We only briefly discussed the general issue of how LGBTQ discrimination does or does not fall under the umbrella of the kind of discrimination King addressed. Given the court cases in the California on Prop. 8, and the legislative processes going on across the country, it is topic that deserves more discussion next time around.
Having been immersed this semester in discussions of civil disobedience, it’s impossible for me, at least, to not keep Socrates and King in mind when I learn of social unrest and injustice in the world. Would an Iranian Socrates willingly allow himself to be taken to Evin prison? I admit this hypothetical is a difficult [...]
A review of a play by Ahmen Etman about Socrates’ final days. Yet another text to find. Looks good. The second scene is about Socrates’ trial. Andocides has switched sides: despite taking Xanthula’s money, he now speaks on behalf of the prosecutors. It is Lysias, whose speech on love is discussed in Plato’s Phaedrus, who [...]
Does your race or social class matter when it comes to civil disobedience? As a white activist, civil disobedience has a whole different meaning. Many white activists have grown up without fear or distrust of police. If I am arrested, I am not worried that I will be treated unfairly because of my race. If [...]
I dreamt about Socrates the other night.
I’ve made a separate blog that focuses on Socrates’ choice between escape or death and what King’s counsel to Socrates would have been. Please visit and share your thoughts. I’ve also made Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed and Delicious accounts.
On CNN.com, a Life magazine photographer recounts the evening he went to the hotel where King was assassinated. These photos have never been released.
We’re nearing the anniversary of King’s assassination (April 4). It’s a sobering day. I hope we never have another assassination in the US. Gandhi, too, was assassinated. Was Socrates? King begins: Something is happening in Memphis; something is happening in our world. And you know, if I were standing at the beginning of time, with [...]
MLK III, King’s eldest son, on a visit to India where he traced his father’s trip to Gandhi’s memorial. King, who was 2 when his father came to India, visited several sites including the place where Gandhi was cremated, his memorial and an exhibition of pictures put on by the American Embassy in Delhi. Another [...]
