What would Martin Luther King Jr. say about Iraq?
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Uploaded by lifeinwartime on Sep 15, 2007
Dr. King's ideas about Vietnam---including his call for a fixed troop withdrawal date, his critique of efforts to prop up corrupt Vietnamese leaders, his suggestion that America provide asylum and health care to displaced Vietnamese, and his analysis of the difficulty of opposing the US government in wartime---give us a powerful idea of what he might say about Iraq today.
These powerful highlights from his historic April 1967 speech on the Vietnam War are combined with photos and videos that provide context for King's brave, patriotic leadership---and why it's all too relevant for understanding not only our past, but our present.
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kill kill kill
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I am actually writing this on Martin Luther King's Day. What I have problem with this day is HOW we are celebrating Martin Luther King's Day. Mainstream medias seem to concentrate on King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Don't get me wrong because I do think that speech is excellent. However there are also more radical aspect of King during last years of his life. That is his opposition against war in Vietnam. His support for multiracial solidarity to fight against racism and poverty.
2 years ago 2
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Can contemporary blacks understand his plain English? Let me be clearer...if any of u bruthas be needin' some hep comprehendin' dis stuff; text me, b. Word.
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M.L.K. was a REPUBLICAN.Yes,he was against a war he didn't believe that a Deocrat president couldn't win with an army that he(Democrats) drafted.This war wasn't started,nor fought to win-duh..it was started by a democrat.
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Why would M.L.K. do that,he was a registered Republican and Vietnam(And WW1,WW2,Korea) were started by Democrat Presidents?
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tHAKE the words vietnam out in put word Iraq in this speech.
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As an Australian I would like to say how much I appreciate this post and in my opinion America (as the bush's self styled 'world police')needs more people like you.
I can't vote in your elections but I hope a pacific is voted in next year.
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As an Australian I would like to say how much I appreciate this post and in my opinion America (as the bush's self styled 'world police')needs more people like you.
I can't vote in your elections but I hope a pacific is voted in next year.
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Dr. King's words are perhaps even more relevant with respect to our nation's latest quagmire. Drawing the uncanny comparison to Vietnam reminds us how critical it is to get our troops out of Iraq as soon as is humanly possible.
oconnor711 4 years ago 5
He was opponent of capitalism and imperialism that racism in U.S. can't be changed without challenging U.S. imperialism against country like Vietnam. And I really don't like the way people celebrate Martin Luther King's Day by stuffing him into history as merely a "dreamer" than celebrating him as radical reformer who's struggle is still relevant to us today in relation to our struggle against war in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as struggles for economic justice for working class of all races.
unorthodoxtrotsky 2 years ago 4