Voices of the Revolution
Celebrate Martin Luther King’s Birthday
The RNT collective celebrates the 97th birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King by dedicating ourselves to fulfilling his goals of justice, equality, and peace. We honor this day by presenting some of Dr. King’s thoughts on capitalism, which have added importance in light of our current struggles against ICE and for justice, for food, housing and healthcare, and for peace in Gaza and throughout the world.
Martin Luther King on Capitalism in His Own Words
https://mlkglobal.org/2017/11/23/martin-luther-king-on-capitalism-in-his-own-words
“In a sense, you could say we’re involved in the class struggle.” – Quote to New York Times reporter, José Igelsias, 1968.
“And one day we must ask the question, ‘Why are there forty million poor people in America? And when you begin to ask that question, you are raising questions about the economic system, about a broader distribution of wealth.’ When you ask that question, you begin to question the capitalistic economy. And I’m simply saying that more and more, we’ve got to begin to ask questions about the whole society…” – Speech to Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, August 16, 1967.
“Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” – Speech to the Negro American Labor Council, 1961.
“We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power… this means a revolution of values and other things. We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation, and militarism are all tied together… you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others… the whole structure of American life must be changed. America is a hypocritical nation and [we] must put [our] own house in order.”- Report to SCLC Staff, May 1967.
“The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.” – Speech to SCLC Board, March 30, 1967.
“I am now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective – the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed matter: the guaranteed income… The curse of poverty has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice of cannibalism at the dawn of civilization, when men ate each other because they had not yet learned to take food from the soil or to consume the abundant animal life around them. The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.” – Where do We Go from Here?, 1967.
“You can’t talk about solving the economic problem of the Negro without talking about billions of dollars. You can’t talk about ending the slums without first saying profit must be taken out of slums. You’re really tampering and getting on dangerous ground because you are messing with folk then. You are messing with captains of industry. Now this means that we are treading in difficult water, because it really means that we are saying that something is wrong with capitalism.” – Speech to his staff, 1966.
“[W]e are saying that something is wrong … with capitalism…. There must be better distribution of wealth and maybe America must move toward a democratic socialism.” – Speech to his staff, 1966.
“If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God’s children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell.” – Speech at Bishop Charles Mason Temple of the Church of God in Christ in support of the Memphis sanitation workers’ strike on March 18th, 1968, two weeks before he was assassinated.
The RNT: Who we are
We are living in revolutionary times. AI has changed the world. Trump and Project 2025 have changed America. We cannot go back to the old system, we cannot reform the government – we must go forward.
We are the working class, the 99% who must sell our capacity to work to live. We are at war with the 1% of the population, the capitalist class – the people who own AI, the media, factories, banks, etc. The fight is between those of us who supply the collective labor that produces wealth and the private owners who steal that wealth.
The goal of the RNT Collective is to present your voice, the voice of the 99%. We expose capitalism for what it is today – a road to the destruction of Nature and human society.
Today, the American people are engaged in many separate battles that all have the same goal – a peaceful and just world. The key question is, how do we unite to fight and win political power?
The RNT provides a forum for discussion of how to take the offensive. How can we fight and win? How do we address the strategic issues we face?
We welcome revolutionary voices that want to discuss these issues.
We seek your point of view and contributions as an independent voice, regardless of organizational affiliation
We look forward to discussing our common class interests and to addressing those who attempt to divide our class.
Working Class Unity
Reach Out
Clasp Hands
Lock Arms
Stand Shoulder to Shoulder
March in Step for Our Common Interest
Ignore All those Who attempt to Divide US.
General Gordan Baker II
