He was called “the most dangerous man in America” by the FBI, not because he was interested in community service, but because he was promoting anti-militarism and anti-capitalism
3:34 PM · Jan 18, 2021
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He was organizing a poor people's campaign to use direct action against the US government for maintaining economic inequality, not to "help out poor people," but to end the idea of poor people
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On militarism and capitalism:
kinginstitute.stanford.edu/k…
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on his frustration with white moderates and the church who didn't like his nonviolent direct action to fight for equality:
africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Ge…
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And the part of MLK's "I Have A Dream" speech that you skip over:
"We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality."
npr.org/2010/01/18/122701268…
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People will remind us that King practiced non-violence. That is a half truth.
MLK practice non-violent DIRECT ACTION. He and others physically put their bodies on the line against the U.S. government, against state and local governments, against police.
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The "direct action" is often left out because the people we protest against wants you to think that non-violence means inaction and it does not. Non-violence also does not mean peaceful. They don't want non-violent direct action. They don't want any action at all
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