Martin Luther King: Time to break the silence

Martin Luther King: Time to break the silence

Listen to Martin Luther King speak out against war. It might change your life and your view of the world:

LISTEN:
http://www.africanbynature.com/Resources_2/mlk_vietnam-1967-speech.ram
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence
By Rev. Martin Luther King
4 April 1967

"A time comes when silence is betrayal. That time has come for us ... "
Speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, 1967, at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City

Text of speech:
http://censored-news.blogspot.com/2009/11/martin-luther-king-time-to-break.html

Thank you Joy for sending this. Brenda

Protect Grand Canyon: 100,000 letters sent

November 5, 2009
Contact: Taylor McKinnon (928) 310-6713 or tmckinnon@biologicaldiversity.org

100,000 Letters Support Protecting Grand Canyon From Uranium Mining
By Center for Biological Diversity
Photo: Havasupai at gathering to protect Grand Canyon 2009 by Brenda Norrell

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.— In a resounding display of public support, tallies released today show that the public sent nearly 100,000 letters and emails to the Bureau of Land Management favoring new uranium-mining protections in the watersheds surrounding Grand Canyon National Park. More than 21,000 of those comments were sent by Center for Biological Diversity members.
The comments, which were submitted in a public comment period that ended last Friday, voice support for the Interior Department’s proposed 20-year “mineral withdrawal” that would prohibit new mining claims and the exploration or mining of existing claims without valid existing rights across nearly 1 million acres surrounding Grand Canyon National Park. The withdrawal would extend and strengthen protections set forth in the two-year land segregation announced by the Department on July 20.
Read more:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2009/uranium-exploration-11-05-2009.html