Maine's dangerous effort to erase labor's past - CNN.com

Maine's dangerous effort to erase labor's past - CNN.com

Tilla Durr returns to the Table

On the evening of October 25, we gathered around a table for dinner with Tilla Durr, social work, social activist and scathing writer of serious commentary. While Stevens Brook in Bridgton, Maine raged along under our windows, our mill/studio was once again alive with people considering justice and peace because that is how they live. Two women who are driving the national Racial Profiling campaign to pass legislation against racial profiling, Ann Patch, both an avid tango dancer and NAACP member, Stephen Oliver, designer and social change artist kept the conversation going for hours. Tilla, who grew up in the South in the belly of the Civil Rights movement reminded us of the times that she lived through, and her parents lived through during the McCarthy era. Comparing those notes with what we are hearing and seeing today, even over and above Fox News, in our local neighborhoods, is warning to pay attention and participate in knowing justice. more to follow.

Thinking about Peace and Justice


"If you want peace, work for Justice." H.L. Mencken


"True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.


"The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character." The late Senator from Maine, Margaret Chase Smith


" Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own consience usually recognize also the voice of justice." Alexander Solzhenitsyn


"Recognizing that sustainable development, democracy and peace are indivisible is an idea whose time has come. Our work over the past 30 years has always appreciated and engaged these lingkages." Dr. Wangari Maathai, Kenyan woman who is an environmentlist and advocate. Nobel Peace Price, 2004.


" I am leaving this legacy to all of you...to bring peace, justice, equality, love and a fulfillment of what our lives should be. without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die..the dream of freedom and peace."
Rosa Parks