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Octafish

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13. He also had the audacity to publicly point out the immoral War on Vietnam.

Reply to riqster (Original post)

Mon Jan 20, 2014, 12:43 PM

Jan 2014

...and how it profited the few at the expense of the many.

I am convinced that it is one of the most unjust wars that has ever been fought in the history of the world. Our involvement in the war in Vietnam has torn up the Geneva Accord. It has strengthened the military-industrial complex; it has strengthened the forces of reaction in our nation. It has put us against the self-determination of a vast majority of the Vietnamese people, and put us in the position of protecting a corrupt regime that is stacked against the poor.

SOURCE with more: http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/resources/article/king_quotes_on_war_and_peace/

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No wonder they killed him: MLK was working for economic justice for ALL the poor. [View all] riqster Jan 2014 OP

And he was killed while rallying with public workers trying to unionize. JaneyVee Jan 2014 #1

Very true! riqster Jan 2014 #2

Good point, and should be brought up often. senseandsensibility Jan 2014 #3

so they could earn a living wage rurallib Jan 2014 #5

That is, indeed the point. riqster Jan 2014 #9

Proud gaspee Jan 2014 #4

I also like the Rude Pundit's take on MLK. riqster Jan 2014 #6

Yup gaspee Jan 2014 #7

He was a radical who understood that violent revolutions hurt the underclass the most. riqster Jan 2014 #11

One of his most radical speeches: riqster Jan 2014 #17

I agree. johnnyreb Jan 2014 #8

Whoa. Please make this an OP. riqster Jan 2014 #10

I'm on a tiny screen johnnyreb Jan 2014 #14

If you don't mind, I will post one later today. riqster Jan 2014 #16

exactly. - that's when ge became a real threat villager Jan 2014 #12

He also had the audacity to publicly point out the immoral War on Vietnam. Octafish Jan 2014 #13

And pointed out the role of money in the equation. riqster Jan 2014 #15

Does tv news ever mention Vietnam with MLK? johnnyreb Jan 2014 #18

This too. hunter Jan 2014 #42

Just who is "They?" Archae Jan 2014 #19

id imagine iamthebandfanman Jan 2014 #21

Unfortunately, even that is too vague. Archae Jan 2014 #22

"I do think he had help from racist groups like the KKK. " hedgehog Jan 2014 #23

Dingdingding! riqster Jan 2014 #24

I keep asking the same question Progressive dog Jan 2014 #32

Sorry that it has taken so long to respond. riqster Jan 2014 #43

he was a socialist... iamthebandfanman Jan 2014 #20

says it all heaven05 Jan 2014 #26

And that is an VERY Marxian analysis of capitalism...... socialist_n_TN Jan 2014 #34

+ 1000 and you're right heaven05 Jan 2014 #25

So true.....often forgotten that he was fighting for striking janitors in Memphis. joanbarnes Jan 2014 #27

Absolutely. Just like Bobby Gman Jan 2014 #28

important op frwrfpos Jan 2014 #29

Yes, he was. Yo_Mama Jan 2014 #30

I believe that is correct. n/t Wilms Jan 2014 #31

"They" did not kill him, James Earl Ray did Progressive dog Jan 2014 #33

No debunking. former9thward Jan 2014 #40

K & R !!! WillyT Jan 2014 #35

it is false to say that "Racial equality wasn’t all that big a deal," even to the elite fishwax Jan 2014 #36

That was not my intent. riqster Jan 2014 #37

I can appreciate that -- but I think the opening sentence does just that fishwax Jan 2014 #38

+1 Quayblue Jan 2014 #41

Agreed. Bobbie Jo Jan 2014 #39