This was on the cards from the start. Anyone who remembers Swords into Ploughshares would have told them that. www.developmenteducationreview.com/issue/issue-...
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February 4, 2026 at 5:48 PM
This was on the cards from the start. Anyone who remembers Swords into Ploughshares would have told them that. www.developmenteducationreview.com/issue/issue-...
THIS Democrat wants to see ICE dismantled, every last person in the institution &/or facilitating its reign of terror arrested & hauled before a truth & reconciliation committee, its budget stripped & invested in building a genuine democracy & free healthcare, & its weapons turned into ploughshares.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 4, 2026 at 1:47 AM
THIS Democrat wants to see ICE dismantled, every last person in the institution &/or facilitating its reign of terror arrested & hauled before a truth & reconciliation committee, its budget stripped & invested in building a genuine democracy & free healthcare, & its weapons turned into ploughshares.
Ploughshares' Emerging Writers' Contest is now open to fiction, nonfiction, & poetry through March 31. Winners receive $2,000, publication, & a conversation with Aevitas Creative Management. $30 fee (free for current subscribers).
#writers #litmag #writingcontest @pshares.bsky.social
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Submit to Ploughshares' Emerging Writers' Contest!
Submit your best fiction, nonfiction, or poetry to Ploughshares’ Emerging Writers’ Contest by March 31, 2026. Winners receive $2,000, publication in Ploughshares, and more.
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February 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Ploughshares' Emerging Writers' Contest is now open to fiction, nonfiction, & poetry through March 31. Winners receive $2,000, publication, & a conversation with Aevitas Creative Management. $30 fee (free for current subscribers).
#writers #litmag #writingcontest @pshares.bsky.social
#writers #litmag #writingcontest @pshares.bsky.social
Failing to replace New START would "contribute to...escalated tensions across the world and a higher likelihood of a nuclear catastrophe.' — Ploughshares President @emlbelcher.bsky.social in The Atlantic
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Countdown to an Arms Race
The last significant nuclear-arms-control treaty is about to expire, and Trump isn’t putting anything in its place.
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February 3, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Failing to replace New START would "contribute to...escalated tensions across the world and a higher likelihood of a nuclear catastrophe.' — Ploughshares President @emlbelcher.bsky.social in The Atlantic
https://loom.ly/07jS5js
https://loom.ly/07jS5js
"We Shall Beat Our Swords Into Plowshares and Study War No More" (2018). #art Inspiration is drawn from the statue by Vuchetich gifted to the UN by the USSR in 1959. The slogan draws from the biblical passage: "They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks;...
February 3, 2026 at 4:51 PM
"We Shall Beat Our Swords Into Plowshares and Study War No More" (2018). #art Inspiration is drawn from the statue by Vuchetich gifted to the UN by the USSR in 1959. The slogan draws from the biblical passage: "They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks;...
Ah,our beloved military Keynesianism! What ever happened to 'swords into ploughshares' or the Green New Deal? You think these weapons will not be used against workers.
February 3, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Ah,our beloved military Keynesianism! What ever happened to 'swords into ploughshares' or the Green New Deal? You think these weapons will not be used against workers.
Oh! I read Geetanjali Shree for the 1st time! In Ploughshares Fall 2025.
Has this only happened to me:
a short trip transforming into a
journey that spans centuries? And
an impromptu conversation making
one completely relive one's life?
Was my life still the same, or
had it turned into some other?
Has this only happened to me:
a short trip transforming into a
journey that spans centuries? And
an impromptu conversation making
one completely relive one's life?
Was my life still the same, or
had it turned into some other?
February 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Oh! I read Geetanjali Shree for the 1st time! In Ploughshares Fall 2025.
Has this only happened to me:
a short trip transforming into a
journey that spans centuries? And
an impromptu conversation making
one completely relive one's life?
Was my life still the same, or
had it turned into some other?
Has this only happened to me:
a short trip transforming into a
journey that spans centuries? And
an impromptu conversation making
one completely relive one's life?
Was my life still the same, or
had it turned into some other?
"As Emma Belcher, the president of the arms-control organization Ploughshares, put it to me in an email, failing to replace New START would “contribute to greater geopolitical instability, escalated tensions across the world and a higher likelihood of a nuclear catastrophe in our lifetime.”
February 3, 2026 at 3:17 PM
"As Emma Belcher, the president of the arms-control organization Ploughshares, put it to me in an email, failing to replace New START would “contribute to greater geopolitical instability, escalated tensions across the world and a higher likelihood of a nuclear catastrophe in our lifetime.”
Has this only happened to me: a short trip transforming into a journey that spans centuries? And an impromptu conversation making one completely relive one's life? Was my life still the same, or had it turned into some other?
"And I Saw Myself Running," Geetanjali Shree,Ploughshares Fall 2025 V51N3
"And I Saw Myself Running," Geetanjali Shree,Ploughshares Fall 2025 V51N3
February 3, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Has this only happened to me: a short trip transforming into a journey that spans centuries? And an impromptu conversation making one completely relive one's life? Was my life still the same, or had it turned into some other?
"And I Saw Myself Running," Geetanjali Shree,Ploughshares Fall 2025 V51N3
"And I Saw Myself Running," Geetanjali Shree,Ploughshares Fall 2025 V51N3
A writing workshop exploring inventive nonfiction forms, leaving writers with new tools, approaches, and confidence. Excellent work generated by attendees in these sessions will be considered for publication on the Ploughshares blog.
Register here: buff.ly/55V0wYF
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@pshares.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 11:38 PM
A writing workshop exploring inventive nonfiction forms, leaving writers with new tools, approaches, and confidence. Excellent work generated by attendees in these sessions will be considered for publication on the Ploughshares blog.
Register here: buff.ly/55V0wYF
@pshares.bsky.social
Register here: buff.ly/55V0wYF
@pshares.bsky.social
"These, and other reminders, some wanted, even in their bitter sweetness, more still desperately not, shaping themselves for half a heartbeat..."
Read Billy O'Callaghan's piece, "What the Snow Brings," in the Winter 2025-26 issue of Ploughshares! bit.ly/4ry7wT7
Read Billy O'Callaghan's piece, "What the Snow Brings," in the Winter 2025-26 issue of Ploughshares! bit.ly/4ry7wT7
February 2, 2026 at 4:47 PM
"These, and other reminders, some wanted, even in their bitter sweetness, more still desperately not, shaping themselves for half a heartbeat..."
Read Billy O'Callaghan's piece, "What the Snow Brings," in the Winter 2025-26 issue of Ploughshares! bit.ly/4ry7wT7
Read Billy O'Callaghan's piece, "What the Snow Brings," in the Winter 2025-26 issue of Ploughshares! bit.ly/4ry7wT7
What about beating swords into ploughshares? I'm not sure the sword represents justice in that instance. (But I agree with your broader point about interpretation of the Candlemas reading.)
February 2, 2026 at 3:14 PM
What about beating swords into ploughshares? I'm not sure the sword represents justice in that instance. (But I agree with your broader point about interpretation of the Candlemas reading.)
Swords to Ploughshares/Afri gathered in the spirit of Brigid of Kildare to take an Irish peace message of peace to Min. Helen McEntee, Dept of Foreign Affairs. With Brigid they delivered a letter, a copy of the Downpatrick Declaration and a St Brigid Peace Cross.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECdr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECdr...
St. Brigid Delivers Message of Peace to Irish Government
YouTube video by Swords to Ploughshares Ireland
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February 2, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Swords to Ploughshares/Afri gathered in the spirit of Brigid of Kildare to take an Irish peace message of peace to Min. Helen McEntee, Dept of Foreign Affairs. With Brigid they delivered a letter, a copy of the Downpatrick Declaration and a St Brigid Peace Cross.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECdr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECdr...
She played Role Reversal, targeting her Coastline Marauader & my commander, Elesh Norn
In response, I tried to Swords to Ploughshares Elesh
Which she counterspelled with An Offer You Can't Refuse
She then taps Elesh to crew Boosted Sloop & hits me with that
BOOSTED SLOOP
kinda hilarious tbh
In response, I tried to Swords to Ploughshares Elesh
Which she counterspelled with An Offer You Can't Refuse
She then taps Elesh to crew Boosted Sloop & hits me with that
BOOSTED SLOOP
kinda hilarious tbh
February 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM
She played Role Reversal, targeting her Coastline Marauader & my commander, Elesh Norn
In response, I tried to Swords to Ploughshares Elesh
Which she counterspelled with An Offer You Can't Refuse
She then taps Elesh to crew Boosted Sloop & hits me with that
BOOSTED SLOOP
kinda hilarious tbh
In response, I tried to Swords to Ploughshares Elesh
Which she counterspelled with An Offer You Can't Refuse
She then taps Elesh to crew Boosted Sloop & hits me with that
BOOSTED SLOOP
kinda hilarious tbh
Ploughshares just announced its Emerging Writers' Contest is now open. This year the winning writer is emerging into a gelatinous cube.
February 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Ploughshares just announced its Emerging Writers' Contest is now open. This year the winning writer is emerging into a gelatinous cube.
—but colorful or no, most of these things blanch bone-white in my vicinity. Most.
- “My Country Full of Thieves,” Juliana Lamy,
Ploughshares Fall 2025 Vol 51 No 3
3/3
- “My Country Full of Thieves,” Juliana Lamy,
Ploughshares Fall 2025 Vol 51 No 3
3/3
January 31, 2026 at 2:17 PM
—but colorful or no, most of these things blanch bone-white in my vicinity. Most.
- “My Country Full of Thieves,” Juliana Lamy,
Ploughshares Fall 2025 Vol 51 No 3
3/3
- “My Country Full of Thieves,” Juliana Lamy,
Ploughshares Fall 2025 Vol 51 No 3
3/3
I am not superstitious. The ways in which the old aunties and tontons and even some of the younger workers look at the world…those ways are teeming with heart-lurching color—if someone sweeps their broom over your feet you will never marry—if someone puts their foot on the leg of your chair...
1/3
1/3
January 31, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I am not superstitious. The ways in which the old aunties and tontons and even some of the younger workers look at the world…those ways are teeming with heart-lurching color—if someone sweeps their broom over your feet you will never marry—if someone puts their foot on the leg of your chair...
1/3
1/3
Better late than never—allyship knows no age, no distance, and no bounds.
Jane Barnes has published work in BWQ for more than 14 years, and has poems in the Gay & Lesbian Quarterly, Ploughshares, River Styx, The Massachusetts Review, and Wrongdoing.
Jane Barnes has published work in BWQ for more than 14 years, and has poems in the Gay & Lesbian Quarterly, Ploughshares, River Styx, The Massachusetts Review, and Wrongdoing.
January 31, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Better late than never—allyship knows no age, no distance, and no bounds.
Jane Barnes has published work in BWQ for more than 14 years, and has poems in the Gay & Lesbian Quarterly, Ploughshares, River Styx, The Massachusetts Review, and Wrongdoing.
Jane Barnes has published work in BWQ for more than 14 years, and has poems in the Gay & Lesbian Quarterly, Ploughshares, River Styx, The Massachusetts Review, and Wrongdoing.
who wouldn't want to go work for the richest man in the world at the exorbitant pay rate of $40/hour! Job perks include getting to destroy whole industries, putting other writers out of work, and facilitating the wholesale spread of CSAM! What better way to follow up all those Ploughshares bylines!!
January 31, 2026 at 1:53 AM
who wouldn't want to go work for the richest man in the world at the exorbitant pay rate of $40/hour! Job perks include getting to destroy whole industries, putting other writers out of work, and facilitating the wholesale spread of CSAM! What better way to follow up all those Ploughshares bylines!!
This also feels like watching the 1960s BBC series of Shakespeare's king plays, where ~12 actors played all the parts with minimalist staging. Ploughshares, however, has good video production values, but I don't think the horses were bred that large in that era.
January 31, 2026 at 1:07 AM
This also feels like watching the 1960s BBC series of Shakespeare's king plays, where ~12 actors played all the parts with minimalist staging. Ploughshares, however, has good video production values, but I don't think the horses were bred that large in that era.
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Swords To Ploughshares
#NoMoreWar #TheNewEarth
#Peace #Jesus #ThePrinceOfPeace #TheSecondComing #TheJudgementOfNations
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Swords To Ploughshares
#NoMoreWar #TheNewEarth
#Peace #Jesus #ThePrinceOfPeace #TheSecondComing #TheJudgementOfNations
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swords_...
January 30, 2026 at 4:54 PM
@churchofengland.org
Swords To Ploughshares
#NoMoreWar #TheNewEarth
#Peace #Jesus #ThePrinceOfPeace #TheSecondComing #TheJudgementOfNations
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swords_...
Swords To Ploughshares
#NoMoreWar #TheNewEarth
#Peace #Jesus #ThePrinceOfPeace #TheSecondComing #TheJudgementOfNations
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swords_...
January 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
There's so much we don't know about the camps, or the Great Army itself: we expect weapons to be found in Viking sites, but ploughshares seem a lot more surprising. I love the insights finds like these give us, though - once again, breaking the mould of what a 'Viking warrior' might have been. /10
January 30, 2026 at 12:28 PM
There's so much we don't know about the camps, or the Great Army itself: we expect weapons to be found in Viking sites, but ploughshares seem a lot more surprising. I love the insights finds like these give us, though - once again, breaking the mould of what a 'Viking warrior' might have been. /10
Early medieval law-codes show a symbolism to ploughshares, with red-hot shares used in judicial ordeals. Gabor Thomas has also pointed out a connection between buried 'hoarded' ploughs and funerary chapels. I think ploughs may show a 'tie' to the land - something a settling force might like. /7
January 30, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Early medieval law-codes show a symbolism to ploughshares, with red-hot shares used in judicial ordeals. Gabor Thomas has also pointed out a connection between buried 'hoarded' ploughs and funerary chapels. I think ploughs may show a 'tie' to the land - something a settling force might like. /7
Ploughshares certainly come up in Viking-Age hoards. There's a share and coulter from Parliament Street in York, another share from Flixborough, and more from such widespread places as St Neots, Thetford, and Bishopstone. Like our camp finds, these all appear to have been deliberately buried. /5
January 30, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Ploughshares certainly come up in Viking-Age hoards. There's a share and coulter from Parliament Street in York, another share from Flixborough, and more from such widespread places as St Neots, Thetford, and Bishopstone. Like our camp finds, these all appear to have been deliberately buried. /5