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..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 <t: .. THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE ·· A right already 0"' guaranteed by law to the higher-paid workers. ____W.A.R. Brochures · 50 for $1.00 l ..c.... ;:I EQUAL JUSTICE: End capital punishment, eq~~ 0 justice for poor and rich, enforcement of civil en rights laws, stop political trials. ."'5 QUALITY EDUCATION: Representative control 0 of schools, equal distribution of resources, educa­ DR. RALPH DAVID ABERNATHY ~ tional reform. 334 AUBURN AVENUE, N. E. S1 0 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 ..c...... REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: The right (404) 522-1420 0 of 18-year-olds to vote in all elections, "home­ c z rule" for Washington, D.C., open and honest government, democratic election procedures. 'C"' FOR LOCAL INFORMATION: g "'> PEACE: End the war now and bring American zQj men home. \..U () BROTHERHOOD: Total rejection and official ·'C"';:: repudiation of racism in all aspects of American 0 (/) [; life. 3 WAKE UP, AMERICA! "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<Aiping machine which is now ready for a police state. of March 5th in the wicked city of Las Vegas, Nevada, and to the great industrial economic giants that pro­ The government condones punitive and violent in a state which threatens the right of thousands of mote and sustain poverty. acts against students and other dissenters. poor people to survive. On a nationwide scale the If our demands are not met, the poor will follow The system fails to provide decent jobs and campaign against repression will expand and intensify the mule train back to Washington, D.C. for a sustained, denies workers the right to organize. around April 4th, which will mark the 3rd Anniversary nonviolent war against repression. It approves white racist rule of the schools and de-humanizing systems of education. of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Our actions will also include hunger fasts, non­ It disfranchises young voters. We will confront the political and economic establish­ violent teach-ins, living on a welfare budget week, It ignores the voting rights and civil rights ments of this nation with specific demands on specific tax resistance, "no-school-as-usual", hunger walks and of blacks. issues to bring an end to repression. national boycotts. It encourages political trials, and concocts phoney "conspiracies.". We call upon all people ·· people of every race and We will continue demonstrating, lobbying, picketing; The government and the military disrespect the every walk of life ·· to commit themselves, their time, We will conduct nonviolent protests; We will organize will of the people by conducting a secret, their energy and their lives to the struggle against in communities across this nation. We will sit-in, lie-in, criminal, racist war and drafting our young racism, poverty and war. sleep-in, and persevere in the practice of civil disobe­ men into death. We call upon those who have never suffered the dience until our demands are met. hunger pains of poverty ·to join cause with those who The war against repression is a challenge to America. No, repression is not an accident, and it is not isolated. have never known anything but poverty to eliminate It is a challenge to the economic and governmental poverty from this affluent society. institutions ·· including Congress and the President ·· to And it's only one step from today's repression to tomorrow's fascism. We will take our mule train, which symbolizes the begin meeting the needs of the oppressed. Those who economic repression of black and poor people by the dictate the political and economic life of America That is why repression must be stopped now. richest nation of all times, and a caravan of poor must either meet the needs of the poor in 1971 or Join the War Against Repression. people to Wall Street in New York City around face the political and economic consequences in 1972. WAKE UP, AMERICA! .

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