Those young demonstrators had come of age seeing continual — and effective — protests during the civil rights movement and national mourning after the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A year earlier King staked out his opposition to the war, saying that while he wasn’t attempting “to make North Vietnam or the National Liberation Front paragons of virtue,” he wanted to underscore his belief “that America would never invest the necessary funds or energies in rehabilitation of its poor so long as adventures like Vietnam continued to draw men and skills and money, like some demonic, destructive suction tube.” He said he was “compelled to see the war as an enemy of the poor and attack it as such.”
Archiv: Martin Luther King
Like his father and Martin Luther King Jr., RFK Jr. believes that violence abroad is linked to violence on our streets and in our schools. Only when America ceases its endless wars will we restore peace at home.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy 60 Years After the March on Washington
(August 10, 2023)
On Aug. 28, 1963, about 250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his historic “I Have a Dream” speech advocating for economic and civil rights for Black Americans.
Kennedy campaign reminds me of ’68 race
Though my family were avid followers of politics, they were never Kennedy supporters. In spite of that, I found “Bobby’s” anti-war position both brave and admirable.
In the wee hours of June 5, I watched live coverage of the California primary — the last big ticket to the Democratic nomination. My mother and I stayed up for RFK to give his speech, then turned off the TV and went to bed.
That next morning, my mother would wake me with the awful news: Sen. Kennedy had been shot at the hotel in Los Angeles where we’d seen him on TV just hours earlier.
The Liberal Contempt for Martin Luther King’s Final Year
But as for the institutionalized militarism that terrorizes, wounds and kills people overseas — overwhelmingly people of color — a sad truth is that most progressive U.S. organizations have little to say about it. At the same time, they eagerly and selectively laud King as a visionary and role model.
Be a nonconformist.
A thread of #MLK speeches and sermons in which he speaks truth to power, shares about his philosophy of nonviolence, and expounds on issues of injustice and what our righteous, rigorous response should be. Relevant. Revelatory. Revolutionary. #MLKDay
The 2020 March on Washington – 8/28 (FULL LIVE STREAM)
A civil rights rally timed to the 57th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.‘s seminal “I Have a Dream” speech is expected to bring thousands to the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 28. Speakers include:
Marsch auf Washington: „Genug ist genug“
„Wir fordern echten, dauerhaften, strukturellen Wandel“, sagte der Bürgerrechtler Martin Luther King III bei der Kundgebung. Er ist der älteste Sohn von Martin Luther King Jr., der auf den Tag genau vor 57 Jahren in Washington seine berühmte Rede mit den Worten „Ich habe einen Traum“ hielt.
„Wir werden diesen Traum erfüllen“, sagte der afroamerikanische Bürgerrechtler Al Sharpton, einer der Organisatoren der Kundgebung.
Marsch auf Washington: „Nehmt euer Knie von unseren Nacken“
Der 28. August ist ein geschichtsträchtiges Datum: Heute vor 57 Jahren hielt Martin Luther King Junior seine berühmte Rede in Washington. Heute gibt es eine Neuauflage des Marsches auf die Hauptstadt.
The March on Washington 2020, explained
On the granite steps of the Lincoln Memorial are carved two footprints. An inscription notes this spot was where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of thousands on August 28, 1963.
On Friday, amid a summer of protest against systemic racism and police violence, remarks will again be delivered from that same place by those speaking out against state violence.
Dubbed “Get Your Knee Off Our Necks,” the 2020 March on Washington is expected to draw 50,000 protesters from around the country.
The important word in ‘democratic socialism’ is ‘democratic’
And on this, Dr. Martin Luther King — often smeared as a “red” or a communist — was very clear. In 1966, he confided to his staff:
“You can’t talk about solving the economic problem of the Negro without talking about billions of dollars. You can’t talk about ending the slums without first saying profit must be taken out of the slums. You’re really tampering and getting on dangerous ground because you are messing with folk then. You are messing with captains of industry. Now this means that we are treading in difficult water, because it really means that we are saying that something is wrong with capitalism. There must be a better distribution of wealth, and maybe America must move toward a democratic socialism.”
Bernie Sanders, Tulsi Gabbard, and Elizabeth Warren at the Zion Baptist Church. Bernie: „Elizabeth, we should say hello, because half of the world is terribly interested on this issue.“ Tulsi: „This is the handshake that went around the world.“ Bernie: „You just approved it.“
Remembering the FBI’s Vilification of Martin Luther King
In 2017, when the FBI hailed the civil rights leader for PR reasons in a tweet, Ben Norton issued a reminder about the agency’s ugly history.
My personal commitment is to always treat you and all Americans with respect. Working side-by-side, we can defeat the divisiveness of Donald Trump, and usher in a 21st century of peace, human dignity, & true equality. Working side by side, we can make Dr. King’s dream our reality
Credit where credit is due: the argument that it‘s okay to be racist against a socialist who is critical of America was pioneered in the 1960s by National Review in their many attacks on Martin Luther King, Jr.
„Ausgaben für Rüstung schon heute zu hoch“
NATO-Außenminister treffen sich am Donnerstag in Washington. Protest dagegen ist international.
Malcolm X: Der „Hausneger“ und der „Feldneger“ (sowie die erbärmliche Wahrheit über den „Marsch auf Washington“)
Am 10. Dezember 1963, während er noch der führende Sprecher der Nation of Islam war, hielt Malcolm X eine Rede auf einer Kundgebung in Detroit, Michigan. In dieser Rede legte er die einstige Beziehung zwischen dem Sklavenmeister und zwei Arten von Sklaven dar: dem „house Negro“ und dem „field Negro“. Vor diesem historischen Hintergrund lüftete er im Anschluss die Wahrheit über den sogenannten „Marsch auf Washington“. Es folgt eine ausführliche Übersetzung vom Englischen ins Deutsche.
Von Lars Schall
Die komplette Rede, die Malcolm X am 10. Dezember 1963 in Detroit hielt (“Message to the Grassroots“), kann im Englischen hier nachgelesen werden.
Hamas chief: ‘March of Return started and will not stop before we return’
Haniyeh removed the curtain from the mural for Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. This event was organised in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Luther King’s assassination.
“On this day 50 years ago, one of the greatest men who fought for humanity was buried,” he said. “There is no difference between men because of skin colour or morality.”
He added: “We are talking about Martin Luther King, who was assassinated at the hand of hatred and racism on April 4, 1968 and was buried on April 9.” Martin Luther King’s goal “is consistent with our culture and principles.”
The Hamas leader said: “Today, are peacefully seeking to regain our fundamental rights, the foremost of which is to live in our land in peace, to return to our homes and to have freedom of movement and travel and to have clean water and healthy food.
With Executive Order on Policing, Trump Declares Racialized War on Dissent
Additionally, the order directs the Department of Justice to work with other federal agencies — no doubt the FBI, CIA and NSA prominent among them — to „develop an executive branch strategy to prevent violence against Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement officers.“ As I typed those words, I had a chilling realization: This was the same rationale, and almost the exact same language, that the notorious J. Edgar Hoover used in his COINTELPRO directives that targeted Black liberation leaders Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture), Fred Hampton and their organizations, and permitted wildly illegal government surveillance and orchestrated state violence during the 1960s.