------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the Jan. 31, 2002 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
Modesto, Calif. GLOVER STANDS TALL By Bill Hackwell Modesto, Calif. An overflowing crowd of 1,000 people crammed into the predominately African American Christ Unity Baptist Church here on Jan. 19 to hear well-known actor and activist Danny Glover and to commemorate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Glover was the target of a right-wing media attack following a speech he gave at Princeton University in which he condemned the death penalty and military tribunals, and defended opposition to the war. This event--a moving display of solidarity--came after the Modesto City Council and the Modesto Junior College had withdrawn their invitation for Glover to speak at the eighth annual Martin Luther King commemoration. The multinational character of those who came out reflected the organizing efforts done by the African American community in Modesto and the students at MJC. Christ Unity Baptist Church, Modesto Peace Life Center, Associated Students of Modesto Junior College, The Nation of Islam and others sponsoring the event. Glover reminded the crowd that Martin Luther King had come out against the Vietnam War and said, "If Martin Luther King would've been alive today he would have been against the targeting of Arab Americans and he would have joined me in decrying the death penalty." - END - (Copyright Workers World Service: Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document, but changing it is not allowed. For more information contact Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011; via e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For subscription info send message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.workers.org) ------------------ This message is sent to you by Workers World News Service. To subscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
