by KATHY KELLY Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty,…
We meet today in the vast shadow of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and that is fitting for much like his contemporary, Min. Malcolm X, he had the…
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PROFESSOR SIR HILARY BECKLES LECTURE IN KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ON REPARATION PT2 IN DEPTH: The Caribbean’s Case for Reparations (Pt. 1) Flood in Georgetown St. Vincent…
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by: Emile Schepers
The dispute about the status of descendants of Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic is now the subject of negotiations hosted by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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By Charles Pierce
Is there any doubt, had there been a Dr. King in the past two decades who opposed the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as vigorously as Dr. King opposed the Vietnam catastrophe at the end of his life, that the full might of the modern American intelligence apparatus would have landed squarely on his head?
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By Igor Volsky
The slain civil rights leader was a critic of capitalism, the Vietnam War, and championed reproductive rights.
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By Bob Lord
As we commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.’s 85th birthday, we’ve all come to know his dream.
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Some of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dreams have certainly come true. But when it comes to closing the economic gap between black and white Americans, we’ve got a long way to go.
By Ned Resnikoff
Today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is most often remembered as a crusader for racial equality, not economic justice. But those struggles were inextricably intertwined for the civil rights leader, whose 85th birthday is being honored this weekend.
Two thirds of Americans say they are dissatisfied with the distribution of income and wealth. “This includes three-fourths of Democrats and 54% of Republicans…
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By Robert Borosage
Is the “new populism” hailed by the mainstream press for real? The celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday reminds us how far we are from a vibrant people’s movement that can force change in Washington.
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The people of Haiti continue to suffer the economic tremors of a post-earthquake reconstruction program that has failed to transform the lives of the majority of the people…