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  The Martinez family participating in the MLK march. They were there in recognition that MLK spoke to a wide range of subjects: living wages, nonviolence, dislike of a government that perpetrates violence.

 

 
  Todd Kershaw arrived at the MLK march in a bio-diesel powered Mercedes. In his particular case, "bio" means that the diesel engine car is fueled with cooking oil discarded by a Chinese restaurant that he has processed for this purpose. In the excitement of discussing this and other innovative subjects, I forgot to ask Todd for a statement about why he was marching today. I will guess that his interest in alternative fuel sources has both an environmental and an anti-war basis. If the U.S wasn't so dependent on oil, we wouldn't have such a compromised view of the countries that produce it.

 

 
  Members of Local 790 (public sector workers). Leea Rodriguez (right) is there in support of the things that MLK represented to her: concern for working people and for labor in general.

 

 
  Darien DeLu, national co-President of WILF (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom) spoke of how peace, justice, and civil rights flow together. She appreciated MLK's insight that U.S. foreign policy often works against all three.
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