From Montgomery to Vietnam: The Radical Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
This article originally written during the 40th anniversary marking the assassination of the legendary civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by our sister organization in the US (the American section of the CWI), is of special relevance to India, which is still today plagued by all sorts of oppressions that includes discriminations (after more than 60 years of Independence) due to a person’s caste, religion or ethnicity. India has seen many mass struggles that have been fought by some of the most discriminated sections in the society led by such figures like Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar. But despite their genuine belief in wanting to reform the society for the better through legislative measures, Indian society remains as oppressive as ever before. As this article explains Martin Luther King realized towards the end of his life that racism cannot be fought on the basis of civil rights measures alone but only by challenging the fundamental premise of society based on Capitalism.