We
share this important post-verdict message from United for Peace &
Justice with which we are in full accord. USLAW is affiliated with UFPJ.
The Verdict Is In:
STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF FERGUSON
"As
I have walked among the desperate, rejected, and angry young men, I
have told them that Molotov cocktails and rifles would not solve their
problems. I have tried to offer them my deepest compassion while
maintaining my conviction that social change comes most meaningfully
through nonviolent action. But they ask -- and rightly so -- what about
Vietnam? They ask if our own nation wasn't using massive doses of
violence to solve its problems, to bring about the changes it wanted.
Their questions hit home, and I knew that I could never again raise my
voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without
having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the
world today -- my own government."
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Beyond Vietnam - A Time to Break Silence, April 4, 1967, Riverside Church, New York City
Dr.
King understood the fundamental connections between the war at home and
the wars abroad. In the wake of yesterday's grand jury decision not to
indict Darren Wilson for the murder of Michael Brown, United for Peace
and Justice continues to stand in solidarity with Mr. Brown's family,
the people of Ferguson and communities around the country who are
committed to transforming this tragic miscarriage of justice into a
powerful movement to replace racism, injustice, violence and the
militarization of police with economic and social justice for all.
In
the days to come, we call on groups around the country to express their
solidarity by joining or organizing local nonviolent actions. |
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