he was speaking at riverside church in new york. rev.luther king jr.: these are revolutionary times. all over the globe men are revolting against old systems of exploitation and oppression, and out of the wombs of a frail world new systems of justice and equality are being born. the shirtless and barefoot people of the land are rising up as never before. "the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light." we in the west must support these revolutions. it is a sad fact that, because of comfort, complacency, a morbid fear of communism, and our proneness to adjust to injustice, the western nations that initiated so much of the revolutionary spirit of the modern world have now become the arch anti-revolutionaries. this has driven many to feel that only marxism has a revolutionary spirit. therefore, communism is a judgment against our failure to make democracy real and follow through on the revolutions that we initiated. our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile wor

and his april 4th, 1967 speech at riverside church. we have one more question here.i know military industrial is predominantly a merit can, but aren't there other countries are in on this? yes, it russia. sure. sweet, real israel's big. israel is a big arms race, sweet entanglement of the of the the econom mes of those country is in manufacturing weapons is it just is so in terms of trying to put a righteous to this agenda. yeah or on all sides. sure very troubling. yeah i mean the problem is. there are omnipotent. i mean, they and you're right, it's not just the united, although we don't make much else anymore weapons. seymour melman wrote two. very good. at least two good books on permanent war economy. i think the name is one i can't. but he talks about how the military's just destroyed mean even bernie sanders can't really go after the military because they make f-35s in vermont so it all becomes about jobs mean they've been quite good about spreading this out throughout the country and that liberal wing of the democratic party the old proxmire was and mcgovern w

april 1967 at the riverside church, he said that the united states of america he was going to criticize it not because he hated the country but because he loved the country. and he said the united states is the most. the greatest purveyor of violence in the world. but he said it's going to be bitter but beautiful struggle to transform this country. so had faith in this country even when the military industrial complex had no faith in the country itself. right. so the thing we need to remember in our own time is the storytelling. now motives are all narratives. the stories we tell about our friends, about our neighbor, about this country are all and we've been we've been telling or listening or imbibing the wrong story. human is the storytelling animal. absolutely. one quick comment. the beloved community. this is a phrase i kept on. coming up in my research deep in our people, giving entire for our discussions of the beloved community. and i never quite got it. and then one day a light bulb went on. the beloved community is when you start treating people like human beings. and i keep as

king denounces the war in vietnam and new yorkity at riverside baptist church. and this really kind of takes a turn into an involving king that we see in the movement. i want make it very clear that i'm reluctant kenya with all of my might, with all of my energy and with all of my action to oppose that abominable evil, unjust war in vietnam, sani worker strike began when two sanitation workers are killed in the of a garbage truck on february, the 1968. woers strike their employeron and are just primarily trying to stri get betteing environment for themselves and for their families. dr. ngaw what was on in memphis and was invited by the reverend james lawson and he vows to, come to memphis to lead a nonviolent campaign once dr. king to the city of memphis on this, there is a war going on in the back of the march. most people associate that dr. king was primary organizer from this march. in fact, he was not. he agreed to participate in it. there are riots and it was a chaos beginning to take place downtown on main and beale street to, the point where dr. king was

he joins a margin chicago but he's big coming out in new york city and the riverside church. it's called beyond vietnam, a time to break the silence. this is one of the strongest public statements made against the war by this. i urge you to read this speech, it is powerful and well thought out, analysis of the work and impact on america. he talked about his own evolution, the enemy of the poor taking the resources and it back on all parts of vietnam content raise his voice without having first spoken clearly about the money today. responsibility to take initiative to end the war in the administration to begin all bombing and open negotiation. the speech was a powerful appeal to end the d war but also face within the american spirit and inequities invested in society and continues to spend more money on military defense and a social uplift. the reaction was predictable. your slander that could have been written. washington post's and the usefulness and the people y apartment allies and it's holistic, impacting countries and what's happening in vietnam is the change of america.

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joins a march in chicago but as they coming out is in new york city and the speech he gives at riverside church, pointing at the wrong thing, and it's called beyond vietnam, a time to break the silence. this is one of the strongest public statements made against the war by a figure of the stature. he spoke for nearly an hour, and i urge you to read the speech.ut it's really a powerful, well thought out analysis of the war and its impact on america and on of course vietnam. he talked about his own evolution from seeing the war as an enemy of the poor by taking all the resources to appoint an assessment of the wars horrific impact on all parts of vietnam. king concluded he could v not raise his voice against violence in theut ghettos without havingo first spoken clearly about the greatest purveyor of violence today, my own government.o it was america's initiative to take responsibility to take the initiative to end the war and urges the johnson administration to begin the cessation of all bombing to open the way to negotiation. the speech was a powerful appeal to end the war, but also to face the

their grief on their badges, law enforcement poured into harvest christian fellowship church to honor fallen riverside county motor deputy isaiah cordero. some here knew him. others like this, nypd detectives say they didn't have to. this is just the ultimate, um, ultimate betrayal. our governments here to protect us. and then i let criminals walk free. thank you. it was a sentiment also echoed inside the funeral in front of a crowd of 2000, cordero's grief stricken partner and colleagues. remember the deputy who took jokes at his expense in stride, and who took on other people's paperwork so they wouldn't have to the best of us. he did. everything for the right reason. we didn't always make the best decisions, but there are always for the right reason. i am so sorry, son. i said on your heart was one of selfless service, but it was cordero's heartbroken mother , who brought tears to the crowd . remembering the baby boy, she says, was the rock of the family and lashing out at the judge who lead the felon and third striker bailout before he murdered her sisters. and his community demand your resignatio

riverside county sheriff's department to be closer to his family. you see, that's the thing about deputy calhoun. if there's one word to describe him it's devoted. devoted to our community. devoted to his church. and above all, devoted to his family. he loved being a dad and raising his growing family with his wife, vanessa. it's all he ever wanted. for his children, russell, troy, malcolm, and on the way -- who's on the way, your children, my children, and everyone's children, deputy calhoun worked every day to make the world a better and safer place for us all. a fixture in the community, deputy calhoun could often be found at covenant grace church, feeding people brisket. he was an eagles fan, a good man with a servant's heart who lived to serve and a courageous deputy who put his life on the line for our safety. as the calhoun family, fellow riverside county officers, and our entire local law enforcement communities carries the heavy burden of grief, anguish and sorrow with deputy calhoun's passing, we must fulfill our solemn duty to honor and respect his service. today, residents of riverside county mourn the tragic loss of two fallen officers in the sheriff county's department within 15