"Revolutionary Love": Michelle Alexander on Gaza, Solidarity, MLK & What Gives Her Hope

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Author and civil rights advocate Michelle Alexander's new piece in The Nation reflects on Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s April 4, 1967, speech in New York opposing the war in Vietnam and its lasting lessons for American society today. She describes "revolutionary love" as the transnational "connections between liberation struggles" around the world, and calls for anti-oppression movements in the U.S. to continue working to "end the occupation of Palestine and commit to the thriving of all of the people who have been subjected to endless war and occupation." Revolutionary love, argues Alexander, "is the only thing that can save us now."

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All Comments (21)
  • @SwimKam
    Had the privilege to hear Michelle Alexander in person. She is a powerful truth speaker.
  • @reneecairo5020
    Wow, what a POWERFUL!!!!! Program. Thank you so much for featuring Michelle Alexander. I was so Blessed to read her book some years ago and wondered if she was still alive and well in the movement. And I’m so happy to see her in your show doing (advocating), what she does best. She truly is a SUPER STAR at this present moment and I pray Gods blessings and Protection upon her, and the continued commitment of truth telling of Democracy Now!!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾
  • @highvolumepls
    Michelle we hear your voice falter and lament ,Thank you so much for your honesty and stamina😢
  • @peacelover7000
    Love and respect for you ma'am. People like you are really giving hope for Palestinians, hope that they will be free sooner or later.
  • @highvolumepls
    God bless Michelle, am Martin Luther King jr would be so proud of you and your family and team. Clearly delivered Good Luck😊❤
  • @brucewilson1958
    I'm a 70 year old American white man, a Native of Iowa. I've been a member of the Baha'i Faith for 40 years. I met Michelle Alexander at a Baha'i Conference in Wisconsin soon after her Jim Crow book was published. She was a featured speaker and I attended a workshop with her. She is a splendid role model for all humans, courageous, fair-minded, intelligent and articulate. Great to hear this interview with her. Bravo.
  • @stevenparkinson8475
    I've always loved Michelle Alexander. She's so eloquent with her view on the world. A rare gem.
  • @hanifahal-amin3583
    Thank you, Michelle Alexander, for your tireless compassion that you extend "the people".👏🏾💜👏🏾
  • @ummahmed3354
    Dear. sister Michelle Alexander.. we love you for your relentless effort and compassionate to fight for oppressed and less fortunate...thanks for standing up for humanity
    Allah bless you
  • @wisethescholar5779
    Gorgeous woman and i admire her for authoring this classic book. I have my own copy .
  • @monamak8271
    “The Nazis made me afraid of being Jewish and the Zionists made me ashamed of being Jewish.” ~ (Dr. Israel Shahak, organic chemistry professor, human and civil rights activist, and Holocaust survivor) "Take the worst thing you can about Hamas multiply it by a thousand times and it still will not meet the Israeli repression and mass killing and dispossession of Palestinians." ~
    Gabor Maté Holocaust Survivor

    "I don't remember one occupation in which the occupier presented himself as the victim, we are the victims, we are forced to kill their children, poor us.” ~ Israeli journalist Gideon Levy
    “The biggest insult to the memory of the Holocaust is not denying it but using it to commit genocide against the Palestinian people.” ~ Norman Finkelstein
  • @TheeOldest
    That was wonderful!! Thank you Michelle and Democracy Now!
  • @panagenesis2695
    In the long run, the arc of History and Civilization bends towards Justice.
  • @daiu48
    No doubt that MLK’s speech condemning the Vietnam war and JFK’s speech - A Strategy of Peace - on nuclear disarmament and dialogue with the Soviet Union at the American University need to be constantly broadcasted and understood .