U.S.
An interview with the striking Memphis sanitation workers of 1968
April 5, 2018Three surviving workers who took part in the 1968 strike connect their fight for dignity and justice to the struggles of today.
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MLK’s economic ‘radicalism’ embraced at massive march and rally in Memphis
April 4, 2018There was a call to register and vote in 2018 to remove the “exploiters” in the White House and the Congress.
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“Militarized” police disaster training program to end after this year
April 4, 2018Opponents charge that it trains law enforcement in military-style repression and criminalization of black, brown, indigenous and undocumented communities.
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Warning from Memphis: U.S. still far from Dr. King’s promised land
April 4, 2018“It’s a call to action, to fight poverty, state by state, neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block – a call to action to get to the promised land."
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Taming MLK’s radical legacy in the fight against white supremacy
April 3, 2018To win the iconic status that King deserved, he had to be domesticated. The memory of King railing against economic injustice and denouncing the Vietnam War faded into an unthreatening idealism.
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