On this Anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, his living words in opposition to the war in Vietnam continue to hold sobering import for the American public today in facing the U.S. occupation of Iraq and our current foreign policy. The Information Clearing House republishes Dr. King’s powerful speech from April 4, 1967, exactly one year to the day before his assassination. Click here to read his speech, “Beyond Vietnam, A Time to Break Silence,” delivered at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City.