Martin Luther King
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The Plot to Kill Martin Luther King: “We All Knew He [Ray] Was Not the Shooter”; By William Pepper and Michael Welch
In this 50th anniversary commemoration of the death of one of America’s most inspiring crusaders for social and economic justice, the Global Research News Hour is proud to present this exclusive feature-length interview with Dr. William Pepper. A transcript of the entire conversation is available below. Continue reading
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NSA: “Disreputable if Not Outright Illegal”: The National Security Agency versus Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali, Art Buchwald, Frank Church, et al.
Newly Declassified History Divulges Names of Prominent Americans Targeted by NSA during Vietnam Era Continue reading
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Video: Pt 4: Du Bois and the Soviet Union
On the 145th anniversary of the birth of W.E.B. Du Bois, Anthony Monteiro looks at Du Bois’s relationship with the CPUSA and the Soviet Union Continue reading
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Video: Du Bois, Garvey and Pan Africanism
Part 3: On the 145th anniversary of W.E.B. Du Bois’s birth, Anthony Monteiro discusses the opposing views on Pan Africanism of Du Bois and Marcus Garvey Continue reading
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Video: Du Bois Believed Black Workers Must Lead the Struggle for Democracy
Anthony Monteiro Part 2 – On the 145th anniversary of the birth of W.E.B. Du Bois HIS NAME looks at Du Bois’s view on racism, capitalism and the role of black workers Continue reading
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Video: W.E.B. Du Bois vs Booker T. Washington – Then and Now
20 February, 2013 — The Real News Network Anthony Monteiro : Feb. 23, 2013 is the 145th anniversary of the birth of Du Bois, considered a founder of the civil rights movement and father of Pan Africanism (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Global Research 27 January 2013: Week in Review: Drone Proliferation – Crimes Against Humanity for “Global Security”
27 January 2013 — Global Research The Children Killed by America’s Drones. “Crimes Against Humanity” committed by Barack H. Obama., Prof Michel Chossudovsky, January 26, 2013 Behind each name there is the face of a child with a family history in a village in a far away country, with a mom and a dad, with brothers and Continue reading
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Obama Inauguration Day: Two Nobel Peace Laureates, “Drones Apart”. Martin Luther King: “From Every Mountainside, Let Freedom Ring.” By Felicity Arbuthnot
In the most blatant act of symbolism, as Africa is now threatened by a President who touted the importance of his African roots four years ago, Obama reaffirmed his Presidential oath today on both Abraham Lincoln’s Bible – and that of Martin Luther King – on the day dedicated to Martin Luther King. Continue reading
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Obama Inauguration Day: Two Nobel Peace Laureates, “Drones Apart”. Martin Luther King: “From Every Mountainside, Let Freedom Ring.” By Felicity Arbuthnot
In the most blatant act of symbolism, as Africa is now threatened by a President who touted the importance of his African roots four years ago, Obama reaffirmed his Presidential oath today on both Abraham Lincoln’s Bible – and that of Martin Luther King – on the day dedicated to Martin Luther King. Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street & the World Newslinks 18-19 October 2011
19 October 2011 — williambowles.info 19 October 2011 Occupy Wall Street protesters raise nearly $500,000 Strategic Culture Foundation Today at 07:55 Continue reading
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The Martin Luther King Legacy and The Global Economic Crisis: Can One Influence the Other? By Danny Schechter
We live in a world of constantly redrawn battle lines where new generations displace the old ones and some of yesterdays leaders move to higher levels of consciousness while many others like Libya’s human rights abusing leader Gaddafi along with some civil rights leaders who, years ago, secretly joined Washington’s crusade against Malcolm. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 31 March, 2010: MLK's TV Challenge to Obama / Former ATL Mayor Fronts for Telecoms
Since the onset of the Obama phenomenon, Dr. Martin Luther King’s birth and death days have been polluted by false and ahistorical comparisons between Obama and MLK. The two men represent opposite political poles: one, a radical opponent of imperial war and concentrated economic power, the other, an ally of Wall Street and commander-in-chief of… Continue reading
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Would MLK Back Iran's Protesters? By Rostam Pourzal
Combine Iran’s post-election turmoil with the controversy over the nation’s nuclear advances, and few Americans are likely to be unsympathetic toward the opposition movement there. Some bloggers have even suggested that the reformist-led protests are inspired by the teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr. Several commentators have referred to the wave of anti-theocracy rallies as… Continue reading
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The Wall Street Demos Commemorating ML King’s 1967 Anti-War Speech & 1968 Assassination By Lenni Brenner
King was in in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968 with his Poor People’s Campaign, supporting the lowest of the low, the city striking ‘garbage men.’ Thus it is fitting that this April 3rd and 4th saw Wall Street demos, called in his memory, against Barack Obama’s stuffing the pockets of the rich with Main Street’s taxes. Continue reading
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Video: Dr. MLK Jr: Struggling not to lose him
http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.1985385 From SleptOn.com: Too often, we are treated to a view of a romanticized and whitewashed Dr. King in order to fit the man and his struggle neatly within the prevailing political and economic power structures in a largely uncritical and non-threatening manner. This portrayal of Dr. King has been mass marketed as an accommodationist Continue reading
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It’s a Proxy World -Reporting the War in Angola By William Bowles
A deep-rooted cold war bias has skewed US media coverage of the war in Angola and, more recently, the Southern Africa peace talks. The Angolan conflict is typically seen as an expression of the Soviet Union’s “failed proxy revolution abroad” (Bill Keller, New York Times Week in Review 10-9-88). The US, by contrast, is presented… Continue reading
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