Martin Luther King Jr. was not a communist, but he was influenced by socialist and Marxist ideas. While he did not agree with all aspects of Marxism, he was deeply concerned about economic inequality and believed that the U.S. capitalist system perpetuated poverty and racial injustice[1][4].
King attended seminaries where he studied Marx's writings, and his close advisors included people with roots in the leftist milieu[1]. He spoke favorably of democratic socialism and envisioned a "Poor People's Campaign" to pursue an egalitarian agenda[1].
However, King dismissed Marxism's materialism and condemned the USSR[1]. He was also accused of being a communist by critics like FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, who tried to smear him and undermine his civil rights work[2][3]. But historians argue that while King refused to repudiate Marxism wholesale, he meshed his Christian faith with a radical vision of equality[1].
What I know about this - is history rhymes and I am curious what the next group to be discriminated against will be. As a white male, I can say I definitely don't check alot of boxes as it comes to applying to certain jobs.
MLK was a communist
like russia and china ?
Like Bernie Sanders
I'm not American. Could you give me some background? What did they do to be labeled as communists?
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Martin Luther King Jr. was not a communist, but he was influenced by socialist and Marxist ideas. While he did not agree with all aspects of Marxism, he was deeply concerned about economic inequality and believed that the U.S. capitalist system perpetuated poverty and racial injustice[1][4].
King attended seminaries where he studied Marx's writings, and his close advisors included people with roots in the leftist milieu[1]. He spoke favorably of democratic socialism and envisioned a "Poor People's Campaign" to pursue an egalitarian agenda[1].
However, King dismissed Marxism's materialism and condemned the USSR[1]. He was also accused of being a communist by critics like FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, who tried to smear him and undermine his civil rights work[2][3]. But historians argue that while King refused to repudiate Marxism wholesale, he meshed his Christian faith with a radical vision of equality[1].
Sources
[1] MLK Was an Exemplar of a Black Socialist Tradition - Jacobin https://jacobin.com/2023/04/martin-luther-king-jr-mlk-socialism-class-racial-justice-civil-rights-movement
[2] Righteous Martin Luther King was slandered as a communist | News https://gazette.com/news/righteous-martin-luther-king-was-slandered-as-a-communist-david-ramsey/article_aeeb29ac-c3ad-11ea-956e-e7ccd4fb0784.html
[3] Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) | The Martin Luther King, Jr ... https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/federal-bureau-investigation-fbi
[4] A communist view: Let's reject falsehoods about Dr. Martin Luther King https://peoplesworld.org/article/a-communist-view-lets-reject-falsehoods-about-dr-martin-luther-king/
[5] [PDF] Martin Luther King, Jr. - National Archives https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/104-10125-10133.pdf
According to this information, we can say that he had many communist overtones.
Agree 👍 💯
this is all so fucked up
civil rights are not rights
all those people hurt and "murdered" to beg for more slave privileges
a ritual so sinister it escapes comprehention
we need a lawyer 🤠
cc: @siggy47
who gave you your rights? the government? a lawyer?
the fight of my ancestors
nope, they fought for them, maybe
i disagree, they fought for us too
maybe :)
What I know about this - is history rhymes and I am curious what the next group to be discriminated against will be. As a white male, I can say I definitely don't check alot of boxes as it comes to applying to certain jobs.
Affirmative action is no longer permissible. Bakke overturned last year.
why stop at 1968? surely there is more instance?
I don't know. Perhaps it's because civil rights were curtailed afterwards? 🤠
The black panther movement really accomplished a lot in its time.