we forget that he said america had basically bounce the check that it had promised a black americans, then he hinted that reparations was the only way forward. that clip that you just play, where he was talking about, seems to be speaking about the vietnam war. he s really talking about an immortal rock at the core of american society that goes beyond the war on vietnam and infiltrates everything, it makes us impossible to become a moral country. to think about how we treat the poor, about how we treat all of the dawn trodden when we are obsessed with militarism, and materialism. and i think that those messages would be just as strong today if he were here to deliver them. one of the most challenging things about mlk from my perspective is that he has been both mythologized, so people are afraid to sort of do even fictional depictions of him. but he s also been flagged. martin luther king and malcolm x were turned into these characters, one was the inspiration for professor x. i want
out police brutality, he said america had bounced the check that had it promised to black americans, that he hinted that reparations was the only way forward. in that clip you just played, where he s talking about seems to be speaking about the vietnam war, he s really talking about a moral rot at the core of american society that goes beyond the war on vietnam and infiltrates everything. it makes it impossible to become a moral country, to think better about how we treat the poor, about how we treat all of the downtrodden when we re obsessed with militarism and materialism, and those messages would be just as strong today if he were here to deliver them. one of the most challenging things about mlk from my perspective is he s been both mythologized, so people are afraid to do even fictional depictions of him, and also flat. martin luther king and malcolm x were sort of turned into these characters. one was the inspiration for professor x.
Behind the mutual recriminations between the two capitalist parties, there is a basic agreement: All of the social gains made by the working class in the course of more than a century of struggle must be wiped out to pay for the escalating war drive of the American ruling class.
strikes. let s bring in retired four star general jack keane. good morning. what is your takeaway from the g7 and that speech and the meetings? well, for the g7 i think the major thing is the focus itself, bret, was on china and russia. and the reality is they want to stop china from getting advanced technology. they want to push back on china s economic coerce around coercion around the world where the united states and leading democracies have less influence in africa, in lot latin america and middle east and they want to push back on china s militarism in the south china sea and the aggression to taiwan on a regular basis. with russia, there is absolutely a commitment here to support ukraine and visibility they gave
distance himself from united states aggression towards china. listen, china was a principal discussion here. and what are they really talking about? number one, the fact that the we have to protect our own technology from china getting its hands on it. this is g7 writ large. number two, they that s economic coercion abroad and the success that they have had in doing that. they have made advances in latin america, in africa, in south asia and now even in the middle east. and the last thing that that they emphasized, certainly, is china s militarism in the south china sea, the taiwan straits and particularly on taiwan. they all agree that they are opposed to president xi s use of force to take taiwan. not stated, of course, is whether they would come to taiwan s defense or not. but just the fact that china and russia was a principal focus of this g7 in itself sends a huge message. and what they re not saying