![]() ![]() philosopher, and scholar said in a 2015 interview with the Chicago Tribune. And that radical love leads him to a radical analysis of power, domination, and oppression," Cornell West, a prominent U.S. ![]() "His fundamental commitment is to a radical love of humanity, and especially of poor and working people. King was a theologian and promoted non-violence but not in the way commonly portrayed by conservatives. On the contrary, his radical, anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist stance on a litany of issues, such as being against war, pro-choice, for LGBT rights, access to health care, immigration reform, speaks of his revolutionary acumen. ![]() Marches, Protests, Parades Abound as the World Celebrates King's 89th Birthdayīut in the years following his assassination in 1968, conservatives have tried to tarnish King's image by co-opting his philosophy and by convoluting his messages and using them to promote their narrow agenda through the prism of theology. ![]()
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