[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] reminder: Martin Luther King events

[John W.]

At 07:31 PM 1/19/2008, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:

>  Absolutely should be submitted to the NG, and I'll be shocked (and 
> thrilled) if it gets printed.
>  --Jenifer


Well, Ricky will have to quit spelling like you, Jenifer.  Let's hope he 
still remembers how to spell "enough"!  :-P



>"John W." <jbw292002 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>It strikes me, Ricky, that your thoughts here, reworded only slightly,
>would make an EXCELLENT letter to the News-Gazette.
>
>John Wason
>
>
>
>At 02:20 PM 1/19/2008, Ricky Baldwin wrote:
>
> >An example of the level of cooptation of MLK Day events. I am a big
> >proponent of supporting MLK
> >Day celebrations and events when we can, including ads in the booklet,
> >etc., but it doesn't always
> >make sense. To bring in a war contractor to commemorate an antiwar leader
> >... 'irony' just isn't
> >a strong enuf word.
> >
> >Not only that but the kickoff event was held in a hotel which many of us
> >helped picket because it
> >was built with nonunion labor imported from out of town instead of local
> >union labor. The fact
> >that Martin Luther King Jr died in Memphis supporting an AFSCME garbage
> >workers strike seems lost
> >on the planners.
> >
> >'Lost' is a kind way of describing them, by the way. Someone else noted
> >that among the list of
> >sponsors are several of our fellow citizens who were at one time involved
> >in an organization known
> >notoriously by its abbreviation, a repetitive letter K.
> >
> >Ugh.
> >
> >Let's hope none of us ever gets famous enuf to be remembered in this way ...
> >Ricky
> >
> >
> >
> >--- john martirano wrote:
> >
> > > Im sure others noticed the keynote for the kickoff this afternoon's MLK
> > event:
> > > * Keynote: Joyce Tucker, VP Global Diversity and Employee Rights for
> > > the Boeing Corporation
> > > So a VP from one of the largest US war contractors is going to talk
> > > about "Transforming Our Communities Through Peace & Justice"... Boeing
> > > is also making inroads into domestic surveillance.
> > >
> > > John
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