peace is not just the absence of war. it is the presence of justice.

                                                                                  martin luther king
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i think of the countless signs, no justice, no peace. in countless protests, in 
endlessly enduring resistance. we haven't felt peace. we have felt the continual presence 
of war: the absence of justice. it seems unlikely we will ever feel the presence of peace 
in this mighty military country, spread like a hateful scourge throughout the globe.  
peace and justice then are only possible in the presence of war. 
it seems impossible but whatever peace we may have 
in a land predicated on perpetual and endless war 
will be in our local hearts, and in each contact with other peaceful bodies.
 in this realm of necessary evil we may have our own limited, necessary peace. 

  
                                                                   
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...thinking of ron dellums today.