Martin Luther King hijacked by Corporate and Political Elites

From an interview with Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s former pastor: On October 16, President Obama will preside over the dedication of the Martin Luther King memorial on the Mall in Washington. Through participating, The President will lend himself to the venal cabal of the corporate and political elites who have hijacked King’s image. Obama mocks […]

US Troops stationed in 177 countries worldwide

In celebrating the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., one fact tells you just how badly we’ve failed to put into practice the vision of Dr. King. That fact of troops in 177 countries confirms that we are still “a society gone mad on war,” as Dr. King noted in his magnificent speech at Riverside […]

Corporate sponsorship the reason Obama has let us all down

Rober D. Hodge writes in his excellent new book ‘The Mendacity of Hope’, “Obama is judged not as a man but as a fable, a tale of moral uplift that redeems the sins of America’s shameful past,” our longing for him to be Martin Luther King reborn. It is not primary a question of individual […]

America “approaching spiritual death”

Martin Luther King observed that “a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.” The US now has a debt of about $66 trillion, five times the GDP and double the national wealth. This debt is largely a result of […]

Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence

Excerpts of a speech by Rev. Martin Luther King: “A time comes when silence is betrayal.” The truth of these words is beyond doubt but the mission to which they call us is a most difficult one. Even when pressed by the demands of inner truth, men do not easily assume the task of opposing […]