Socialist Resistance

An archive of socialistresistance.org, 2002–2022

Fife, Scotland

Socialist Resistance no32  |  page 2-3

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saving sented by the SSP." Atlanta Mexico. Former MP for the Labour Party in Scotland, John McAllion, has quit his membership and switched to the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP)

"I believe the tradition of challenging inequality, resisting social injustice and standing up for working people is now repreWidow of Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights activist in her own right, Coretta Scott King is to have a public viewing at the Georgian Capitol rotunda after passing away at the age of 78 from ovarian cancer in

This is in sharp contrast to the opposition after her husband's death in 1968 when then segregationist governor Lester Maddox, refused to close the Capitol for Martin Luther King Jr's viewing and protested against state flags flying at half-mast in his honour.

Coretta Scott King was a tireless promoter of civil rights and her husband's legacy.