Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

Comrade King was a Democratic Socialist reverend who fulfilled a critical role in bringing about many civil rights for minority Americans.

Despite being bullied by the FBI into denouncing communism, he still openly associated with communists and labor organizers. Dr. King additionally opposed American imperialism in Vietnam.

Dr. King's last book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? (libgen link) is a firmly anti-capitalist work that advocates for the better treatment of impoverished Americans through radical policies.

Here's an audio recording of King's last speech. Here's the timestamp for the last two minutes of it if you're a lib.

King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail is mandatory reading for the honky horde, and it is perfect to quote and reference when engaging with lib brained racists.

And, because King was a Christian minister, it seems only right to bring up something biblical. Jesus' Sermon on the Mount is a very relevant part of King's politics, so it can be read here in Matthew chapters 5 to 7.

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  • Melon [she/her,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    The appeal can be seen in Acts 4:31-35

    31 After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly. 32 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. 33 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all 34 that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales 35 and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need.

    This passage has since been paraphrased as "From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs." The early Christian church was socially and economically radical, and though evangelical Christians in the USA have spoiled the well with their rancid conservatism, that part of Christianity can still be seen by Christians like MLK Jr. and Cornel West.

      • Melon [she/her,they/them]
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        4 years ago

        It's hard to imagine a humanity that is entirely secular, and we're rather fortunate that many religions are fairly compatible with leftist ideals. There are limits to that (after all, the Bible is in one way or another the source of most of the world's homophobia), but doctrines have historically been flexible. Right now, Christians ignore the communism stuff but champion the hell out of the five verses or so that condemn homosexuality. It is certainly possible for Christians in the future to ignore the homophobia and instead enshrine the communism stuff. Additionally, there are already Christian denominations (like Unitarians) that reject the biblical infallibility doctrine, and that can help in wiping away all the problematic things about Christianity. The flexible nature of the contents of the bible (from a historical perspective) is well-known among scholars, as there is a long history of editing and removing passages. It shouldn't take much to convince Christians that such a text is almost certainly faulted.

        edit: for clarity tho I am an atheist, but I am not an anti-theist no matter how much my inner middle-schooler wants to be.