In the Spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. in Europe
Series: Standing Up To Hate in Europe
From: Phillip Martin
Length: 00:07:20
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Europeans have seen a steady resurgence of Neo-Nazi and anti-immigrant activities. While a great deal of attention has been focused on racist "skinheads", particularly in the eastern half of Germany, Sweden, and in Russia, far less attention has been paid to a loosely defined grass-roots, ANTI-racism Movement that has surfaced across the continent. Activists are working largely unseen to counter the proponents of hate. It is their story that I report in this four-part series titled "Standing Up To Hate in Europe".
Part One: In the Spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. a German activist describes how MLK influenced her life and her life-long struggle against right-wing extremism and anti-Semitism. 7 min, 19 sec. Phillip Martin, Reporter.
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Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Europeans have seen a steady resurgence of Neo-Nazi and anti-immigrant activities. While a great deal of attention has been focused on racist "skinheads", particularly in the eastern half of Germany, Sweden, and in Russia, far less attention has been paid to a loosely defined grass-roots, ANTI-racism Movement that has surfaced across the continent. Activists are working largely unseen to counter the proponents of hate. It is their story that I report in this four-part series titled "Standing Up To Hate in Europe". Part One: In the Spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. a German activist describes how MLK influenced her life and her life-long struggle against right-wing extremism and anti-Semitism. 7 min, 19 sec. Phillip Martin, Reporter.
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PART ONE:
ACT----SNIPPET OF KING DREAM SPEECH LOWER UNDER TRACK
AND CROSS FADE WITH FOLLOWING ACT]
In 1963, when Martin Luther King Jr. was describing his dream to thousands gathered on the mall in Washington, millions of Europeans tuned in. Anetta Kahane was one of them.
[KING SOUND UP VERY BRIEFLY AND THEN TUCKED UNDER ACT AND OUT]
ACT---KAHANE START: I knew that as a child a little child---nine years there was one voice in my ear. 9 sec.
[BEGIN FADING OUT KING SPEECH AND THEN TUCK UNDER FOLLOWING TRACK]
[AMBI-----CAF AMBI ---UP FULL and MAINTAIN until ***]
On some days the voice of Dr. King STILL rings in her ears, says Anetta Kahane. Kahane heads up the Amadeu Antonio Foundation in the Eastern part of Germany. She's also a major a leader in Germany's Jewish community.
We meet at an outdoor cafe in Berlin's center-- not far from where she was...
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PART ONE:
The one year anniversary of the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington D.C., reminds us of the progress that's been made in this country and of Dr. King's impact worldwide. In Europe, for example, in 1968 thousands turned out at services to honor the slain civil rights leader. Today, Europe is dealing with its OWN crisis over civil rights: a backlash to immigration has grown more violent; an extreme right-wing political party this year won key parliamentary elections in Switzerland; and hate crimes are up continent-wide against Africans, Arabs, Jews and Gypsies, according to human rights groups. But many ordinary Europeans are fighting back, as we hear in the following series of reports called Standing up to Hate In Europe. In part one, independent producer Phillip Martin looks at the history of Europe's anti-racism movement since the fall of communism.
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