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8.29.2003
Martin Luther King "Where Do We Go From Here?" I want to say to you as I move to my conclusion, as we talk about "Where do we go from here?" that we must honestly face the fact that the movement must address itself to the question of restructuring the whole of American society. (Yes) There are forty million poor people here, and one day we must ask the question, "Why are there forty million poor people in America?" And when you begin to ask that question, you are raising a question about the economic system, about a broader distribution of wealth. When you ask that question, you begin to question the capitalistic economy. (Yes) And I'm simply saying that more and more, we've got to begin to ask questions about the whole society. We are called upon to help the discouraged beggars in life's marketplace. (Yes) But one day we must come to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. (All right) It means that questions must be raised. And you see, my friends, when you deal with this you begin to ask the question, "Who owns the oil?" (Yes) You begin to ask the question, "Who owns the iron ore?" (Yes) You begin to ask the question, "Why is it that people have to pay water bills in a world that's two-thirds water?" (All right) These are words that must be said. (All right) Do statues and National Holidays mean anything when we continue to drive ever onward the economic engine that supported slavery in the first place? In other words, "Your whole structure (Yes) must be changed." [applause] A nation that will keep people in slavery for 244 years will "thingify" them and make them things. (Speak) And therefore, they will exploit them and poor people generally economically. (Yes) And a nation that will exploit economically will have to have foreign investments and everything else, and it will have to use its military might to protect them. All of these problems are tied together. (Yes) [applause] It seems to be the conventional wisdom supported by some that the left, who is still struggling to transform our society would not be embraced by King today. Of course there are those that will always trumpet any small change as "enough". But I think its pretty clear that King himself shared a broader vision that addressed rascism as the clearest indication of the indignity that our economic system will impose on human beings if left unchecked. Race was a way of dividing people into classes. Even if we stop using race to decide who gets to receive the brunt of exploitation, but that exploitation still exists, we must still struggle. After reading that last quote, would anybody honestly believe that King would not be out there in the anti-war marches of today? We see the same powers, that King fought his whole life, attempting to usurp his image to defend their economic advantage. Thankfully we have his words, which speak for themselves. | |
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