Zinn on Obama, MLK

Howard Zinn: "I Wish Obama Would Listen to MLK"
Legendary historian Howard Zinn joins us to talk about war, torture and the teaching of history. Zinn says Obama had Obama heeded the lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., he wouldn't be escalating US attacks abroad and increasing the size of the US military budget. We also play excerpts of the forthcoming documentary, The People Speak, featuring dramatic readings based on Zinn's A People's History of the United States and Voices of a People's History of the United States. http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/13/howard_zinn_i_wish_obama_would

King's Entire Dream Speech

http://www.usconstitution.net/dream.html Please revisited the entire speech. We've been force-fed the easily digestible parts now for decades.
But many of us would gladly trade MLK JR. holiday for a shot at fulfilling the yearnings in King's magnificent dream, especially now, during reminders of how New Orleans has suffered and will suffer again under our current federal leadership.

How Goes the Dream?

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_richard__080121_how_goes_the_dream_3f.htm

The Costs of War

The cost of the war is important because it’s paid for by money stolen from social needs. The money that has paid for death and destruction in Iraq could have gone towards reconstruction in New Orleans, for example.
In his famous speech declaring his opposition to the Vietnam war almost 40 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “It is disgraceful that a Congress that can vote upwards of $35 billion a year for a senseless, immoral war in Vietnam cannot vote a weak $2 billion dollars to carry on our all too feeble efforts to bind up the wound of our nation's 35 million poor. This is nothing short of a Congress engaging in political guerilla warfare against the defenseless poor of our nation.”

Immediate, Unconditional & Complete Withdrawal from Iraq -- Out Now!

End Colonial Occupation and Imperialist Aggression, from Africa to Asia, from Iraq to Palestine, from Afghanistan to Haiti, from the Philippines to Puerto Rico

No New Wars Against Iran, Syria, North Korea, and Somalia -- Hands Off Cuba and Venezuela

Stop the War at Home --Stop Racist Police Terror - Stop the Raids Against Immigrant Workers --Solidarity with Immigrant Workers and Katrina Survivors

What we can do to help:
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