by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Since the onset of the Obama phenomenon, Dr. Martin Luther King’s birth and death days have been “polluted” by false and ahistorical comparisons between Obama and MLK. The two men represent opposite political poles: one, a radical opponent of imperial war and concentrated economic power, the other, an ally of Wall Street and commander-in-chief of “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.” In focusing on King, the man of peace, Tavis Smiley’s PBS special corrects a history that has been distorted, sometimes beyond recognition – not the least by the revisionist and poseur in the White House.
“The leader of every state that has refused to submit to US political and economic domination is defamed as a monster.”
“Ultimately, the surest way to reduce the risk of nuclear war is to eliminate nuclear weapons.”
“The Indian people cherish Robeson’s example of revolutionary humanity at its most developed and saluted him as their black brother in struggle.”
“Amnesty International is complicit in what future foreign intervention might fall upon the Nicaraguan people.”
“Mass incarceration and selective enforcement of laws is a conscious decisionin this country.”
