By Thomas Storck One of the Acton Institute’s publicists, one Kishore Jayabalan, has given us distributists a kind of left-handed compliment recently – that is, he mentioned us, he recognized that distributists do exist! With regards to what he said about us, his article was simply misinformation, but that, unfortunately, is par for the course … More Continuing a Legacy of Dissent
by Thomas Storck It was about twenty years ago, at the turn of the last century, that a revival of distributist thought unexpectedly occurred. I say unexpectedly, even though I, along with John Médaille, was one of the small group of writers and theorists most responsible. After a few articles of my own, the website … More What Is Happening?
Race Matthews, Australian distributist and author of Jobs of Our Own, has published a new book titled Of Labour and Liberty. Please spread the word about this book! Here is a flyer you can download to post and share!
by Thomas Storck In a recent column the publicist George Weigel has weighed in on some of the dubious shenanigans surrounding the apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, the document that, to say nothing further, by its lack of clarity has confused so many about Catholic moral doctrine on marriage and the reception of the sacraments. Weigel … More George Weigel – Yet Again
The Church has always concerned itself with issues of justice in society, and popes have taught extensively on the topic since the late 1800s. Unfortunately, many Catholics in our day are not aware of this teaching, or only consider it in regard to things like helping the poor. Helping the poor is a very important … More An Economics of Justice & Charity
by Thomas Storck Roque Dalton, the Salvadoran Marxist poet and journalist (died 1975), wrote a poem, called in Spanish “Acta,” rendered in English as “Act,” which is a powerful indictment of economic injustice. The poem runs in part (as translated by Jack Hirschman): In the name of those washing others’ clothes (and cleansing others’ filth … More Is Private Property an Evil?
