Martin Luther King

Bar the War Criminals From King Day Celebrations

January 15, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Racism, The War at Home

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, January 10, 2024 Most Martin Luther King birthday celebrations are tawdry displays of political cynicism and cooptation. The people must recapture the day from war criminals and their Black misleadership puppets The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929. His birthday became an official federal holiday in 1983[…]

Lessons From Vietnam For Ukraine

July 31, 2022 UNAC Editor Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, War and Peace

by Rick Sterling, published on Popular Resistance, July 28, 2022 In April 1965, U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) explained why he was escalating US involvement in Vietnam. With an Orwellian touch, LBJ titled the speech “Peace without Conquest” as he announced the beginning of US air attacks on Vietnam. He explained that “We must fight if we are to[…]

The Poor People’s Campaign Dishoners Martin Luther King

May 5, 2022 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Cost of War, Identity Politics, Nonviolence, Poverty, Statement, Ukraine

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, May 4, 2022 It is disheartening to hear movement leaders say they are inspired by Martin Luther King while also supporting the U.S. proxy war against Russia. Like all wars it endangers the lives of civilian populations, enriches the military industrial complex, and robs Americans of public resources. Once King chose an[…]

Beyond NATO: Time To Break The Silence, End NATO’s Militarism

January 20, 2019 UNAC Editor Militarism, NATO, Resistance

Above Photo: Source No2NATO2019.org By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. January 20, 2019 Fifty-two years ago on April 4, 1967, at Riverside Church, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his most important speech ever, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence.” King’s conscience drove him to take the unpopular position of publicly criticizing the Vietnam War and putting it[…]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 50 Years Later

February 1, 2018 UNAC Editor The War at Home

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 50 Years Later: The Struggle Against Racism, War & Poverty Continues by Abayomi Azikiwe, originally published on Pan African News Wire, Jan 29, 2018 Behind the Trump veneer is a system of oppression and exploitation which must be uprooted This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the martyrdom of the central figure in the movement[…]