Many of those arrested at Diablo Canyon seem to see themselves as the heirs of those arrested in the 60's in civil disobedience exercises led by the Rev. Martin Luther King and others. But the comparison libels those who were willing to risk jail to open up the very political system the Abalone Alliance seeks to close to all but its members ...
In contrast, the anti-nuke crowd has never been barred from the polls, or from running its own candidates. It has simply been overwhelmed by the great mass of Americans, including blacks, which doesn't share the anti-nuker passion of freezing in the dark.
The Abalone Alliance isn't fighting to open up the democratic process to the people
¾it's fighting to overrule the will of the people. In that sense, it is the heir not of Martin Luther King, but of Horst Wessel and the Nazi Brownshirts.The Denver Post, 24 Sept. 1981
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Vol. 9, No. 3
Newsletter: Access to Energy Newsletter Archive Volume: Issues Issue/No.: Vol. 9, No. 3 Date: November 23, 2004 12:57 PM Title: Sack the flaks
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