I have now determined that the continued redaction and withholding of information from records pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is not consistent with the public interest and the release of these records is long overdue. And although no Act of Congress directs the release of information pertaining to the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I have determined that the release of all records in the Federal Governmentâs possession pertaining to each of those assassinations is also in the public interest.
Archiv: Martin Luther King
âDiscredit, disrupt, and destroyâ: FBI records acquired by the Library reveal violent surveillance of Black leaders, civil rights organizations
(January 18, 2021)
One of the biggest lessons contained in the documents is abundantly clear: Whatever you do, donât let them think youâre a communist.
For Hoover, an Ahab-type character in pursuit of his cursed whale, the mere whiff of such leanings could trigger the dirtiest of tricks in the FBIâs arsenal.
âNo holds were barred,â said assistant FBI director William C. Sullivan in his testimony for the U.S. Senateâs Church Committee, as recorded in documents held by the Library and freely available on the digital repository HathiTrust. âWe have used (these techniques) against Soviet agents. They have used (them) against us.â
âWe did not differentiate,â Sullivan said. âThis is a rough, tough business.â
Trump Pledges to Declassify JFK, RFK, and MLK Assassination Files
The announcement, made during his victory rally in Washington, D.C., was met with thunderous applause from supporters.
„As the first step toward restoring transparency and accountability to government, we will also reverse the over-classification of government documents,“ Trump declared to a packed Capital One Arena. „And in the coming days, we are going to make public remaining records relating to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert Kennedy, as well as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.“
The Ghost of the 1968 Antiwar Movement Has Returned
Those young demonstrators had come of age seeing continual â and effective â 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 wasnât attempting âto make North Vietnam or the National Liberation Front paragons of virtue,â he wanted to underscore his belief âthat 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.â He said he was âcompelled to see the war as an enemy of the poor and attack it as such.â
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.âs 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 âI Have a Dreamâ speech advocating for economic and civil rights for Black Americans.
Kennedy campaign reminds me of â68 race
Though my family were avid followers of politics, they were never Kennedy supporters. In spite of that, I found âBobbyâsâ anti-war position both brave and admirable.
In the wee hours of June 5, I watched live coverage of the California primary â 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 weâd seen him on TV just hours earlier.
The Liberal Contempt for Martin Luther Kingâs Final Year
But as for the institutionalized militarism that terrorizes, wounds and kills people overseas â overwhelmingly people of color â 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.
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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 âI Have a Dreamâ 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 BĂŒrgerrechtler Martin Luther King III bei der Kundgebung. Er ist der Ă€lteste Sohn von Martin Luther King Jr., der auf den Tag genau vor 57 Jahren in Washington seine berĂŒhmte Rede mit den Worten „Ich habe einen Traum“ hielt.
„Wir werden diesen Traum erfĂŒllen“, sagte der afroamerikanische BĂŒrgerrechtler Al Sharpton, einer der Organisatoren der Kundgebung.
Marsch auf Washington: „Nehmt euer Knie von unseren Nacken“
Der 28. August ist ein geschichtstrĂ€chtiges Datum: Heute vor 57 Jahren hielt Martin Luther King Junior seine berĂŒhmte 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 âI Have a Dreamâ 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 âGet Your Knee Off Our Necks,â the 2020 March on Washington is expected to draw 50,000 protesters from around the country.
The important word in âdemocratic socialismâ is âdemocraticâ
And on this, Dr. Martin Luther King â often smeared as a âredâ or a communist â was very clear. In 1966, he confided to his staff:
âYou canât talk about solving the economic problem of the Negro without talking about billions of dollars. You canât talk about ending the slums without first saying profit must be taken out of the slums. Youâre 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.â
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 FBIâs 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 agencyâs 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. Kingâs 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 fĂŒr RĂŒstung schon heute zu hoch“
NATO-AuĂenminister treffen sich am Donnerstag in Washington. Protest dagegen ist international.
Malcolm X: Der âHausnegerâ und der âFeldnegerâ (sowie die erbĂ€rmliche Wahrheit ĂŒber den âMarsch auf Washingtonâ)
Am 10. Dezember 1963, wĂ€hrend er noch der fĂŒhrende 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 âhouse Negroâ und dem âfield Negroâ. Vor diesem historischen Hintergrund lĂŒftete er im Anschluss die Wahrheit ĂŒber den sogenannten âMarsch auf Washingtonâ. Es folgt eine ausfĂŒhrliche Ăbersetzung vom Englischen ins Deutsche.
Von Lars Schall
Die komplette Rede, die Malcolm X am 10. Dezember 1963 in Detroit hielt (âMessage to the Grassrootsâ), kann im Englischen hier nachgelesen werden.
Hamas chief: âMarch of Return started and will not stop before we returnâ
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 Kingâs assassination.
âOn this day 50 years ago, one of the greatest men who fought for humanity was buried,â he said. âThere is no difference between men because of skin colour or morality.â
He added: âWe 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.â Martin Luther Kingâs goal âis consistent with our culture and principles.â
The Hamas leader said: âToday, 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.