I refer to myself as a socialist for a number of reasons. In one sense, it is empirically accurate. In a discussion a few years back, I insisted that I was a liberal egalitarian and not a socialist. While this is technically the case, the difference is practically irrelevant. At least, that is what J. […]
It may be blasphemous to highlight a song performance by privileged White performers on Martin Luther King Day, but I love this song and this performance so much I will risk it. Peter, Paul, and Mary were one of several musical acts that performed during the March on Washington on 28 August 1963 (Bob Dylan, […]
Martin Luther King, Jr. was on January 15, 1929. To commemorate his birthday, I wanted to share with you the above clip from his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech. This speech is his last. He delivered it on April 3, 1968. He would be gunned down on April 4, 1968. In the speech, he […]
