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G&R Episode 13: Martin Luther King vs. LBJ! King's Radicalism and the Limits of the Liberal State

G&R Episode 13: Martin Luther King vs. LBJ! King's Radicalism and the Limits of the Liberal State

FromGreen & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals


G&R Episode 13: Martin Luther King vs. LBJ! King's Radicalism and the Limits of the Liberal State

FromGreen & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals

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Length:
74 minutes
Released:
Apr 6, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode, Bob and Scott get into the politics of Martin Luther King and how he's WAY more radical than most people realize. This week is the 52nd anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King (MLK). 
Today, everyone from the Libertarian Party to the anti-abortion movement to tech companies in Silicon Valley trying to sell you their latest gadgets claim his legacy.  In truth, MLK fought and opposed "the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism (i.e. capitalism), and militarism" until the end of his life.  While many look at the surface levels of MLK's politics and legacy, Green and Red goes deep into the real substance of who he was.  
Further reading and listening: 

Bob Buzzanco: MLK for Sale? How to Package a Radical 
MLK: Beyond Vietnam-A Time to Break the Silence (Video) 
MLK: I've Been to the Mountaintop Speech (Video) 

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Released:
Apr 6, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Welcome to our scrappy podcast. Bob Buzzanco and Scott Parkin co-host a regular podcast to discuss radical environmental and anti-capitalist politics with organizers, academics, artists and more. Bob Buzzanco is a professor of history at the University of Houston. He specializes in, writes about and talks on the Vietnam War era, foreign policy, Vietnam, radical social movements, economics, and other stuff. Scott Parkin is climate organizer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has organized campaigns against Wall Street banks, mountaintop removal coal mining and the Keystone XL pipeline.