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DESCRIPTION:An intellectually honest approach to appreciating MLK and the great sweep 
 of Black Liberation history in the US would have to include a (re)reading 
 of the book which inspired so many of the 19th century spirituals and so 
 much of 20th century Black Church and civil rights liberation rhetoric, and 
 yet which so few otherwise earnest, liberal, progressive do-gooders have 
 taken account.\n\nThe world's first documented constitutional society was 
 in ancient Israel. The collection of history, stories and homilies known as 
 the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament depicts a community which strove to adhere 
 to a constitution that could well inspire and point the legislative 
 direction for today's social justice advocates.\n\nperiodic (7 year) debt 
 abolition\nmandatory (!) vacation time\nuniversal land 
 enfranchisement\nmandatory social security\nno tax on work\n\nTaken 
 together, these five laws in ancient Israel resulted in a staggeringly huge 
 middle class, almost no bureaucracy, universal literacy (on par with Cuba), 
 and an astonishing absence of hierarchical governance and society.\n\n"Go 
 down, Moses, way down in Egypt land.\nTell old Pharaoh, Let my people 
 go."\n                           Spiritual, first published c. 
 1862\n\n"Like anybody, I would like to live - a long life; longevity has 
 its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's 
 will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. 
 And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want 
 you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land. 
 So I'm happy, tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any 
 man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord."  MLK, 
 1968\n\nThese are words that touched hearts, launched action, and which 
 only hint at the depths of specific freedom legislation which the Hebrew 
 Law in the Bible book of Leviticus enunciated.\n\nYou are invited to join 
 The Commons SF in a non-denominational secular reading of several texts 
 treating the sociology of the Bible without dependence upon supernatural 
 forces, reading for profound lessons to be learned by justice advocates 
 today. Louis Wallis' "Sociological Study of the Bible" and John Kelly's 
 "The Other Law of Moses" will be supplied. \n\nFor more info:  
 info@TheCommonsSF.org\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/01/11/18766758.php
SUMMARY:The MLK Social Justice and relevant history reading group
LOCATION:Notable House\n189 Ellsworth St.\nSF, CA  94110
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/01/11/18766758.php
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