MLK Jr. was anti-capitalist
This is a fact that is largely ignored today. The bourgeoisie have turned King into a hero by creating an inaccurate version of him that leaves out his revolutionary anti-capaitalist beliefs.
This is a fact that is largely ignored today. The bourgeoisie have turned King into a hero by creating an inaccurate version of him that leaves out his revolutionary anti-capaitalist beliefs.
As the failures of the Squad prove, sending individuals to the heart of the machine will not change the machine, it will change the individuals. The parties and their machinations are too powerful.
The 20th century not only changed the goals of socialists after the victories of the 1800’s and through their continued successes our lives were changed in ways that are appreciable even now.
How could anyone continue to “wait and whisper” while witnessing the enormous and cumulative effect of disparity unfold for another generation, with so many children never even getting to first base and some starting out on third?
And remember, children are listening. While we may not be able to change the messages in the media, we can change how our children respond to them, and that change starts with you.
At a time when the nation feels so divided, there is a need to bring back King’s vision of agape-fueled community building and begin a difficult conversation about where we are as a nation and where we want to go.
Fascism will not be defeated until the system that creates it is defeated. That is why any true effort to combat fascism will require a unified anti-capitalist movement.
History has taught us we can hold politicians accountable and force them to act in the interest of the people they’re supposed to serve rather than the whims of global capital..
This country has never lived up to the illusion of freedom it often trumpets and heralds to the rest of the world.