[Peace] Fwd: Martin Luther King, Jr.--"people of conscience must speak out, and act,

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> Subject: Martin Luther King, Jr.--"people of conscience must speak out, 
and act,
> Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 00:32:03 -0700 (PDT)
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> in opposition to the injustice that is being done in our
> own name!"
> 
> 
> The National Office of the Not In Our Name project received the
> following letter from Martin L. King, III.
> 
> --------------------------------
> 
> SCLC
> Southern Christian Leadership Conference
> 334 Auburn Ave., NE, P.O. Box 89128
> Atlanta, Georgia 30312
> (404) 552-1420
> 
> September 30, 2002
> 
> Dear Friend:
> 
> We are writing to urge you to participate in the day of protest
> called by the Not In Our Name (NION) project for Sunday, October
> 6th.  In our name, the Bush administration has taken for itself
> and its allies the right to rain down military force anywhere and
> anytime.  Now, the government prepares openly to wage all-out war
> on Iraq – a country which has no established connection to the
> horror of September 11th.  In our name, the government has
> rounded up over 1000 immigrants, detaining them in secret and
> indefinitely. In our name, the government has brought down a pall
> of repression over society.  The so-called USA Patriot Act, along
> with a host of similar measures on the state level, gives the
> police sweeping power of search and seizure, supervised, if at
> all, by secret proceedings before secret courts. The president’s
> spokesperson has warned people to “watch what they say.”  We
> believe that people of conscience must speak out, and act, in
> opposition to the injustice that is being done in our own name!
> 
> October 6th gives us a great opportunity to do that.  As you can
> see from reading the NION Pledge of Resistance, NION brings
> people together to resist all the unjust acts being perpetrated
> as part of the War on Terrorism. It highlights the responsibility
> of people in this country to oppose the illegal and immoral acts
> of this government.  Resistance to the war moves of the
> government and the repressive laws and policies being enacted
> must be taken to a higher level now, before another country is
> invaded and before more groups of people become targets of the
> repression.
> 
> If you are in New York or can get there, join thousands of others
> from different backgrounds in taking the Pledge of Resistance in
> Central Park on October 6th.  If you can't get to New York,
> contact the Not In Our Name project to see if there is protest
> activity scheduled for your areas.  If not, plan something and
> involve your friends, co-workers, congregation and/or fellow
> students in it.
> 
> To Contact the Not In Our Name Project:
> Call (212) 969-8058
> 
> Via email: info at notinourname.net
> Website: www.notinourname.net
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> 
> Martin L. King, III
> 
> 
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