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CLAIMS OF PROGRESS AND BEGAN TO LOOK FOR VISIBLE SIGNS IN NORTHERN CITIES.*

REVERSING THIS RECESSION OF POLITICAL CONCERN OUGHT TO BE PART OF
YOUR AGENDA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEVENTIES.

TO MOUNT A SERIOUS STRUGGLE AGAINST THE ARROGANT POWER THAT RUNS FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE TO THE CORPORATE BOARD ROOM TO THE CITY HALL AND COUNTY
COURTHOUSE REQUIRES MORE THAN THE PARTIAL PRESENCE OF SUMMER SOLDIERS AND
OCCATIONAL AGITATORS.

AMONG OTHER THINGS, IT REQUIRES THE BUILDING OF AN AGGRESSIVE,
MILITANT DEMOCRATIC (WITH A SMALL "D") POLITICAL MOVEMENT, BASED IN BLACK AMERICA, IN COORDINATION WITH OTHERS WHO ARE NOWHITE AND POORS, IN
OPEN ENDED COALITION WITH ALL THOSE OTHERS IN THIS COUNTRY WHO ARE TIRED
OF CRIME IN THE STREETS AND CRIME IN THE SUITES, WHO WANT TO END TO
WELFARE AND CAPITALISM FOR THE POOR AND SUBSIDY AND SOCIALISM FOR THE
WEALTHY, WHO INSIST THAT VIETNAM WAS NO ABBERATION BUT A CALCULATED
RESULT OF ABANKRUPT FOREIGN POLICY, PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR A LIVING AND

Paraphrased, in part, from a speech by Dr. Kenneth Clark to the Southern Regional Council, Atlanta, Ga.