Honor Dr. King with Political Action!
Black Workers for Justice
Offset, 1989
North Carolina, USA
1536
Poster Text:
Honor Dr. King with Political Action!
Unionize the South
Black Political Power
Build a Black Workers Political Platform
End Government Repression
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a federal holiday celebrating the life and legacy of its namesake. Today is also the inauguration of Donald Trump's second term of presidency.
Rather than addressing any one of Trump's hateful speeches and threats, CSPG's Poster of the Week would instead like to amplify Martin Luther King, Jr.'s powerfully radical rhetoric of love, justice, and unity:
“Power, properly understood, is the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, political, or economic changes. In this sense power is not only desirable but necessary in order to implement the demands of love and justice. One of the greatest problems of history is that the concepts of love and power are usually contrasted as polar opposites. Love is identified with a resignation of power and power with a denial of love. What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr., Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community, 1967
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