Lewiston Sun Journal

Whites are not the only ones who have the right to be free. What gives us the right to take over the land of Native Americans and think it’s OK, but we cannot have other cultures and religions coming into our community? That’s just plain selfish! Even though they are different on the outside, that […]

Jan. 11 presents a unique opportunity to our community. Two concurrent rallies will take place that day, a white power rally, attended by only a handful, and the Many and One rally.The white power rally will be one of their typical events, hate speech and angry words, a sad effort to whip up a storm […]

To make an accurate assessment of Matt Hale and his misguided followers of the World Church of the Creator you need to look no further than their agenda and motive. This is an organization that feeds on racial unease to quench its hunger for notoriety. All of this media coverage resulting from our community tension […]

Wouldn’t it be nice if Mayor Laurier Raymond of Lewiston, my own hometown, took the time to write an open letter to East Peoria, Ill. (Matthew Hale’s home town), asking them not to send any more of their World Church of the Creator friends to Lewiston? Moe Dubreuil, Portland

Recently I returned from a trip to my native state of Virginia. As I drove over the Appalachian Mountains, just as the sun was touching the landscape for the first time that day, I saw an incredible sight. Multiple colors of yellow, red, blue and purple rising gently, yet boldly, over the Blue Ridge peaks […]

We, the members of Poland Community Church, wish to express our support for all members of the Somali community who have moved to Lewiston as refugees in the hope of finding a peaceful place to raise their families and live their lives.The past year has been a very stressful time in Lewiston and many hurtful […]

I find the hue and cry from people writing letters to your paper a bit puzzling. This problem existed in the L/A area is attributable to “someone” or “some persons” who are determined to cause trouble in your communities. I don’t recall anybody asking us if we wanted this issue forced upon us. I would […]

In addition to the activity of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, the KKK tried to establish a base here in1987 by exploiting the labor unrest at the paper mills. But the seeds of hatred do not grow well in the rocky soil of Maine.In response to what the Klan promoted as a large, […]

On Saturday, our community has the opportunity to increase our sense of unity by standing in solidarity against hate, discrimination and violence. When the World Church of the Creator, the white supremacist hate group, arrives in our town, we will be out in force declaring “”not here — not ever.””Diversity brings color, texture and depth […]

If you are a believer in egalitarianism, you believe that all people are created equal.However, to be a believer in this social theory you have to disregard thousands of years of world history. Take, for example, the Somali situation.These Somalis have wandered around in the deserts of eastern Africa for thousands of years, creating no […]