*PROPERLY HONORING A KING
* ** *At the dedication to the Martin Luther King memorial yesterday, Martin Luther King III said "**Let's not forget or confuse what he stood for and died for: love, peace equality jobs, nonviolence, decent housing and an end to war," and he added that the occupy movements taking place in the United States and around the world are examples of the kinds of action that emulate his life's work. * *Later, a few blocks away at Freedom Plaza, Princeton Professor Cornel West agreed that "If Martin Luther King were alive today he would be right here with us." * *As for President Obama putting his face into the middle of the King celebration, West said it was "Just like having brother Thomas on the Supreme Court." * *Then West agreed with the October2011 group that on a day of celebration of America's great hero of social justice and peace movements, it was the right thing to do to be arrested, as King was for opposing American apartheid. West joined 17 from Freedom Plaza who were arrested on the steps of the Supreme Court for the serious crime of holding up a sign (apparently the Supreme Court doesn't recognize the First Amendment). * *Fourteen of the 17 arrested were kept overnight in the DC jail, including West, according to Kevin Zeese. * *The sign Dr. West held up, so terrifying to the Empire, stated "**Poverty is the Greatest Violence of All," so of course, he had to be locked away by those who rule the Land of the Free. * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *WASHINGTON IS THE REAL PROBLEM * ** *Backing our position at /LUV News/ that the Freedom Plaza group in Washington is the tip of the spear for the democracy movement, a poll out by /The Hill/ <http://thehill.com/polls/187837-the-hill-poll-voters-say-dc-worse-than-wall-street> this morning shows that "**In the minds of likely voters, Washington, not Wall Street, is primarily to blame for the financial crisis and the subsequent recession." * *The nerve center for the Wall Street bailouts, corporate welfare, corporate tax breaks, subsidies, wars and the worst of our social problems is Washington.* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *SMEARING THE PROTESTERS * ** *MJ Rosenberg has an interesting piece at /al Jazeera/ showing that corporate media pundits are smearing the occupy Wall Street movement with bogus charges of antisemitism <http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/10/2011101510466829989.html>. The occupy movement likely has a greater percentage of Jews within it than there are in the general population, but this is business as usual by the corporate media on behalf of those who own them, man their board rooms and provide them ad revenue. * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **In Los Angeles, a little over a week ago, a group formed by local religious leaders calling itself the ***Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (ICUJP) committed an act of civil disobedience by standing in front of a federal building and singing John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance." * *This, on the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan. The group, largely of religious people of various faiths, agreed that our country should begin to put some of its massive wealth into the growing homelessness, hunger, unemployment and other critical needs rather than squandering it on wars. * *They were of course arrested. Had they been high ranking officials authorizing torture or illegal war, nothing would have happened to them-- such people, the worst criminals, now run loose in our streets. * *There are dozens of similar stories of people calling attention to peace and being arrested in cities from sea to shining sea, but we chose this one, ran yesterday at /Truthout,/ because we feel we must put a spotlight on it-- it is, polling tells us, after all, the will of the American people to end the wars, so these protesters are only voicing the view of the vast majority. * *Rather than print the story here, we will link to it <http://www.truth-out.org/arrested-peace/1318538607> so that you can see all of the pictures of those willing to be arrested and treated like crap for having the courage to speak the truth in the Land of the Free --Jack * *http://www.truth-out.org/arrested-peace/1318538607 * **** ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *If you wish to be removed from this list, please let us know* ** *To join the Liberty Underground news service email libertyuv@hotmail.comwith "join" for a subject* ** *You may also join our talk group athttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/libertyundergroundtalk/ <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libertyundergroundtalk/>if you would like to participate* ** *email: libert...@hotmail.com* ** *Tell your friends about /LUV News/ because some people just don't get it* [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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