“I am convinced that if we are to get on to the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values.” ~ Martin Luther King ~

as we celebrate MLK today, i intend on rising to Bernie Sanders’ call to do more than honor and re-member him by being faithful to his revolutionary spirit and his call for a radical revolution of values… Dr King lives on as a peaceful revolutionary committed to overturning the triple evils of racism, economic injustice and militarism…

on April 4, 1967—exactly one year before King ‘s assassination, he delivered an infamous speech at Riverside Church in New York City condemning the Vietnam War and calling for an end to the “nightmarish conflict” as well as for the nation to “undergo a radical revolution of values,”:

“A true revolution of values will lay hand on the world order and say of war, “This way of settling differences is not just.” This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation’s homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into the veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice, and love.”

may we continue living out Dr King’s prophetic call through peaceful protests and protections, participating in movements for economic justice, expanding access to healthcare, expanding workers’rights through the most progressive elements of labor unions, ending endless war which contributes mightily to climate disruption and participating in the revival of King’s Poor People’s Campaign…

yes, may we all be satisfied when justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream as we act from the better angels of our souls…

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” ~ Martin Luther King ~