Revolutionary Martin Luther King


Memphis sanitation workers Elmore Nickelberry, 76, and his son Terrence at the former Lorraine Motel where King was murdered on April 4, 1968. Photo Carl Juste/Miami Herald/Getty Images


Following up on their move last year to reclaim for a new generation his revolutionary legacy from the revisionist white-washed narrative of him, Black Lives Matter activists and many others urge we mark this Martin Luther King Day by remembering the real, radical, complex and anti-war Dr. King that "we were never supposed to know, and certainly never revere" - the one who called out white supremacy, imperialism, police brutality and the link between racism and capitalism; who cited the hypocrisy of a national press that applauded his non-violence in the South but censured his criticism of the violence of the Vietnam War; who insisted that peace without justice is not peace and, like St. Augustine, that "an unjust law is no law at all"; who blasted those who criticized Birmingham's "riots" without acknowledging the conditions and righteous rage that gave rise to them; who initially titled his renowned "I Have A Dream" speech,  "Normalcy, Never Again"; who said the problems of racial and economic inequality could only be solved with the "radical redistribution of political and economic power"; who was "tired of singing." The myth-busting, and the vital work, go on.

Meeting change

Kingston ENJAN meeting location for Monday, January 11, is # 1 Sterling St. at the corner of Greenkill Ave. in Kingston. The building is a two story multiuse office building. Parking lot is in front of building. Meeting room is upstairs on the second floor, room #11. Use the elevator in the lobby and walk down the hall to our meeting room on the right at the end of the long hall. Meeting is 6 pm to 8 pm.

MLK Tribute in Woodstock

Woodstock’s 26th Annual Birthday Tribute to
DR.  MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 
 
JUSTICE FOR MUMIA ABU-JAMAL, SAMUEL HARRELL, SHANE WATSON and …..
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
To All the Victims of Mass Incarceration
Date: Sunday, January 17, 2016
Time: 2:00 pm
Place: Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, 56 Rock City Road, Woodstock, New York
Featuring: Rev. G. Modele Clarke, New Progressive Baptist Church; Pam Africa, International Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal; Diane Harrell, Wife of Samuel Harrell; Paula Watson, Wife of Shane Watson; The amazing songstress Journey Blue Heaven with her band The Woodstockers, Experience; Jeremy Wilber, Supervisor Town of Woodstock; Debra Burger, Folk Singer
 
Sponsors: Martin Luther King Jr. Planning Committee, Haitian People's Support Project and Town of Woodstock
 
For Info: Call 845-679-7320
Free