Nobody attending this is a leader of mine
59 years later, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s unfinished journey to Israel finally becomes a reality. ❤️🇮🇱🇺🇲
Today, 500 African American and African Christian leaders arrived in Israel as part of the "Unfinished Business" pilgrimage, an initiative created and led by the BCLCIR.
Their vision was to fulfill Dr. King’s dream of bringing African American pastors on a pilgrimage and solidarity trip to the Holy Land.
It was a journey MLK planned in 1967, but never got to make.
At a time when it proves most costly, these brave leaders came to see Israel for themselves, led by their faith, a deep commitment to the truth, and in service of Black - Jewish community building, a special tradition built by generations of solidarity.
As part of their trip, they also honored Israelis whose lives were forever changed by October 7 and by antisemitism, including Elkana Bohbot, who survived 738 days in Hamas captivity.
Welcome to Israel. We’re grateful to have you here. 🙏
📷 Alon Spiegel
#christiansinisrael #martinlutherkingjr #christianfaith #civilrights #holyland
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Every American election is sold to the world as a historic struggle between two competing visions. Yet whether Washington turns red or blue, the machinery of American imperial power remains largely intact.
The faces change, the speeches change, but the sanctions, military interventions, economic coercion and pursuit of global dominance continue.
The Global South must understand that its liberation will never come from the ballot boxes of an empire. It will come from dismantling the structures of dependency that allow that empire to dictate the destiny of other nations.
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I feel like saying our ancestors died for our right to vote reduces their struggle for liberation to just the ballot box. Like they didn’t die for it, they were murdered fighting for liberation past the ballot
Parties really donate millions to their candidates while their CONSTITUENTS are actively starving, uneducated, without healthcare, and underserved
People eating this up I'm crying
Q: Were you ever a socialist?
Abdul El-Sayed: No. I'm too much of a scientist to actually believe in any sort of ideology.
I just don't do ideology. I'm a person of faith, and everyone else brings evidence.
The idea that you should have guaranteed healthcare in the country, anybody who tells you that's anti-capitalist is not really understanding how capitalism works.
