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| Building on the legacy of Martin Luther King's 'dream' speech | Building on the legacy of Martin Luther King's 'dream' speech |
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| In Martin Luther King's great "I have a dream" speech there is a less well-known challenge to the authorities: "America has given the Negro people a bad cheque which has come back marked 'insufficient funds'. But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation." That is applicable today in the UK. Our poorest fellow citizens of every ethnic origin, colour or creed have heard the false claim of insufficient funds from all governments since the chaotic financial deregulation of the 1980s started the flow of income and wealth to a grasping minority. There is an e-petition calling on parliament to debate Martin Luther King's speech and to take steps to ensure that the rise in inequality of income and wealth in the UK is reversed: epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/53579. Rev Paul Nicolson Taxpayers Against Poverty | In Martin Luther King's great "I have a dream" speech there is a less well-known challenge to the authorities: "America has given the Negro people a bad cheque which has come back marked 'insufficient funds'. But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation." That is applicable today in the UK. Our poorest fellow citizens of every ethnic origin, colour or creed have heard the false claim of insufficient funds from all governments since the chaotic financial deregulation of the 1980s started the flow of income and wealth to a grasping minority. There is an e-petition calling on parliament to debate Martin Luther King's speech and to take steps to ensure that the rise in inequality of income and wealth in the UK is reversed: epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/53579. Rev Paul Nicolson Taxpayers Against Poverty |
| • I have a dream that we all decide to celebrate Martin Luther King's speech by launching the first International "I Have a Dream" Month, where people from all countries are invited to share their dreams of a better world, and that a news organisation like the Guardian provides a platform for them. I have already collected over 200, a selection of which can be seen on www.dreamthefuture.org.uk. Surely there are many Guardian readers who will dare to dream? Marion McCartney Whatstandwell, Derbyshire | • I have a dream that we all decide to celebrate Martin Luther King's speech by launching the first International "I Have a Dream" Month, where people from all countries are invited to share their dreams of a better world, and that a news organisation like the Guardian provides a platform for them. I have already collected over 200, a selection of which can be seen on www.dreamthefuture.org.uk. Surely there are many Guardian readers who will dare to dream? Marion McCartney Whatstandwell, Derbyshire |
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