Chris Hedges: Restoring Lies to US History
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/05/chris-hedges-restoring-lies-to-us-history/
Lust for conquest and wealth — behind the enslavement of Africans and the Native American genocide — is sidelined to tell the story of the valiant struggle by European pioneers to build the greatest nation on earth. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost…
#Politics #AmericanEmpire #Analysis #Colonialism #Commentary #Disinformation #History #HumanRights #IndigenousPeople #Racism #AbrahamLincoln #ChrisHedges #ChristopherColumbus #FrankRizzo #GeorgeWashington #HannahArendt #HarrietTubman #IndependenceNationalHistoricalPark #JeffersonDavis #JohnBrown #MartinLutherKingJr. #MountRushmore #NatTurner #RobertE.Lee #TheNationalMuseumOfAfricanAmericanHistoryAndCulture #TheSmithsonianInstitution #TheodoreRoosevelt #ThomasJ.“stonewall”Jackson. #ThomasJefferson #WoodrowWilson

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1968, a #WhiteSupremacist shot and killed #socialist #CivilRights leader #MartinLutherKingJr. King's work had made him unpopular with a majority of Americans, but he was working to unite the poor in a campaign for social justice and against imperialism.

MLK assassinated on this day in 1968.
#MLK #MartinLutherKingJr

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. ~ #MartinLutherKingJr #MLK #quotes #silence

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
-- Martin Luther King Jr.

#Wisdom #Quotes #MartinLutherKingJr #Activism #Change

#Photography #Panorama #Rainbow #MississippiRiver #Iowa

"a riot is the language of the unheard"
-- #MartinLutherKingJr

Remove free speech and peaceful means to effect change in government and you invite violence, since it is the only effective means left.

I am not a blind pacifist. I condemn violence when other means are available.

But if the status quo is unjust, and there are no other means to change things, violence becomes justified.

This is why you should NEVER suppress free speech or suppress protests.

Did you know that in the months before he was assassinated, Dr. King was building a broad fusion movement for economic justice? Join the "transforming force" of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, which is continuing Dr. King's work.

#BlackHistoryMonth #MLK #MartinLutherKingJr #PoorPeoplesCampaign #MDPPC
#RacialJustice #EconomicJustice

Ted Tocks Covers

Why? (The King of Love is Dead)

Originally posted on April 4, 2023

On what would have been Nina Simone’s 92nd birthday.

“Those of us who know how to protect those of us that we love. Stand by them and stay close to them.”

#ninasimone #martinlutherkingjr #sabrinastarke #melodyangel #johnlewis

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2023/04/04/why-the-king-of-love-is-dead-theyre-shooting-us-down-one-by-one-dont-forget-that-musicislife-tedtockscovers-ninasimone-martinlutherkingjr-sabrinastarke-melodyange/

In 1968, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and many others called for a “revolution of values” in America. They sought to build a broad, fusion movement that could unite poor and impacted communities across the country. Their name was a direct cry from the underside of history: The Poor People’s Campaign. Today, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival has picked up this unfinished work. Join us!

In 1968, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and many others called for a “revolution of values” in America. They sought to build a broad, fusion movement that could unite poor and impacted communities across the country. Their name was a direct cry from the underside of history: The Poor People’s Campaign. Today, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival has picked up this unfinished work. Join us!

Except... he didn't actually declassify anything. it just requires the Director of National Intelligence and Attorney General to offer a "plan" within 45 days.

Also no mention of declassifying anything about Trump's bestie for 10 years, #JeffreyEpstein (shocker).

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/declassification-of-records-concerning-the-assassinations-of-president-john-f-kenned/

#MLKDay at King’s Atlanta congregation features daughter’s warning about #AntWoke rhetoric and “DEMOCRACY.”

January 20, 2025

“We are living in a time when anti-woke rhetoric has become a weapon to divide us and distract us from the real issues of injustice. To be woke is to be aware of oppression and commitment to justice,” - Rev. Bernice King.

https://apnews.com/article/mlk-day-king-ce69f51605082d2495ebaa7082ba1280
#MartinLutherKingJr #DrMartinLutherKingJr #BlackLivesMatter

It is important to remember that a-#MartinLutherKingJr had a 75% disapproval rating in the last year of his life. High approval ratings don’t mean you are right, and low approval ratings don’t mean you are wrong. The true measure of a person is whether they are willing to do what is right and just even if it is unpopular and even if it does not serve one’s personal self-interest. This is why I celebrated King today and not the other guy.

Mistodon: was there anything else going on in America today? This was the only worthwhile event of any real importance: #MartinLutherKingDay takes place on the third Monday of January to remember the achievements of the martyred nonviolent #CivilRights activist Dr #MartinLutherKingJr. This monochrome #teletext portrait was drawn by @Horsenburger and included in the MIST0222 artpack collection released three years ago.

the pastor who sang at the trump inauguration just launched his own #memecoin scam (and he cited #MartinLutherKingJr while doing it).

* contract: https://dexscreener.com/solana/4xUwewcRJa2k83MRgUepKgvKDRAASry65FZ37PK9pump
* his video tweet: https://x.com/pastorzosewell/status/1881440095825244231

Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.: #MLK #Assassination #MartinLutherKingJr #Memorial 

National Civil Rights Museum

The Lorraine Motel where James Earl Ray assassinated King on April 4, 1968, is a complex of museums that trace the civil rights movement in the U.S. from the 17th century to the present.

#MLK #MartinLutherKingJr #Memorial

https://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/ https://triplefivelighttherapy.blogspot.com/2020/01/remembering-martin-luther-king-jr.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Assassination #MartinLutherKingJr #Memorial #MLK

Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. as an 'organizer of the people' —

Scholars Tressie McMillan Cottom and Eddie Glaude speak with Tonya Mosley and reflect on the struggle for civil rights and what it means to celebrate King on the same day that trump is sworn into office as President again
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/20/g-s1-43300/a-conversation-about-mlks-legacy-and-a-second-trump-administration
#NPRFreshAir #MLK #MLKday #MartinLutherKingJr

"A riot is the language of the unheard"

January 20th is Martin Luther King Jr Day here in the USA.

Take 2 minutes to listen to the man in his own voice. He deserves our time.
#MLKDay #MartinLutherKingJr