The Great Society and The War Against Poverty were laid to rest in the napalm ashes of the Vietnam War and the Reagan Reaction that came after the malaise of the Carter years. Dr. King died on this day in 1968 while advocating for sanitation workers in Memphis. 15 years later Ronald Reagan signed MLK Day into a national holiday while at the same time The Reagan Adminstration made sure the modest gains of the Poor Peoples Campaign withered in austerity. The 30 million dollars per day burden of killing Vietnamese peasants to save them from communism has become a 30 million dollars per hour Forever War. For Dr. King, the protest against mindless militarism and for economic justice was one and the same. It is not only fitting we remember the lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it is essential for our future to act upon them.
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April 4, 1968 to 2019 in one micro-blog
Leave a comment | tags: Austerity, Dr.Martin Luther King, Forever War, Jimmy Carter, labor, Memphis, Military-Industrial Complex, MLK, napalm, political economy, Poor Peoples Campaign, Ronald Reagan, sanitation workers, The Great Society, The War Against Poverty, unfair labor practices, Vietnam War, War Against Poverty, War Economy | posted in Democracy, Housing, Human Rights, Obituary, politics
DSA Elected Officials Support Teacher Power and Working People Everywhere
DSA Elected Officials Support Teacher Power and Working People Everywhere
We pledge to do everything we can to empower teachers in their fight to defend our public schools at home and urge elected officials around the country to support teachers, students, and working people, not the wealthy few.
Leave a comment | tags: adam broad, Amy Perruso, Anita Prizio, Ben Ewen-Campen, Charles Decker, charter schools, Chicago, corruption, democratic socialists of america, Denver, dsa, DSA National Electoral Committee, Dylan Parker, Edwin Vargas, Elizabeth Fiedler, Erik Hatlestad, Gabriel Acevero, Joel Sipress, Julia Salazar, Julie Gonzales, Justin Cummings, Kentucky, labor, Los Angeles, Mark King, Michelle Fecteau, Mike Connolly, Oakland, Rep. Mike Sylvester, Ruth Buffalo, Sara Innamorato, scabs, Schools, Scott Alberts, Seema Singh-Perez, solidarity, strike, teachers, Tristan Rader, unfair labor practices, unions, Vanessa Agudelo, Vaughn Stewart, wabtec, working people | posted in Democracy, politics
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