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The poem has also been appropriately associated with the assassination of the anti-war activist Martin Luther King, Jr. As an advocate for and a believer in the practicality of the nonviolent teachings of Jesus, Thoreau, Tolstoy, Gandhi, and King, I have been somewhat disappointed in the themes of the celebrations of the two major King anniversary dates, his annual national holiday around January 15, his birthday and the anniversary of his assassination April 4. It seems to me that instead of emphasizing Dr. Of course, the powers that be vehemently opposed even the national holiday, but they have come to tolerate the yearly marches, speeches, and free breakfasts, as long as the people ignore Dr.
Jesus and his radical peace message seems to be safely dead But the best example of the silencing of left-wing truth-tellers by the ruling elite was Jesus of Nazareth and his radical ethical teachings about active, nonviolent resistance to evil in the struggle for justice and the relief of human suffering, which were teachings that King embraced.
The teachings of Jesus and King are just barely surviving today within the three historic peace churches Quaker, Mennonite, and the Church of the Brethren and a small silenced group of invisible communities of faith such as the Catholic Worker movement, Every Church A Peace Church, and a few denominational peace fellowships. The killings of Jesus and King also seem to have also silenced their revolutionary, gospel-based truths.
These radical nonviolent teachings were gradually relegated to obscurity when Christianity was established as the state religion of the war-mongering Roman Empire. In addition, the anti-pacifist doctrines of various Vatican Councils starting with the Council of Nicaea in and the writings of St.
Justified war principles were developed so that the followers of the pacifist Jesus could engage in the killing professions and not be excommunicated from the church. He came home convinced that Gandhian nonviolence could be useful for overcoming the type of American fascism that ruled the Deep South. And so, until the day he died, he worked to implement the radical peace plan of the gospels with all of his heart, mind, strength, and soul. The process of purging the prophets But, as we know, the prophetic voice of King was silenced in its prime, just as the voices of Jesus and Wellstone were silenced.
Only then, as a last resort, a disappearance or assassination is orchestrated carried out by a covert operation or a patsy and with plenty of plausible deniability built in. And so it goes. Whistle-blowers such as Dr.
King know very well that they are going to pay a heavy price for their refusal to bow down to authority. They know that they will probably have to endure character assassinations, the origins of which are usually well hidden. January 21 this year is Martin Luther King Day. In most cities across the United States, justice-seeking African-Americans, plus groups of theological and political progressives, many of whom are not black, will be celebrating the birthday anniversary of Dr.
King, who was born in At long last, Marvel is finally making that entire series available in collected form, ensuring that hardcore X-fans no longer have to scour back-issue bins and flea markets. This inaugural volume includes the first 23 issues of Classic X-Men, with hopefully many more to follow. Jesse is a mild-mannered writer for IGN. Continued from Page 1.
A dead man's dream by Carl Wendell Hines Jr. Dead men make such convenient heroes. For they cannot rise Teach our children that he was a great man. Dr. William Barber I — 'Dead men make convenient heroes because they cannot rise And besides it's easier to build a monument than to build a better world.
In this yearlong tale, the heroes of numerous Earths joined forces to battle the Anti-Monitor, a powerful being from the Antimatter Universe bent on devouring all of existence. Numerous heroes gave their lives in this conflict, including Barry Allen and Supergirl. In its place was a new Earth, one where the heroes of Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-4 the Charlton Comics universe and Earth-S the Captain Marvel universe now coexisted alongside one another.
Zero Hour was an attempt to address these growing inconsistencies. Fallen Green Lantern Hal Jordan served as the instigator of this conflict, using his power as Parallax to unravel the very history of the DC Universe and rewrite key events. Identity Crisis proved to be a very different sort of story, however.
The very act of Superboy-Prime punching his way out of his multiverse prison was used to introduce new changes to the DC timeline. While they were eventually defeated, their actions wound up having a dramatic impact on the shape of the DCU. Readers would eventually learn at the end of the weekly series 52 that the multiverse had returned, albeit a version limited to just 52 alternate universes.
It quickly became apparent that the next Crisis would center around Darkseid and his fellow evil New Gods taking up residence on Earth. The series also dealt with the rise of a new villain called Mandrakk the Dark Monitor and a hero named Nix Uotan. In the end, the multiverse was saved by Superman and his alternate universe counterparts.
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Batman was seemingly killed by Darkseid, only for the final page to reveal he had been thrust back in time instead. And perhaps most significantly, the series ushered in the return of Barry Allen, who had sacrificed himself way back in Crisis on Infinite Earths.