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Martin Luther King in a letter from jail, Aug 1963
"I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom...
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is not the White Citizens Councillor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says...
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"I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically feels that he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time; and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until...
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a "more convenient season." Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection

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Tom London
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Just read an interesting article by @OwenBennettJone in Dec 2018 @LRB on the BBC where he worked for many years

Here are some quotes
"Managers, for whom the avoidance of bad publicity is by far the highest priority are so nervous [of the Daily Mail] ..."

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@OwenBennettJone @LRB "Each programme controls its own budget meaning the BBC loses economies of scale. It also means that for BBC journalists the real competition is with each other."

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@OwenBennettJone @LRB "Journalists absorb much of the caution and lack of ambition imbued in them by the prevailing atmosphere."

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Tom London
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WHAT HAPPENS by Erich Fried (trans from German)

It has happened
and it goes on happening
and will happen again
if nothing happens to stop it.

The innocent knew nothing
because they are too innocent
and the guilty know nothing
because they are too guilty

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The poor do not notice
because they are too poor.
And the rich do not notice
because they are too rich.

The stupid shrug their shoulders
because they are too stupid
and the clever shrug their shoulders
because they are too clever.

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The young do not care
because they are too young
and the old do not care
because they are too old

That is why nothing happens
to stop it
and that is why it has happened
and goes on happening and will happen again

END
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Tom London
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16 August 1819, Peterloo Massacre took place at St Peter's Field, Manchester. Cavalry charged unarmed crowd of 80,000 protestors demanding parliamentary representation
18 died & upto 700 injured
"Peterloo" is ironic reference to "Waterloo"
Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote this poem
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The Mask of Anarchy:
Written on the Occasion of the Massacre at Manchester
By Percy Bysshe Shelley

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As I lay asleep in Italy
There came a voice from over the Sea,
And with great power it forth led me
To walk in the visions of Poesy.

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2
I met Murder on the way--
He had a mask like Castlereagh--
Very smooth he looked, yet grim;
Seven blood-hounds followed him:

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All were fat; and well they might
Be in admirable plight,
For one by one, and two by two,
He tossed them human hearts to chew

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frsimmons
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Also, if you’re saying, “He’s racist, but…” your privilege is showing. People of color do not have the luxury of qualifying or ignoring it. #Racism
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The King Center
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"First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler...”
“...or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice...”
“...who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom...”
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Bree Newsome
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MLK on white moderates who are more bothered by social disruption than injustice:

"First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate..." 1/
"...I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice;" 2/
"...who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says 'I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;'" 3/
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New York Daily News
@NYDailyNews
On this day 50 years ago, an unarmed black man was shot to death by a white man.

If it happened today, you would probably scroll past his name on one of your social media platforms, and it would look like this:

#MartinLutherKingJr.

nydn.us/2JiOdsk #MLK50
When you look at the 50th anniversary of King's assassination from that perspective, it makes it pretty clear that African-Americans are still dealing with the same exact issues that we faced half a century ago.

#MLK50 nydn.us/2JiOdsk
Throughout this day, you will see people who have no idea what King actually stood for, or would have hated him if he was still alive right now, do what they love to do annually on his national holiday: misrepresent his message.

#MLK50 nydn.us/2JiOdsk
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Cátia Freitas
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Naturally not the lib fem position. As ever, beware of "moderates". They tend to let reactionaries get away with worse than what radicals are fighting at any given time.
"First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler...
... or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek...
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