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Murió Jesse Jackson, sucesor de Martin Luther King e histórico defensor de los derechos civiles en EE.UU.

Jesse Jackson, el histórico activista por los derechos civiles y referente de la comunidad afroamericana en Estados Unidos, murió este martes a los 84 años.
Su vida estuvo marcada por la lucha incansable contra la discriminación y por haber sido uno de los primeros en llevar la voz de los afroestadounidenses a la política nacional, abriendo el camino para que, décadas después, Barack Obama llegara a la Casa Blanca.
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La noticia de su muerte fue confirmada por su familia, que lo despidió con un mensaje emotivo a través de las redes sociales.
“Su inquebrantable fe en la justicia, la igualdad y el amor inspiró a millones de personas”, señalaron sus familiares.
En el comunicado, sus hijos lo definieron como “un líder servicial, no solo para nuestra familia, sino para los oprimidos, los que no tienen voz y los ignorados de todo el mundo”.
“Lo compartimos con el mundo y, a cambio, el mundo se convirtió en parte de nuestra familia extendida”, dijeron. El comunicado de la familia de Jesse Jackson tras su muerte. (Foto: Instagram/@revjjackson).
Un pastor en la primera línea de la historia
Jackson nació el 8 de octubre de 1941 en Greenville, Carolina del Sur, en un país atravesado por la segregación racial. Creció en la pobreza y enfrentó desde chico las barreras del racismo.
“No nací con una cuchara de plata en la boca. Es una pala lo que estaba previsto para mis manos”, recordó alguna vez sobre sus orígenes humildes.
A pesar de las dificultades, fue un alumno brillante y consiguió una beca como jugador de fútbol americano para ingresar a la universidad.

Jesse Jackson junto a la tumba de Martin Luther King Jr. junto a Coretta King. (Foto: Reuters/Jim Bourg).
En 1960, participó en su primera sentada contra la discriminación y, cinco años más tarde, se sumó a la histórica marcha entre Selma y Montgomery por los derechos civiles.
Jackson fue un compañero cercano de Martin Luther King en los años sesenta y estuvo junto a él en Memphis en 1968, el día del asesinato del líder. Su figura se consolidó como orador y pastor bautista, siempre en la primera línea de las luchas por la igualdad.
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En los setenta y ochenta, Jackson fundó organizaciones clave como PUSH (Gente Unida para Salvar la Humanidad) y la Coalición Nacional Arcoíris, que luego unió en 1996, siempre con el objetivo de promover la igualdad y la justicia social.
Pero fue con sus campañas presidenciales cuando su nombre se hizo conocido en todo el país. En 1984, se convirtió en el primer afroestadounidense en llegar tan lejos en una interna demócrata, quedando tercero en las primarias.
Cuatro años después, volvió a intentarlo y quedó detrás de Michael Dukakis, el candidato que finalmente perdió las elecciones. ARCHIVO – El candidato en las primarias demócratas para la presidencia Jesse Jackson habla con un grupo de seguidores en una iglesia baptista en Dayton, Ohio, el 14 de abril de 1984. (AP Foto/Rob Burns, Archivo)
En la convención demócrata de 1984, Jackson dejó una frase que marcó su carrera: “Mis electores son los desesperados, los condenados, los desheredados, los ignorados, los despreciados”.
Desde el escenario, llamó a los estadounidenses a unirse en una “base común” y criticó con dureza las políticas económicas de Ronald Reagan y las inequidades en el sistema de salud. Jesse Jackson durante un acro en Tallahassee, Florida, en el año 2000. (Foto: AFP/Tim Sloan).
Un legado de lucha y polémicas
Jackson estuvo presente en algunos de los momentos más emblemáticos de la historia reciente de Estados Unidos.
Se lo vio llorando en silencio entre la multitud que celebró la victoria de Barack Obama en 2008 y acompañó a la familia de George Floyd en 2021, tras el veredicto que condenó al policía Derek Chauvin.
A lo largo de su carrera, también enfrentó controversias. Durante la campaña de 1984, usó un término antisemita en Nueva York y debió pedir disculpas. Jesse Jackson, emocionado, tras la victoria de Barack Obama, primer presidente afroamericano de Estados Unidos. (Foto: AFP/Stan Honda).
Más adelante, fue criticado por su encuentro con Hugo Chávez en 2005 y por asistir a su funeral en 2013.
Además de su activismo, Jackson se destacó como mediador internacional: abogó por el fin del apartheid en Sudáfrica, fue emisario especial para África durante la presidencia de Bill Clinton y participó en negociaciones para liberar rehenes estadounidenses en Siria, Irak y Serbia.

Jesse Jackson fue una figura de la lucha por los derechos civiles en Estados Unidos. (Foto:AFP/Roberto Schmidt).
El adiós a un símbolo de la igualdad
En 2017, Jackson anunció que padecía Parkinson y redujo su actividad pública. Sin embargo, en abril de 2021, volvió a estar en el centro de la escena al acompañar a la familia de George Floyd en Mineápolis y declarar: “La lucha por la igualdad es un largo combate en este país”.
El pasado mes de noviembre ingresó para recibir tratamiento por una enfermedad neurodegenerativa rara y particularmente grave, la parálisis supranuclear progresiva (PSP), según informó su organización, Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Jesse Jacksontenía una enfermedad neurodegenerativa. (Foto: AFP/Scott Olson).
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SCOOP: Hegseth orders removal of Army public affairs chief amid broader Pentagon purge

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Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has ordered Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to remove Col. Dave Butler from his current job serving as chief of Army public affairs and chief advisor to Driscoll, who currently is in Geneva serving on the negotiating team to end the Ukraine war, Fox News has learned.
Butler served as the head of public affairs for the Joint Chiefs when Gen. Mark Milley was chairman, and was slated to receive his first star. His name appeared for two years in a row on an Army list of 34 officers selected for promotion.
That list has been held up by Hegseth for nearly four months because he reportedly has concerns about four to five officers selected by the Army board, but by law he cannot remove them from the list. Butler volunteered to take his name off the promotion list if it would help unlock the other promotions, according to an Army official.
Hegseth pressured the Army to fire Col. Dave Butler, right, pictured here with CNN anchor Pamela Brown, Fox has learned. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for General Catalyst Institute)
Driscoll, an Army veteran and close ally of Vice President JD Vance, attended Yale Law School with the vice president and has resisted Hegseth’s pressure to fire Butler for months because of his ongoing contributions to the transformation of the Army.
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«We greatly appreciate COL Dave Butler’s lifetime of service in America’s Army and to our nation,» Driscoll said in a statement. «Dave has been an integral part of the Army’s transformation efforts and I sincerely wish him tremendous success in his upcoming retirement after 28 years of service.»
Butler traveled with Driscoll to Ukraine in November 2025 to help jump-start negotiations.
The demand by Hegseth came Thursday, Fox News has learned.

Fox News has learned that Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth ordered Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to remove Col. Dave Butler from his current job serving as chief of Army public affairs and chief advisor to Driscoll. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)
Hegseth entered the Pentagon in 2025 and immediately began firing top officers or forcing them into early retirement without giving a reason or for cause: Adm. Lisa Franchetti, who was serving as Chief of Naval Operations, Gen. CQ Brown who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. James Mingus, who was serving as vice chief of the Army, Gen. Douglas A. Sims, director of the Joint Staff, Air Force Chief Gen. David Allvin, Gen. James Slife, vice chief of the Air Force, and Gen. Timothy Haugh, director of the National Security Agency, among others.
The unexplained firings have led to fear, uncertainty and an unwillingness to speak up among senior military leaders.

Driscoll, an Army veteran and close ally of Vice President JD Vance, attended Yale Law School with the vice president and has resisted Hegseth’s pressure to fire Butler for months because of his ongoing contributions to the transformation of the Army. (Cheriss May/Getty Images )
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One of the Army’s best communicators, Butler served alongside the nation’s tiered special operations units on countless missions overseas attached to the Army’s Delta Force from 2010 to 2014.
He served as the public affairs officer to Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, from 2015 to 2018. He worked as the public affairs officer for Gen. Scott Miller when he was Joint Special Operations Command commander from 2016 to 2018, and then, at Miller’s request, served in Afghanistan when Miller deployed there from 2018 to 2019.
Butler served as the chief spokesman and director of communications for all U.S. and NATO forces during that time that Miller served as the top 4-star general in Afghanistan.

Driscoll is currently in Geneva serving on the negotiating team to end the Ukraine war. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
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A former 4-star commander who once commanded U.S. Special Operations said Butler was «the consummate professional, the most competent Public Affairs officer I have ever worked with and a gifted practitioner of strategic communications.»
During the Army’s 250th birthday celebrations in 2025, President Donald Trump recognized Butler by name for helping the Army chief to organize the parade in Washington, D.C.
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Pastor accused of ‘inciting religious hatred’ with UK street sermon, legal advocacy group says

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A Christian pastor arrested in Bristol, England, in November on suspicion of «inciting religious hatred» after delivering a street sermon is still awaiting a decision on whether he will face criminal charges, according to a legal advocacy group supporting him.
Pastor Dia Moodley, 58, was detained for eight hours and released on bail conditions that temporarily barred him from entering the city during the Christmas period.
ADF UK, the British arm of the faith-based legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom, is representing Moodley.
The group advocates for religious freedom and free speech rights and argues that the pastor’s case reflects what it describes as a broader pattern of police action that risks criminalizing lawful religious expression.
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Pastor Dia Moodley, who has been involved in legal disputes over street preaching in Bristol, speaks with his lawyer in the United Kingdom, in this undated photo. (ADF UK)
Although the initial bail restrictions were later dropped, police visited Moodley again in January and invited him to attend a voluntary interview under caution as they continued to investigate the November incident.
The case marks the second time he has been arrested over his street preaching, ADF UK said, and follows previous disputes with police over restrictions placed on his public comments about other religions.
Avon and Somerset Police told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that they could neither confirm nor deny the identity of anyone arrested but, based on the date and location provided, issued the following statement:
«A 58-year-old man was arrested at about 2.30pm on Saturday 22 November in Broadmead, Bristol, on suspicion of assault by beating and of a racially/religiously aggravated public order offence,» police said. «He was later released on police bail until the end of December, with a condition not to attend areas of Bristol city centre including Broadmead. These conditions however were ultimately lifted by a supervisory officer in mid-December following representations from the arrested man.»

An outside shot of the Avon and Somerset Police headquarters in Bristol, England, on Sept. 27, 2017. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
The agency said the man is no longer on bail after being released under investigation in early January, adding that a counter-allegation has been recorded and inquiries are ongoing. The statement did not provide further details about the alleged assault.
The public order offense referenced by police falls under the Public Order Act 1986.
It’s defined by the government under Section 29B as, «A person who uses threatening words or behaviour, or displays any written material which is threatening, is guilty of an offence if he intends thereby to stir up religious hatred [or hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation].»
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Pastor Dia Moodley preaches on a street corner in Bristol, United Kingdom, where he has faced legal challenges regarding his public ministry, as seen in this undated photo. (ADF UK)
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Jeremiah Igunnubole, legal counsel for ADF International, said Pastor Dia’s arrest for «peacefully commenting on Islam and transgender ideology» shows police are using public order legislation to impose «de facto blasphemy laws» in the UK.
«This is far from an isolated incident,» Igunnubole said. «It is part of a clear pattern of behaviour from Avon and Somerset Police, who for years have targeted Pastor Dia for his peaceful expression in the public square and have failed in their duty to investigate serious crimes committed against him by those who objected to his speech.»
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