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1. oggi vedo su #Repubblica l'accusa più antica del mondo: i #pacifisti accusati di fare il gioco del nemico,di essere la quinta colonna della Russia o del dittatore di turno.C'è un libro maestoso che dovete leggere: "The Burglary" di Betty Medsger. E' solo in inglese
2. Betty Medsger era giornalista del Washington Post durante la guerra in #Vietnam: i pacifisti scelsero lei per farle arrivare un pacco di documenti che provavano la guerra sporca dell'#FBI di Edgar Hoover contro i pacifisti
3. un gruppo di #pacifisti,tra cui professori universitari di alta estrazione sociale, si addestrarono, entrarono la notte del famoso incontro di boxe Mohammed Ali-Frazier, nella sede dell'FBI e rubarono i documenti dell'FBI che provavano la guerra sporca contro i pacifisti
#Thread on #MLKDay2023 #MLK & The Poor People's Campaign:
The memory of King as an impassioned economic justice-warrior is continually threatened today by the oligarchs who remain in power. They instead take great pains to erase that part of King’s life from his legacy.
The memory of King as an impassioned economic justice-warrior is continually threatened today by the oligarchs who remain in power. They instead take great pains to erase that part of King’s life from his legacy.
They attempt to silence his cries for a more monetarily equitable society. They deliberately obscure the final few years of his life. This sanitized, “white-washed” version of King purges the intense radicalism of the strike-leading preacher.
By his late-30s, King fully realized that social and political justice would always be predicated upon economics. Poverty, he understood, had to be eradicated. His speeches increasingly became threatening to the established American economic hierarchy.
Ronald Reagan was not a good President. In fact he was a monster that was totally owned by big business. They chose him because he lacked real principles, no moral compass or ethics. He was yet another President who said everything many people wanted to hear and then did the
opposite. He cut taxes for the rich for trickle-down economics, cutting social welfare spending, increasing military spending, and deregulating economic activity in the name of “free” markets. Reagan’s path to American greatness meant making rich people pay less in taxes,
giving poor people less help, building the imperial forces he used in foreign policy, and making life easier for the capitalist class. Reagan’s handling of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, characterized by downplaying and ignoring the threat, is mirrored in how Trump has handled
So, what's 'extreme'?
Is it extreme to want for your kids to study and work in the EU? #ErasmusPlus
Is it extreme to want touring musicians to be able to travel and play in the EU without a carnet for every musical instrument and untold restrictions on shipping the kits? @eufestivaluk
On the evening of 4th April, 1968, #MartinLutherKing was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. On his death anniversary, we travel back in time to take a look at some moments & glimpses of his visit to India in 1959 (1/n) 
In his own words, "For a long time I had wanted to take a trip to India....While the Montgomery boycott was going on, India’s Gandhi was the guiding light of our technique of non-violent social change. We spoke of him often...(2/n)
...So as soon as our victory over bus segregation was won, some of my friends said: “Why don’t you go to India and see for yourself what the Mahatma, whom you so admire, has wrought.” (3/n)
El 15 enero 1929 nacía Martin Luther King.
Luchó contra la segregación racial y el racismo.
Es muy importante conocer su historia, sus logros, los cambios q generó... y no olvidarlos.
Abro hilo!
#MartinLutherKing #MartinLutherKingJrDay #MLKDay #MLK #MLKDay2022 #racismo
Luchó contra la segregación racial y el racismo.
Es muy importante conocer su historia, sus logros, los cambios q generó... y no olvidarlos.
Abro hilo!
#MartinLutherKing #MartinLutherKingJrDay #MLKDay #MLK #MLKDay2022 #racismo
Martin Luther King es recordado x su lucha no violenta a favor de los derechos de los afroamericanos, el fin de la segregación x razas, la desobediencia civil, activista contra la Guerra de Vietnam y la pobreza en general. Su verdadero nombre de nacimiento es Michael King Jr.
Cuando Martin Luther King llevó su campaña de derechos civiles a Chicago en 1966, arrancó una página de su libro alemán de homónimos y pegó sus demandas de vivienda en la puerta del ayuntamiento. Esa página pertenecía a una obra
#BOTD 1893 – 1967 Dorothy Parker, 73, US poet, author, critic, satirist, blacklisted screenwriter.
Screenplay co-writer: A Star is Born (1937) Sweethearts * Trade Winds * Week-End for Three * #Hitchcock Saboteur * Smash-Up Story of a Woman * The Fan (1949 Lady Windermere's Fan)
Screenplay co-writer: A Star is Born (1937) Sweethearts * Trade Winds * Week-End for Three * #Hitchcock Saboteur * Smash-Up Story of a Woman * The Fan (1949 Lady Windermere's Fan)
#BOTD 1893 – 1967 Dorothy Parker, 73, US poet, author, critic, satirist, blacklisted screenwriter.
"Story of a rising nightclub singer who marries another singer. As his career takes off, she falls into alcoholism, giving up her career for him."
Smash-Up Story of a Woman (1947)
"Story of a rising nightclub singer who marries another singer. As his career takes off, she falls into alcoholism, giving up her career for him."
Smash-Up Story of a Woman (1947)
#BOTD 1893 – 1967 Dorothy Parker, 73, US poet, author, critic, satirist, blacklisted screenwriter.
When a young actress arrives in Hollywood a chance encounter places her under the wing of older actor Norman Maine.
The original non musical drama. (1937)
When a young actress arrives in Hollywood a chance encounter places her under the wing of older actor Norman Maine.
The original non musical drama. (1937)
White friends, we cannot celebrate Martin Luther King's Jr's life without fully grieving.
We can't do it without lamenting Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller and Sebastian Gorka and Jeff Sessions and Mitch McConnell.
johnpavlovitz.com/2018/01/15/he-…
#MartinLutherKing
We can't do it without lamenting Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller and Sebastian Gorka and Jeff Sessions and Mitch McConnell.
johnpavlovitz.com/2018/01/15/he-…
#MartinLutherKing
We can't do it while defending the expulsion of immigrants and the denial of refugees.
We can't do it while waving Confederate flags and worshiping monuments to slavery's dehumanizing legacy.
We can't do it while waving Confederate flags and worshiping monuments to slavery's dehumanizing legacy.
We can't do it without mourning the young black men who still die without cause during traffic stops and officers who face no accountability when they murder them.
Aunque este país es más partidario de Santa Claus, más vale que este año vengan los Reyes la noche del 5 a Estados Unidos... y traigan un esperanzador resultado. Mañana se eligen 2 senadores en Georgia que decidirán quién tiene la llave de la legislatura en los próximos 4 años👇
Si ganan los republicanos, tendrán 52 senadores de 100 liderados por el portavoz @senatemajldr Mitch MacConnell; el mismo político que le dijo a Obama que no le interesaba lo que era mejor para su país, sino lo que fuera peor para Obama.👇
Con este irreconocible GOP (Grand Old Party) republicano, la desconfianza creada por el intento de golpe de estado de @realDonaldTrump y sus secuaces seguirá planeando en la sombra y @JoeBiden no podrá implementar las medidas sociales que millones de estadounidenses reclaman 👇
1. ieri all'incontro @nexa su Julian #Assange non ho raccontato la vicenda degli antesignani di #WikiLeaks, #ChelseaManning,#Snowden: un gruppo di intellettuali e attivisti pacifisti che nel 1971 entrarono di nascosto in una sede periferica dell'#FBI per rubare i documenti
2. erano un gruppo di intellettuali e attivisti pacifisti che lottavano contro #GuerraVietnam con metodi assolutamente pacifici, ma l'#FBI di #EdgarHoover usava metodi fascistissimi contro loro e contro #MartinLutherKing
3. il gruppo di intellettuali e attivisti pacifisti studiò e si addestrò per mesi per entrare di notte nella sede periferica dell'#FBI di Media,Pennysilvania,per rubare i documenti che provavano metodi fascistissimi dell'#FBI di #EdgarHoover
#28AGOSTO 1963 🇺🇸
Durante una manifestazione per i diritti civili, #MartinLutherKing tiene il discorso del «I have a Dream» davanti al Lincoln Memorial di Washington, esprimendo la speranza che un giorno le persone di colore avrebbero goduto degli stessi diritti dei "bianchi".
Durante una manifestazione per i diritti civili, #MartinLutherKing tiene il discorso del «I have a Dream» davanti al Lincoln Memorial di Washington, esprimendo la speranza che un giorno le persone di colore avrebbero goduto degli stessi diritti dei "bianchi".
«E quando lasceremo riecheggiare la libertà... accelereremo l'arrivo di quel giorno in cui tutti i figli di Dio... si prenderanno per mano e canteranno... finalmente liberi, finalmente liberi... finalmente siamo liberi!» ✊🏻🤝🇺🇸
«King voleva che i suoi figli fossero giudicati per la qualità del loro carattere e non per il colore della pelle. E invece tutto quello che facciamo oggi in America è parlare di colore. Ogni questione è ridotta alla razza e al colore»
John Deberry
John Deberry
6 months ago, we were in #Montgomery, #Alabama, & when we stopped by Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, our tour guide, Wanda (standing in 3rd pic), mentioned about Rep. #JohnLewis’ diagnosis of pancreatic cancer so we mentally wished him a speedy recovery.
A few days ago, Rep. #JohnLewis passed away. He was the youngest & last survivor of the #BigSix civil rights activists - one of them being #MLK. #RestInPower
#civilrightsmovement #FreedomRider #martinlutherking #themarchcontinues @eji_org @splcenter #BlackLivesMatter #BLM
#civilrightsmovement #FreedomRider #martinlutherking #themarchcontinues @eji_org @splcenter #BlackLivesMatter #BLM
“Freedom is not a state; it is an act... Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, & each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.” - #JohnLewis, 2017
#Hilo 🧵Estados Unidos enfrenta de nueva cuenta los efectos de la tensión racial. Frente a este panorama recordamos que se cumplen 56 años de la firma de la Ley de Derechos Civiles, resultado de largos años de lucha de la población negra, una lucha que sigue vigente.👇
📖 Los historiadores de la lucha por los derechos civiles afirman que la chispa que desataron las protestas fue el pasaje protagonizado por Rosa Parks, el 1 de diciembre de 1955, en un autobús en Montgomery, Alabama, cuando se negó a desalojar la zona reservada para los blancos.
👊 Aquel incidente tomó relevancia y la lucha en demanda de que los negros tuvieran los mismo derechos y se pusiera fin al racismo, en especial en el sur de Estados Unidos, fue encabezada por }#MartinLutherKing que pregonaba la resistencia pacífica.
Le drapeau de la République du Rif à la manifestation #BlackLivesMattters à Bruxelles en ce moment.
Je suis allé à la manif #BLACK_LIVES_MATTER au Palais de Justice de Bruxelles avec ma femme et ma fille aînée. Il devait y avoir 10.000 personnes environ.
"Justice for Adil, Mehdi, Mawda, Ouassim, Lumumba" #BLACK_LIVES_MATTER
Please, please, please 🙏 All friends of @blackboughpoems and everyone in the #writingcommunity and beyond - use your social media to post in support of anti-discrimination, anti-racism and equal rights. You can share this or post yourself. #BlackLivesMatter #MartinLutherKing...
You can donate money to support voluntary organisations who support rights, write to elected representatives, march and protest (safely, eg. use PPE and socially distance) and speak to people you know who may have little confidence or knowledge on how to do this themselves. 🙏
Doing nothing, being silent on racism and discrimination, does not help fellow human beings who are going through terrible strife, injustice and brutal treatment.
Como vai o seu amor? Mais perto do que nunca ou sem previsão de reencontro? #SlowLove, novos acordos, #MartinLutherKing e histórias de paixões arrebatadoras na edição da #Semana_Gama gamarevista.com.br/capa/como-vai-…
Conheça o slow love, um jeito de se relacionar que é mais devagar gamarevista.com.br/semana/como-va… #Semana_Gama
Nos anos 50-60, #MartinLutherKing, ícone da luta contra a discriminação racial, mostrou que o amor é indissociável da luta política. Contamos como sua trajetória nos ensina que o jeito como lidamos com quem pensa diferente pode ser um ato de amor político gamarevista.com.br/semana/como-va…
In 2018, we uncovered 340,134 voters illegally removed from #Georgia’s voter rolls by Secretary of State #BrianKemp while he was running for Governor against Stacey Abrams. gregpalast.com/georgias-brian… #VanishingVoters
This was #BrianKemp’s secretive “cleansing” operation that won him the election over #StaceyAbrams, the first black woman in American history to run for governor. gregpalast.com/gops-brian-kem… #VanishingVoters
On May 17, 1957 civil rights activists gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to demand federal action on implementing the 3 year old Brown v Bd of Education.
Southern states were resisting Brown by nearly every means, defying the Supreme Court & advancing white supremacy. At this rally 3 yrs after Brown, #MartinLutherKing gave his first speech before a national audience.
The speech he gave - “Give Us The Ballot” - positioned voting rights at the center of the struggle for civil rights. It remains one of King’s most important speeches. On this 65th anniversary of Brown, it resonates just as powerfully. Voting rights remains the linchpin.
#MartinLutherKing’s Cousin Blocked by #BrianKemp from Casting a Ballot in #Georgia — Despite Voting in every Election for 50 Years gregpalast.com/martin-luther-… #ElectionDay #Midterms2018 #VoterSuppression
92-year-old Christine Jordan, who was blocked from voting in #Georgia by #BrianKemp, hangs with her granddaughter Jessica. Miss Christine, #MartinLutherKing’s cousin, talked about the family reunions with the Kings at her house. gregpalast.com/martin-luther-…
#Georgia's GOP Secretary of State, #BrianKemp, took away her right to vote exactly 50 years to the day since she cast her first ballot in Atlanta. To get back her vote, she is ready to sue #Kemp in federal court, "If someone will help me walk to the courthouse." Any volunteers?
Italiani, 50 anni fa moriva #MartinLutherKing in quello che dobbiamo accettare oggi, dopo così tanta manomissione storiografica, come un vero omicidio di Stato. L'esempio di come l' America tratta gli #afroamericani è tutt' oggi ancora racchiusa in quell' omicidio. #MLK50 #USA
Alle piantagioni si sono sostituite le incarcerazioni di massa degli #afroamericani, figli e nipoti di quegli stessi #schiavi. Al linciaggio e all' impiccagione si è sostituito il tiro a segno dei #poliziotti che sparano a teenagers disarmati.
Gli stessi poliziotti, quasi tutti #bianchi, che non pagano mai le conseguenze delle loro azioni, non un giorno di carcere. Nemmeno un processo. La loro scusa è quella di sempre: "pensavo fosse armato". Ma ai ragazzini bianchi non succede.
