Dr. King, says BernieSanders, went deep into American society and, with extraordinary courage, exposed what he called the 'giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism.' MLKDay
The following is excerpted from an email Sen. Bernie Sanders sent to supporters on Martin Luther King Day, January 17, 2022.
We celebrate the work of a man who was a political revolutionary; a man who helped lead the struggle to end segregation and racism; a man who stood with workers and the poor against powerful economic interests; a man who fought for peace and human brotherhood against the forces of war and militarism. He was a man who, throughout his too-short life, maintained a transformative vision for what our country and the world can become.
During that period Dr. King did what almost no other political leader of his time was doing. He went deep into American society and, with extraordinary courage, exposed what he called the"giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism." And what was the major project Dr. King was working on during the last months of his life? A poor people's march. He was attempting, in the richest country on earth, to bring low-income Americans—Black, White, Latino, Native American, Asian American—to the nation's capital in order to change national priorities.
They are voting for huge increases in military spending while hundreds of thousands of Americans are homeless.
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