Meaning No Justice No Peace

Chants of no justice no peace and mayor koch step aside there ain t gonna be no genocide echoed among the office buildings as police scrambled to line the route.

Meaning no justice no peace. Amos 5 24 a favorite of martin luther king jr says but let justice run down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream. Even we take the phrase in its pacifist meaning where there is no justice there will in like manner be no peace we still are hard pressed to square it with scripture. Direct action is the practice and theory that social and political change can only be achieved by intentional and meaningful action which opposes the system or individuals which.

Whatever the movement winds up calling itself the venerable slogan no justice no peace has served as a workhorse of the current protest and would be an ideal organizing principle if the implications of the slogan were fully. The chant no justice no peace by supporters of mark duggan the drug gangster shot dead by police in 2011 sounded more like a threat than a prediction. You can have the appearance of peace but silent injustice is just war with the mute button on.

The idea is that there can be no peace without justice. 22 january 1987 newsday long island ny 4 000 march against racism but impact of boycott less clear pg. The movement is broad and diverse but has marched under the slogan no justice no peace a slogan which summarizes the frustration and anger of new york s black and latino communities.

This means that peace requires more than passive acceptance of injustice and or oppression. The slogan was used as early as 1986 following the murder of michael griffith at the hands of mob of white youths. No one knows the originator of the slogan.

With the second non indictment of a white police officer who killed an unarmed black man in two weeks the chant no justice no peace continues to ring out in protests around the country. No justice no peace remains the solemn promise of an increasing number of people in an increasingly polarized city.