“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” Rev Martin Luther King Jnr (1963)
MARKING MLK DAY - 15TH JANUARY Dear friends, colleagues and supporters, ‘PEACE ON EARTH’ With the Vietnam war at its height, the support of Dr. King and his wife Coretta Scott King for the anti-Vietnam war movement was becoming ever more vocal. It was in this context that he delivered what proved to be his… Continue reading This MLK Day: Watch Adjoa Andoh & Paterson Joseph perform Dr. King’s last Xmas sermon
Join us for two special Black History Month events at St. John’s Church Waterloo We are delighted to be a part of the Black History Month Exploring Spirit programme at the stunning, newly renovated St. John’s Church in Waterloo. We have two MLK focussed events and both events are free but booking is essential. The… Continue reading BHM October 22 and 26: MLK Events with Adjoa Andoh, Paterson Joseph, Robert Beckford and others
Our Commitment to Realizing Dr. Martin Luther King’s Beloved Community — Globally As we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., today, more than ever, as part of the global justice community, we are reminded of our shared humanity and the work that we must do to realize Dr. King’s beloved… Continue reading MLK GLOBAL’S STATEMENT ON MLK DAY 2023
To mark April 4th, the date of MLK’s assassination, TPNS was invited to host a screening of ‘From Montgomery to Memphis’ on 26 March 2022 at the Union Chapel Islington . ‘From Montgomery to Memphis’ was released in 1970, and follows Dr.King’s 13 years of civil rights activism, from his first bus boycotts to his assassination… Continue reading MLK film & Transform Defence at Union Chapel
The solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure: the guaranteed income. … We are likely to find that the problems of housing and education, instead of preceding the elimination of poverty, will themselves be affected if poverty is first abolished. Martin Luther King Jr., Where Do We Go… Continue reading In times of Coronavirus: UBI is an idea whose time has finally come
by Miles Megaciph, Veterans For Peace On this weekend, fifty years ago, Dr Martin Luther King Jr. was prepared for his last days. At 39 years of age, possessing a deep wealth of wisdom; he seemed to sense the enemy was about to take his life. On the eve of his assassination, while delivering his iconic… Continue reading A Breeze of Change is Coming, 50 Years Later
Many Americans tend to think of Martin Luther King Jr. solely as a leader of African Americans — or, even more narrowly, of southern blacks. We overlook his worldwide reach and his global vision. Half a century after King’s death, that vision remains both strikingly relevant and sadly unrealized. Just as King hoped white Americans… Continue reading Martin Luther King Jr.’s Vision Was More Global Than We Remember.
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