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DESCRIPTION:July 19 (Sunday) 12:30 - 1:30 PM (Free) Meet at 1605 Jerrold Ave. at 3rd 
 St., SF\n\nThe Deep Roots of MLK's social philosophy\n\nBy 1967, MLK, both 
 in his speeches and sermons, decisively called for either full employment 
 or a guaranteed income in order to constructively combat poverty. The 
 puzzle was how to pitch this advocacy to a nation hyped on 'Red Scare' 
 rhetoric and union-bashing fulminations. Join David Giesen, local author 
 and educator, as he charts the deepest roots of MLK's social philosophy, 
 founded in the profoundly labor-friendly ethos of Biblical economic 
 thought: universal guaranteed vacation time, periodic debt forgiveness, 
 social security, and workplace autonomy. Giesen traces the writings of MLK, 
 marking King's evolving labor-rights thinking in developing an assertion 
 that, at the time of his assassination, King teetered on the edge of 
 calling for the nationalization of natural resources. Throughout his public 
 service, King regularly acknowledged the necessity of reconciling the 
 social aims of Communism with Christianity's uplifting of the individual 
 soul. Giesen asserts the secular economic law of the Hebrew Torah provided 
 King with the public policy inspiration and the rhetoric with which to do 
 just that, and to win over the Christian Right into the bargain.\nThis 
 interactive talk will transpire on the lovely outdoor grounds of All Good 
 Pizza (Jerrold Ave. at 3rd St.), so come prepared to have lunch (optional), 
 get stoked on the long history of labor struggles reaching back 3,000 
 years, and to renew King's combat with low wage-creating public 
 policy.\nFor more information, contact Giesen, info@TheCommonsSF.org \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/07/08/18774662.php
SUMMARY:The Deep Roots of MLK's social philosophy
LOCATION:All Good Pizza\n1605 Jerrold Ave. (at 3rd St.)\nSan Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/07/08/18774662.php
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