Class Struggle and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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'The US claims to honor his memory, even as it defiles his dreams,' writes rjeskow on MLKDay

The U.S. should drop its' commemoration of Dr. King's birthday because there is no relationship between Dr. King the Black freedom movement created violent, warmongering U.S.

I would commend the following quote to those political opportunists who accuse leftists of being race-blind in order to deny the economic strangulation of the working class: Those triplets have grown up to Horsemen of the Apocalypse. “Machines and computers” manipulate our society, our politics, and our economy to further enrich the billionaire class. Drones and missiles continue to endanger our planet. The “property rights” of the few – from rental properties to pharmaceutical patents – kill thousands of people daily.

 

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