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Truth Establishment Institute
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Truth Establishment Institute Expresses Disagreement With UK Government Official Decision to Withdraw Invitation to Professor Tony Martin

October 25, 2003 Chicago, Illinois   - The Truth Establishment Institute (TEI) strongly disagrees with the decision of the Mayor's Office of London to withdraw its invitation to Africana Scholar Professor Martin to speak at a UK Black History Month Event.

One seeking an authority on the life and mission of the Honorable Marcus Garvey and other aspects of history relevant to a Black History Month programming could not find another individual more immersed in the subject, nor more qualified to discuss them than Africana Professor Tony Martin.

By their unceremonious disinvitation of Professor Martin, London government officials show that they are uninterested in presenting historical perspectives that are considered outside of the view of those who are considered "mainstream" as well as being uninterested in the principles of truth.

Their constituents would be better served if Professor Martin were allowed to speak. Instead, the London Mayor's office has chosen to participate in keeping  the masses of the people in a state of informational darkness and ignorance.

Mr. Lee Jasper, advisor to the London Mayor cited Professor Martin's appearances at two conferences (David Irving 2001, IHR 2002) as primary reasons for the invitation withdrawal, however, in his appearances at those conferences,  Professor Martin dealt with the role of Jews in the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade. His commentary did not include any discussion of  holocaust denial. Using the terms 'holocaust denial' and 'anti-Semitism' clearly shows an obvious attempt to taint the scholarship and achievement of Black academics with the disease of racism thereby diminishing the perceived quality of the research.

The parroting of the rhetoric and terminology of those who have an interest in keeping secret certain unflattering aspects of history verifies that Professor Martin and others who have been unfairly branded and censored such as the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan (who incidentally has been banned from the UK since the mid 80’s) and Professor Leonard Jeffries hold views that should be heard.

It is with great irony that Professor Martin’s lectures at those conferences are used as evidence of the “appearance of a close association" between Professor Martin  and "extreme right wing academics and organizations” while the London Mayor's office engages in the typical right-wing tactic of censorship by denying him the right to speak.

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