As we move up to the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday, it does us well to remember that Dr. King stood for a great deal more than just racial justice. Late in his life, especially, Dr. King made a stand for universal justice, for all people, and a resistance against all forms of unjust order.
In fact, the work of Dr. King laid the foundation of this web site, Irregular Times. Dr. King was a strong proponent of Irregularity. Dr. King once remarked:
“This hour in history needs a dedicated circle of transformed nonconformists. Our planet teeters on the brink of atomic annihilation; dangerous passions of pride, hatred and selfishness are enthroned in our lives; and men do reverence before false gods of nationalism and materialism. The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority.”
Right on, Martin Luther! We’re with you.
quite enjoyed your work .
Thanks much! I see you all are apparently some of the leaders in the IAACM called for many times. Please see our collection of quotes on that matter, and some of the links to the launch of the IAACM!!
http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-global/iaacm
IAACM, by the way, stands for: International Association for the Advancement of Creative Maladjustment.
Why don’t we have more schoolteachers telling students about THAT on MLK Day? It could undermine authority in the classroom, couldn’t it?