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Taken from A freedom fighter, a brother, my old friend remembered . . . Gary Lawton has died by Mark Z. Hartford:
For the majority of women and men in our society, the cultivation of creative abilities, the equality in opportunity, and the freedom from coercion and oppression envisioned in the American dream are empty phrases. The human implications of these phases never penetrate the factories and the mines, or the cold, dead ghetto walls. But there are those women and men who feel such a deep and abiding commitment to the dignity of all working people that they will brave the most despicable outrages of repression and retribution in their attempts to expose the injustices of the American social and economic system. These individuals are rare indeed, for they pay a high price for their commitment to those silenced by poverty and the discipline of the workplace.
Gary Lawton is such a man. His confinement, as we shall see, is testimony to the fact that the ruling powers in the community of Riverside felt obliged to silence him.... Read More Also In This Issue:
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