Martin Luther King, Jr. made friends across the country who engaged in the civil rights movement. We have focused on him alone with celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and seem to have forgotten that it was a movement involving a great many people.
And he was a celebrity, too, in those times, who had many celebrity friends. We can all learn how to bring about social change by galvanizing our networks of friends in the renaissance of the civil rights movement, the Black Lives Matter movement we see today. Now we have many powerful politicians involved in this struggle as well.
I've been learning that Martin Luther King, Jr. was a great letter writer, and that is one way that he communicated with his friends. Today we use social media and email to communicate with others, but we should not forget the power of a letter that is highly personal when handwritten.
I support President Joe Biden and the Democrats who want to pass voting rights legislation. I support Stacey Abrams and Fair Fight that has worked successfully to turn out the vote in Georgia. I support Representative Barbara Lee and the progressive caucus she is part of.
I also support Vice President Kamala Harris in her efforts to stem immigration from countries south of the border by engaging private industry in efforts to boost their economies. And I support Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in the superb leadership she has given us on so many important issues.
I make the commitment right now to write and send letters through snailmail to President Biden, Stacey Abrams, Representative Barbara Lee, Vice President Kamala Harris., and Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
The struggle to pass voting rights legislation and so much of the Build Back Better legislation is the face of the civil right movement and support for women today.
It seems to me that Black Lives Matter has made such a significant impact on our politics that we are seeing a backlash from white supremacists (and corporations that don't want social change that might threaten their profits) in the repressive legislation of Republican dominated legislatures in so many states .
Who owns corporate media? Billionaires, of course, who use our mass media to further their own agendas. Who is attacking President Biden in his efforts to make corporations pay their fair share of taxes and strengthen labor unions? Connect the dots.
Republicans have made themselves a party of contortionists with the truth as they promote the interests of the wealthy and corporations. Never in my life have I seen such a clear difference between Republicans and Democrats. I am a Green Party member and peace activist myself, but my allegiance in this struggle between the two major parties goes to the Democrats.
The truth of the matter is that humanity is in a process of spiritual evolution. Truth, kindness, compassion, equality, respect, fair play and love will prevail over greed, ego, avarice for power and control over other people, hatred and fear.
Every time you take an action for the benefit of others (and maybe yourself, too), you shift the paradigm. Every time someone says something mean to you or hurts you, and you turn the other cheek and bless them, or return their shabby behavior with kindness and compassion, you are part of the pardigm shift, of the evolution of humanity.
I'm not saying that it's easy, and I am not able to do it all the time myself. I know that it is a worthy feat when I can do it. We can't measure the moments or even our successes. It's bigger than that. All we can do is engage in the process as best we can at the moment. The fate of our race depends on it.
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