..IC REPRESSION IS ...... 0 >< POVERTY : 50 million poor Americans in the Sl: richest nation of all time. YOU CAN HELP zQj HUNGER : 15 million hungry Americans. Q) d • Raise money for Spring Campaign 0 UNEMPLOYMENT: 6 million jobless Americans. c 0 OPPRESSION OF WORKING POOR : Millions of •Volunteer for local actions > .... full-time working poor denied the right to organize ·- '""c •Join in national action in New York and Washington en ~ INJUSTICE: Capital punishment, a double stand •Organize locally to go to Washington ~"' ard of justice for rich and po~r, gover~ment c violations of civil rights, suppression of dissent. • ·"'cs INADEQUATE EDUCATION: White racist ~ .a5 domination of schools, unequal distribution of I WANT TO JOIN THE WAR AGAINST REPRESSION '+- education funds, dehumanizing school systems. ·o. Enclosed is a donation of $ to continue the 0 0. UNDEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT: Denial of === · ~ Nonviolent work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. • vote to 18-year-olds in state and local elections, ·~ dictatorship over the people of Washington, D.C., Name ______secret government policies, discriminatory election 0> ::E laws. Address; ______c "' WAR: The American racist, criminal, unjust war ~ ·- .0 against the people of Southeast Asia and the City & State ______.Zip ______'- "' American people. ~ a. < RACISM : From top to bottom in the American Organization ______'b:o"' political-economic-military social system. en ... 0 _____Please add my name to your mailing list • • Qj t.:l WE DEMAND ...... (Make checks payable to SCLC or SCLFoundation) GUARANTEED INCOME: $6,500 minimum for \..U ·c:"' a family of four. '@> > END HUNGER NOW! OL ____W.A.R. Buttons · 50¢ each ."'5 DECENT JOBS FOR ALL WORKERS. 0 ____W.A.R. Posters · 50¢ each
"Repression is an attempt to sacrifice poor people and their right to life and liberty in order to gain the support of the wealthy who are angry and fearful of the present economic and political crises. Repression is an attempt to crush and stifle dissent," Ralph David Abernathy Repression is not an accident. Repression ·· the crushing of human rights and oppression of people ·· comes about when a system and its rulers are in trouble. America is in deep trouble. Black people, poor people, young people are in open revolt against racism, poverty and war. An economy of destruction and death is failing ... poisoning the air and water, disrespecting life. Millions are jobless, hungry, poor. It is clear that fundamental power changes and a redistribution of wealth are needed in America. How does the power structure react to these needs? It uses repression as a tool to stay in power. DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST REPRESSION · · A CALL TO ACTION • Thus, repression threatens all Americans:
We of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference April 4th to let the power structure know we will The government punishes welfare mothers and permits widespread hunger...... and the National Welfare Rights Organization join toge never let them forget the assassination of the man The power structure gives the Justice Depart thel\ in calling for a nationwide war against repression. who stood against the evils of this system. ment, the FBI, the Army, a free hand to We wage this war of militant, nonviolent action and If necessary, the poor people's mule train may invade privacy and terrify the people. . . resistance across this nation beginning on the weekend lead the poor through the great cities of the Northeast It sets up a massive sn