Martin Luther King’s Death Disappears Down the Memory Hole
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“He Was Assassinated by a U.S. Government Conspiracy”
A Day of Service is a Disservice to the Truth of MLK’s Life, Death, and Witness
By Edward Curtin
Global Research
As Martin Luther King’s birthday is celebrated with a national holiday, his death day disappears down the memory hole. Across the country – in response to the King Holiday and Service Act passed by Congress and signed by Bill Clinton in 1994 – people will be encouraged to make the day one of service (from Latin, servus = slave). Etymological irony aside, such service does not include King’s commitment to protesting a decadent system of racial and economic injustice or non-violently resisting the warfare state that is the United States. Government sponsored service is cultural neo-liberalism at its f...