Essays
FROM RIGHT IS WRONG

Neither Left Nor Right by Chuck Zlatkin
I don't care if you are a patriot or a progressive, a Libertarian or a Green, or some shade in between, now is the time for us to find a way that we can work together. It is a challenge, but we have to try. The solution does not lie in either "left" or "right", because either direction ultimately will take you around in circles.

Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King Jr. by Chuck Zlatkin
You never lost faith. You believed that it was possible for all of us to live in a world of peace and justice. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed in God. I had enormous respect for MLK despite that fact. For at that time, I didn't believe in God, I only believed in miracles. I thought a miracle was about to happen and that I would live in a world of peace and justice in my lifetime. It was 1967.

A Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day by Chuck Zlatkin
When I finally realized that I have something to learn from everyone, I began to listen more carefully. The most effective thing a community organizer can do is to listen to the people. This has not always been easy. Sometimes, it has been the people I admired most who were the ones who threw me off the track...

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