Post by Moses on Jan 20, 2005 14:06:06 GMT -5
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"Any revolutionary movement cannot succeed if the power of that movement is not in the hands of the poor." – James Forman
Jim Forman died last week at age 76, the same age Martin Luther King Jr. would have been this week if he had not been assassinated. These two allies and rivals in the most dramatic and effective social movement of this country's last century still have much to teach us. And, although Forman is much less well known, he in particular may have set an example that we need right now.....
"Any revolutionary movement cannot succeed if the power of that movement is not in the hands of the poor." – James Forman
Jim Forman died last week at age 76, the same age Martin Luther King Jr. would have been this week if he had not been assassinated. These two allies and rivals in the most dramatic and effective social movement of this country's last century still have much to teach us. And, although Forman is much less well known, he in particular may have set an example that we need right now.....