Today in Labor History September 10, 1963: 20 black children were integrated into Birmingham schools in spite of opposition by the city. Martin Luther King, James Bevel & Fred Shuttlesworth led the campaign of nonviolent direct action to integrate Birmingham, Alabama, one of the most segregated cities in the nation. Over a thousand were arrested during the campaign. Bull Connors ordered the use of high-pressure hoses and attack dogs on juvenile protesters. Racists bombed the Gaston Motel, in a failed attempt to assassinate King.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #CivilRights #nonviolence #CivilDisobedience #MartinLutherKing #alabama #bombing #racsim #JimCrow

Today in Labor History September 9, 1828: Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and playwright was born. He is most famous for novels like Anna Karina, and War and Peace. He chose the name for the latter after reading French anarchist Proudhon’s publication called War and Peace. Tolstoy also wrote many short stories, an autobiography and many works of nonfiction. After witnessing a public execution in 1857, he wrote: "The truth is that the State is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its citizens ... Henceforth, I shall never serve any government anywhere." In the 1870s, he experienced a profound spiritual awakening, which led him to become a Christian anarchist and pacifist, and which he wrote about in his non-fiction work Confession (1882). He also wrote about nonviolent resistance in The Kingdom of God Is Within You (1894), which influenced Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Wittgenstein. He was repeatedly nominated for Nobel prizes in both literature and peace.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #anarchism #pacifism #peace #tolstoy #gandhi #MartinLutherKing #NobelPrize #literature #fiction #books #author #writer #russia @bookstadon

Zitat von Martin Luther King Jr. über „i have a Dream“
Ich träume davon, dass meine vier kleinen Kinder eines Tages in einer Nation leben, in der sie nicht nach der Farbe ihrer Haut, sondern nach ihrem Charakter beurteilt werden.
https://ostermeier.net/wordpress/2023/08/zitat-von-martin-luther-king-jr-ueber-i-have-a-dream/
#ZitateZumMerken #IHaveADream #MartinLutherKing

Harcourd Klinefelter, a #mennonite minister, recalls the "fantastic group of people" around #MLK in his organization and church. "Without the very great commitment and effort of many persons, who were often just so inspiring but who never appeared in the media, the Movement would never have come as far as it did." Harky Klinefelter, who later moved to the Netherlands continued to work as an activist and trainer for #nonviolence and #humanrights in many conflicts.
#MartinLutherKing #EndRacism

Harcourd (Harki) Klinefelter, former press officer and friend of #MartinLutherKing:
"The speeches, #demonstrations and marches were dramatic moments, but it was the many years of very creative and constructive programs, which by definition were not spectacular, that have ensured that the dramatic confrontations [...], were not short-lived but had enduring meaning for #humanrights and #peace. #MLK #EndRacism

Dieses #Portrait hängt seit fast zehn Jahren an unserer Küchentür.
"#IHaveADream" und "#NowIsTheTime" sprach der Bürgerrechtler und #Baptisten-Pastor Martin Luther King Jr. #heute vor sechzig Jahren in Washington. Was ist unser Traum vom Zusammenleben, für den wir uns mit ganzem Herzen einsetzen? Die Rede: https://video.liberta.vip/w/unNB1t1p2tdxkXHzxUWYJd
#MartinLutherKing #MLK #EndRacism #LivingTogether

How We Forgot the “Jobs” Part of the #MarchOnWashington for #Jobs and Freedom
The #antiracism of #MartinLutherKing Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech has overshadowed the demands for #economic justice at the historic 1963 #protest.
There was 10-point list called “What We Demand.”
Seven is “a massive federal program to train and place all #unemployed workers — Negro and white"
Eight is “a national #minimumwage act that will give all Americans a decent #StandardOfLiving"
https://theintercept.com/2023/08/28/march-on-washington-jobs/

"We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered."

#MartinLutherKing , Beyond Vietnam

#antimilitarism

#MartinLutherKing’s daughter remembers father on ‘I Have a Dream’ speech anniversary • FRANCE 24 English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSCB5wwwjg4

#onthisday vor 60 Jahren hält #MartinLutherKing in Washington seine visionäre Rede "I have a dream" und fasst darin die Forderungen der US Bürgerrechtsbewegung zusammen. Dazu der Amerikanist Sebastian Jobs vom
John-F.-Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien im
WDR Zeitzeichen: https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/zeitzeichen/audio-i-have-a-dream---martin-luther-kings-beruehmte-vision-100.html

(27 Aug) - DeSantis accused of ’erasing our history’ at Martin Luther King memorial rally https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/08/27/ron-desantis-accused-of-erasing-history-martin-luther-king/ #DeSantisHistoryErasure #MLKMemorialRally #RonDeSantisAccused #ErasingOurHistory #MartinLutherKing #TelegraphNews #Politics #News https://mastodon.sdf.org/@uspolitics/110964084730160639

zu Ehren der großen Rede von #martinlutherking heute vor 60 jahren
https://youtu.be/6sDvPa3tF1s?si=MnlaPfgyHE8w8eIv

wer nicht weiß, von was ich schreibe, hier die Rede:
https://youtu.be/vP4iY1TtS3s?si=TS8TWs7aOIT05cHw

yesterday's newsletter, a reflection on heroes and cowards

#MartinLutherKing
#Trump
#photography
https://look.substack.com/p/photo-of-the-day-weekend-113

Miles de personas conmemoran en Washington aniversario 60 de la marcha de Martin Luther King Jr.
Miles de personas se congregaron el sábado en el parque de monumentos nacionales National Mall por e
https://afrofeminas.com/2023/08/27/miles-de-personas-conmemoran-en-washington-aniversario-60-de-la-marcha-de-martin-luther-king-jr/
#Actualidad #Antirracismo #Historia #60Aniversario #afrodescendientes #Afrofminas #afrofeminas #dispora #marcha #MartinLutherKing #MujerNegra #racismo #Washington

#rassismus #MartinLutherKing

I HAVE A DREAM

„Einiges hat sich in den vergangenen 60 Jahren verändert - doch Rassismus gibt es trotzdem noch.“

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/martin-luther-king-118.html

Deutschlandfunk Kultur

Aus den Archiven:

#MartinLutherKing - Ein unvollendeter Traum

#Menschenbild

https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/

Today in Labor History August 14, 1846: The authorities jailed Henry David Thoreau for refusing to pay his taxes in protest of the Mexican War. Aside from this early act of American civil disobedience and war resistance, Thoreau also wrote, “Walden.” His essay, “Civil Disobedience,” influenced generations of activists and writers, including Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Tolstoy, Yeats, Proust, Hemingway, Upton Sinclair and Martin Buber.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #CivilDisobedience #thoreau #MartinBuber #proust #hemingway #gandhi #MartinLutherKing #activism #jail #antiwar #writer #author #books @bookstadon

"When we rise in the morning ... at the table we drink coffee which is provided to us from South American, or tea from China, or cocoa from West Africa; before we leave for our jobs we are already beholden to more than half the world. [ed]" — Martin Luther King Jr. — — — #MartinLutherKing #quote #quotes #beholden #dependency #others #world

New Yorker: My Life in the Aftermath of Martin Luther King’s Assassination https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/my-life-in-the-aftermath-of-martin-luther-kings-assassination #NewYorker #Culture/PersonalHistory #Civil-RightsMovement #TheSixties(Decade) #MartinLutherKing #Assassination #Jr.

Useless quote for 10 June:

"On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' And Vanity comes along and asks the question, 'Is it popular?'

But Conscience asks the question 'Is it right?' "

~ Martin Luther King, 1968

#UselessQuote #MartinLutherKing