I recently wrote an op-ed on "King and War," which will be appearing at truthout.org. I will be inviting readers to go to this blog for discussion of King and war. A small portion of the op-ed is given here:
King had been
criticized for speaking out on foreign policy: “Peace and civil rights don’t
mix, they say. Aren’t you hurting the
cause of your people, they ask? And when
I hear them . . . I am greatly saddened, for such questions mean that the
inquirers have not really known me, my commitment or my calling. Indeed, their questions suggest that they do
not know the world in which they live.”
King linked civil rights at home with international peace – an inherent
and intimate connection, alarmingly evident also in 2016.
