“The fierce urgency of the now” - Martin Luther King
” We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to … take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. … Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children.It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment.But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. …. We cannot walk alone.” The global conditions presented by climate change, mass dislocations and resource wars, arms sales, peak oil, population growth (see The Shift Report, Institute of Noetic Sciences) represent as great a challenge to justice for present and future generations as humanity has ever confronted.This video is the original video of Martin Luther King’s speech - “I have a dream”. The reference to Gandhi’s satyagraha - soul force - rings out.