As we raise our voices in celebration of his legacy, we honor not the sanitized symbol, but the revolutionary Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The man whose true vision necessitated his suppression. The powerful have crafted a palatable dream, scrubbed clean of his radical economic analysis, his socialist leanings, and his profound indictment of a system built on the triple evils of racism, materialism, and militarism. It is this edited, non-threatening version that is enshrined in our schoolbooks and national celebrations, a deliberate erasure designed to neutralize his revolutionary call. Continue reading

As we close out this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we reflect on his enduring call for a "revolution of values." The Michael Dublin campaign believes the truest way to honor Dr. King's legacy is through sustained action to build the just, equitable, and peaceful world he championed. Continue reading

Today on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we listen to his reflections on the US Empire and the triple evils of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism in a country that was approaching spiritual death even then in 1967. During his speech, “Beyond Vietnam — A Time to Break Silence,” at Riverside Church in NY on April 4th of that year, he called the US the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today. He was assassinated a year later. Continue reading