#mlk
https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1483175197452771330
#DrKing was a great #civil-rights #leader, but he was more than that. He was a #political #revolutionary who summoned the #nation to “undergo a #radical #revolution of #values” to #overcome “the #giant #triplets of #extreme-materialism, #racism, and #militarism.” Never forget his #vision.
#martinlutherkingjr #mlk #berniesanders #quote #democratic #socialism
MLK's Last Sermon - "The Problem of Poverty"
https://rumble.com/vso89s-mlks-last-sermon.html
"There must be something positive and massive in order to get rid of all the effects of racism and the tragedies of racial injustice. But there is another thing closely related to racism that I would like to mention as another challenge. We are challenged to rid our nation and the world of poverty. Like a monstrous octopus, poverty spreads its nagging prehensile tentacles into hamlets and villages all over our world.
How can one avoid being depressed when he sees with his own eyes evidences of millions of people going to bed hungry at night? How can one avoid being depressed when he sees with his own eyes God's children sleeping on the sidewalks at night? …Maybe we spend far too much of our national budget establishing military bases around the world rather than bases of genuine concern and understanding.
And I must confess that in some situations I have literally found myself crying…
I was in Newark and Harlem just this week…This welfare mother…She pointed out the walls with all the ceiling falling through. She showed me the holes where the rats came in. She said night after night we have to stay awake to keep the rats and roaches from getting to the children…
This can happen to America…this is America's opportunity to help bridge the gulf between the haves and the have-nots. The question is whether America will do it. There is nothing new about poverty. What is new is that we now have the techniques and the resources to get rid of poverty. The real question is whether we have the will."
#martinlutherkingjr #mlk #last #sermon #problem #poverty #america
Michael Parenti ~ I Have a Dream, a Blurred Vision
https://michaelparentiblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/i-have-dream-blurred-vision-by-michael.html
#michaelparenti #parenti #mlk #martinlutherkingjr #i-have-a-dream #blurred #vision #politics #poverty #racism #jamesearlray #capitalism #civilrights #history #labor #socialism #antiwar
#mlk name evoked in an age of US #fascism and social/financial breakdown https://www.voanews.com/a/somber-mlk-remembrances-expected-as-voting-rights-effort-dies-in-us-senate/6398063.html
● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #MLK ☞ How the #Vietnam #War Pushed MLK to Embrace Global Justice, Not Only Civil Rights at Home https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/01/14/how-the-vietnam-war-pushed-mlk-to-embrace-global-justice-not-only-civil-rights-at-home/
● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #mlk ☞ Continuing King’s “Revolution of Values” https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/01/14/continuing-kings-revolution-of-values/
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #MLK ☞ Opinion | To Honor MLK's Birthday, Senate Must Override Jim Crow Filibuster https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/01/13/honor-mlks-birthday-senate-must-override-jim-crow-filibuster
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #mlk ☞ Opinion | Remembering Dr. King's Message of Hope in These Dark Times https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/01/12/remembering-dr-kings-message-hope-these-dark-times
● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #mlk ☞ The Re-Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/01/12/the-re-assassination-of-martin-luther-king-jr/
Why Christians should become political radicals
' #Love-thy-neighbor ... the #Samaritan didn’t act because of religious beliefs but was “moved by #compassion.”
#garyolson #christianity #philosophy #history #politics #radical #mlk #empathy #jesus #good-samaritans
● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Tennessee ☞ Tennessee Rejects "Moms for Liberty" Complaint Over Lessons on #MLK https://truthout.org/articles/tennessee-rejects-moms-for-liberty-complaint-over-lessons-on-mlk/
● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #MLK ☞ Protect Voting Rights Now! MLK’s Granddaughter, Ben Jealous & More Risk Arrest at White House Protest https://www.democracynow.org/2021/11/17/voting_rights_protest_dc_ben_jealous
Divide and Rule ~ Vandana Shiva
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9lq-uBdxg8
' #Divide and #rule becomes a necessity for the “1%” to continue to hold #power.'
'One #humanity, one #Earth ... We will not be #divided.'
#divideandrule #vandanashiva #shiva #interconnectedness #oneness #potential #quantum #world #democracy #disposable #mechanistic #thought #economy #love #abundance #sustainability #freedom #nature #reality #gandhi #mlk #afterskool #cartoon
COMMENT LA NON-VIOLENCE PROTÈGE L'ÉTAT ?
https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=rsQq8IM6SH8
Enfin ça sort un peu des cercles invisibles à la masse...
Aller plus loin (liens parmi d'autres) :
- Floraisons
- Partage-le
- Demos Kratos
#violence #non-violence #nonviolence #pacifisme #etat #état #gelderloos #diversité #tactiques #stratégie #commune #dogmatisme #gandhi #mlk #parks #mandela #black-panther-party #bpp #american-indian-movement #aim #brown-berets #front-national-de-libération-du-Sud-Viêt-Nam #fnl #fln #racisme #privilèges #privilégiés #pouvoir #système etc...
May I just leave this here as an example of how someone with authority should act. This wasn't merely charm or charisma. This was done with only a few minutes warning and no script. It makes me wonder how far we've progressed and gives me hope that change, however frustratingly slow, can happen. It starts as an idea which leads to action.
I can't do a lot of thinking or working lately. The circumstances don't allow it.
But I can't help but be bothered by the internet finding yet another of Martin Luther King Jr's quotes to say what they want him to say.
-- Brandon O'Brien https://wandering.shop/@therisingtithes
Thread. Especially:
Riots are indeed unfortunate for all the reasons we currently know. But so are protests. You'd imagine that in a world that insists upon a right way to call for justice, it would be said just as loudly by those who condemn riots that they shouldn't need to protest this at all. ..
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When Dr. King said that he hoped to avoid a riot, he was saying he wished that a protest would be heard enough. It would appear that African Americans still have not been heard enough. ...
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One can hope that a community in pain would not have to rely on the last resort of hoping to be heard, and still acknowledge that, as Kwame Ture intuited, unless your opponent has a conscience, being heard will turn to other, more dire measures. ...
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Let's be sure of another thing Dr. King said:
"Social justice and progress are the absolute guarantors of riot prevention."
Anyone decrying the fire of a riot but doesn't give a damn about the quenching waters of justice is merely ignoring the suffering of their neighbours. ...
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Here are some things I imagine are worth reading for this context:
https://wandering.shop/@therisingtithes/104258862390945857
The news guts me in a way that rattles my ability to think or work. I am in pain.
But I know this much: when someone is crying out for you to listen--listen to their pleas to breathe, listen to their pleas for justice--and you do not listen, you do not get to judge how they aim to hold your attention.
There's more. Read it.
