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Rare is such a person as Ramsey Clark with uncompromising defense of true human rights and the courage to defend those beliefs.
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Fervent opponent of racism, he helped draft the historic 1964, 1968 Civil Rights Acts, the 1965 Voting Rights Act and was key enforcer of desegregation.
He personally accompanied Martin Luther King, Jr and James Meredith in the face of racist terror from Alabama to Mississippi.
He personally accompanied Martin Luther King, Jr and James Meredith in the face of racist terror from Alabama to Mississippi.
Once out of government, Ramsey took on U.S. foreign policy directly, traveling to dozens of countries to meet the people who were victims of war and sanctions.
Ramsey risked his life countless times to bring back the truth of U.S. aggression.
Ramsey risked his life countless times to bring back the truth of U.S. aggression.
On every continent, Ramsey Clark defended peoples and countries against injustice and poverty.
He saw U.S. war and sanctions as being the greatest threat to humanity.
He saw U.S. war and sanctions as being the greatest threat to humanity.
Within days of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, US/UN imposed sanctions.
Ramsey and the anti-imperialist coalition he helped lead denounced sanctions as a means of war, knowing a US-enforced naval blockade was calculated to starve people first, then bomb if hunger didn’t work.
Ramsey and the anti-imperialist coalition he helped lead denounced sanctions as a means of war, knowing a US-enforced naval blockade was calculated to starve people first, then bomb if hunger didn’t work.
Cuba was of enormous importance to Ramsey Clark.
For his years of support for Cuba and his opposition to the U.S. genocidal blockade, he was awarded the Solidarity Medal in 2012, accompanied by the Cuban Five’s mothers.
For his years of support for Cuba and his opposition to the U.S. genocidal blockade, he was awarded the Solidarity Medal in 2012, accompanied by the Cuban Five’s mothers.
Ramsey was an appeals attorney for Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier, who today is still in prison 45 years after being railroaded by the FBI.
Ramsey spoke at a rally in 1997, “Everyone knows, and most of all the prosecutors and the FBI, that Leonard Peltier is innocent"
Ramsey spoke at a rally in 1997, “Everyone knows, and most of all the prosecutors and the FBI, that Leonard Peltier is innocent"
Ramsey was a fervent supporter of the Palestinian people’s rights and he was a beloved figure throughout the Arab world.
He was one of the most prominent critics in the west of the U.S. puppet regime of the Shah in Iran.
He was one of the most prominent critics in the west of the U.S. puppet regime of the Shah in Iran.
While in Pyongyang and in subsequent trips to Seoul and Tokyo, Ramsey spoke eloquently about the need to end sanctions on North Korea and demanded that the U.S. sign a peace treaty with North Korea to end the Korean War once and for all.
There was not a struggle or cause for social justice that Ramsey did not support.
Ramsey Clark’s legal and political life have filled books and library archives. So much more could be said.
Ramsey Clark’s legal and political life have filled books and library archives. So much more could be said.
