On Dr. King’s Birthday
Fight the Greatest Purveyor of Violence!
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee constructed the civil rights and Black Liberation movements on a foundation of Third World internationalism. The struggle of the Black nation and the people of Vietnam for self-determination became inseparable.
Dr. King brought a powerful and frontal indictment of the system of white supremacist, racist, capitalism. He appreciated the ideas of others and worked to build a Black and multi-racial united front against what he called “racism, poverty, and militarism.” He was willing to confront “the cowardice” inside his own bosom and modeled how all of us must put our bodies, souls, and lives on the line.
He was and is a great contributor to the endless struggle for human and planetary liberation.
It is time to celebrate the Revolutionary King on the anniversary of his birthday.
Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference by David J. Garrow
Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference by David J. Garrow is a Pulitzer Prize-winning biography that traces Martin Luther King Jr.’s transformation from a young, earnest pastor into the foremost spokesperson for the black freedom struggle. Drawing on over 700 interviews and thousands of FBI documents, the book provides a comprehensive and intimate account of King’s spiritual development and his crucial role in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) campaigns in Birmingham and Selma, which led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The central theme is King’s growing awareness of the symbolic meaning of the “cross” as a call to self-sacrifice, as he reluctantly accepts a mission that he knows will ultimately demand his life in the relentless crusade against prejudice and inequality.
All Hail The Revolutionary King: Dr. Martin Luther King is Marching with the People of Palestine
In his article published in CounterPunch, Eric Mann illuminates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. legacy of anti-imperialism, pro-communism. Eric speaks about Dr. King’s Black revolutionary leadership and shows how King strongly criticized U.S. white supremacist, racist capitalism.
Mann explains that U.S. imperialism and the Democratic Party establishment annually distort King’s legacy into one of simple integration and non-violent submission, rather than acknowledging his radical message and call for a revolutionary worldview to challenge U.S. militarism, racism, poverty, and materialism.
