brethren Action movement.  He lived at Koinonia Farm, Route 2, Pierceton, IN and served the Eel River Church of the Brethren.