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[Duncan McLean]

It goes back further - at least to 1942 during debates within America's Quaker community about their relationship with American troops. When asked to help providing R&R it sparked a debate because of their commitment to non-violent resolution of conflicts and the possibility of being charged with sedition if they told the troops of their views. 

The origin is unclear because it appears in a letter quoting a speech in which the phrase appears not to have been used. 

Greetings from Scotland.

Duncan

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> On 8 Aug 2017, at 13:32, Damien Kingsbury <damien.kingsbury at deakin.edu.au> wrote:
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> Hi Wes,
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> The term 'Speaking truth to power' comes from the title of a Quaker book published in 1955, but has oft been used, if sometimes without foundation, by journalists ever since.
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> With best wishes,
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> Damien
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> While I’m sure Annette Jansen’s book will be seen as interesting, it feels like she is setting out to prove her hypothesis.
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> Further, as an activist continuously from the 70s, not just the 90s, I can almost guess who was talked to - eg the use of 'talking truth to power' only came into vogue in the 90s I reckon.
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> She leaves out that a lot of energy tp oppose the Indonesian invasions of West Papua in 1981 and after, and the invasion of East Timor in 1975.   Perhaps the organisation of the groups left something to be desired, but they existed.
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> Rob Wesley-Smith
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