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📣”Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail (April 16, 1963)

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What's weird about Bernie Sanders upholding Martin Luther King as a shining example of peaceful protest is that King was quite unpopular with white US Americans as long as he was alive - AND back then they claimed that his protests were violent.

It was only later that conservatives and even the FBI (!) were like "Oh he was such an amazing guy".

"We need a powerful sense of determination to banish the ugly blemish of racism scarring the image of America. We can, of course, try to temporize, negotiate small, inadequate changes and prolong the timetable of freedom in the hope that the narcotics of delay will dull the pain of progress. We can try, but we shall certainly fail. The shape of the world will not permit us the luxury of gradualism and procrastination." ― #MLK #BlackHistory

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@serge That’s a big reason I’m here. The blatant #antisemitism doesn’t bother me near as much as does the generally apathetic response of admins and other users.

“Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.” —#MLK

«Une distorsion de l’histoire» : la colère de la famille de Martin Luther King contre Marine Le Pen

liberation.fr/politique/une-di

> La cheffe de file des députés #RN #LePen a invoqué le 6 avril, après sa condamnation, le combat pour les droits civiques de #MLK. Le fils et l’épouse du militant américain ont vivement réagi lundi 14 avril sur BFMTV.

Libération · «Une distorsion de l’histoire» : la colère de la famille de Martin Luther King contre Marine Le PenBy Chez Pol

Those who act surprised by the actions of Trump administration, seem to have forgotten the dark history of police fascism in the US.

"The white man does not abide by the law...His police forces are the ultimate mockery of law."

-Dr. Martin Luther King, Winter 1968. A few months after saying these words, he was murdered by the police.

He warned them decades ago and was murdered for it.