04/04/11 - LETTER:

We the undersigned agree with Dr. King.
Please read, watch and pay special attention to these issues in order to align legislation to these principles so clearly and eloquently expressed by Dr. King.

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From: Aimee Allison, RootsAction
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 11:44 AM

On this day 43 years ago Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, where he’d been organizing marches for sanitation workers and their right to have a public employees union and to bargain collectively.
You won’t see it on TV, but in the last years of his life, Dr. King called for “radical changes” in our economy and questioned a militaristic foreign policy that served Western “capitalists” – prompting denunciations of King in mainstream media.
For decades, two founders of RootsAction – Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon – have been writing articles to reveal this buried history.
The Martin Luther King You Don't See on TV by Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon 
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/04/304 CommonDreams.org
Although not mentioned in mainstream media nowadays, it was King who declared in 1967 that the United States was “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today."
As our country expands its military presence around the world, we need to heed this prophetic leader who criticized Washington for providing "military funds with alacrity and generosity" while dispensing "poverty funds with miserliness."

King’s still-largely-suppressed “Beyond Vietnam”  
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2564.htm 
and “Why I Am Opposed to the War"   VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfGsVvnvA9w 
speeches -- and powerful video excerpts 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfGsVvnvA9w 
from the King you won’t see on TV.

Dr. King’s struggle against militarism and for economic justice continues today. That’s why we stand with our friends at We Are One​, http://we-r-1.org/ who are organizing nationwide today in solidarity with working people in Wisconsin and dozens of other states. Find your local event here.
http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vflqv6k5v%2FoH6yMZZvL8rqUIIUPXnaVi 

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RootsAction is a new online action group endorsed by Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Bill Fletcher Jr., Laura Flanders, former U.S. Senator James Abourezk and Coleen Rowley.
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MORE Martin Luther King ACTIONS - in order they come up on Search Results
:(sorry, it looks like the URLs have to be PASTED into your browser addy box to work FROM HERE):

1. 1. PAY HOMAGE TO DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING. Beyond Vietnam, beyond Iraq/Afganistan - Ani L. Schwartz - Readers & Thinkers
   http://www.change.org/petitions/pay-homage-to-dr-martin-luther-king-beyond-vietnam-beyond-iraqafganistan 
2. 2. Protect the Integrity of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Federal Holiday  - Rodney Gould - Congress & Obama
   http://www.change.org/petitions/protect-the-integrity-of-dr-martin-luther-king-jrs-federal-holiday 
   hahaha - great day to slam this one, ESP if they are open for biz LOL
3. 3. Support Minting Martin Luther King Jr. on United States Currency - Alfred Griffin - Congress & Obama
   http://www.change.org/petitions/support-minting-martin-luther-king-jr-on-united-states-currency 
4. 4. Help Heal My Memphis-Finish the unfinished works of Dr. King - Betty Tyler - Obama
   http://www.change.org/petitions/help-heal-my-memphis-finish-the-unfinished-works-of-dr-king 
5. 5. Underwood's Challenge, Federal Sentencing Reform - MARIA MCDONALD  - Obama + 7 --- VIDEO
   http://www.change.org/petitions/underwoods-challenge-federal-sentencing-reform 
6. 6. Federal Sentencing Reform Petition - MARIA MCDONALD - Obama + 7 --- VIDEO
   http://www.change.org/petitions/federal-sentencing-reform-petition 
7. 7. Equality for all Americans - Bryan D. Freehling - Congress & Obama
   http://www.change.org/petitions/equality-for-all-americans 
8. 8. Let's Make The International Day of Peace a National Holiday - Andrew Heugel - Congress & Obama
   http://www.change.org/petitions/lets-make-the-international-day-of-peace-a-national-holiday 
9. 9. Federal Sentencing Reform - MARIA MCDONALD - Obama  --- VIDEO
   http://www.change.org/petitions/federal-sentencing-reform 
10. 10. Human Rights for Everyone or Human Rights for No one ! - chaz le  - International Criminal Court Prosecutor
    http://www.change.org/petitions/human-rights-for-everyone-or-human-rights-for-no-one-
11. 11. Tell The Egyptian Government to Unblock the Internet. - GET OUT THE BOX - Congress & Obama - VIDEO
    http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-the-egyptian-government-to-unblock-the-internet 
12. 12. Americans for Global Democracy, Freedom, and Human Rights - freedom campaign  - Obama + 5 - Excellent letter -
    http://www.change.org/petitions/americans-for-global-democracy-freedom-and-human-rights
13. 13. Government employees have way too much paid time off - L. Swa_  - Congress - LOL!!!! yes! --- A STRETCH - outa THE BOX! --- Great pic too LOL! - but too true to be truly funny - ,`;~ < http://www.change.org/petitions/government-employees-have-way-too-much-paid-time-off 

    HERE IS
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