Progressives are starting to show signs of life. While many think it is too late I think it is best not to peak to early. Let the other side get a false sense of invincibility. We must fight like the entire universe is against us and bring home a progressive victory to keep the country from repeating the same mistakes of the last 30 years.
For those who think it does not matter simply study the charts. Supply side policies no matter how you view it has been an abject failure. Attempting to put a party in power who still abides by policies that not only transfers wealth to the movers of capital as opposed to those who produce tangible products and services of societal value, is a self-destructive endeavor.
I trust we will educate enough to make the right choice in November. Absent this we will be set back for years as the damage imposed by bad policies could be exponential in nature.
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Tens of thousands of civil rights, labor, and other progressive activists gathered on the National Mall today for the One Nation Working Together rally, meant to bring attention to the fight for jobs, justice and education and energize the left one month before the midterm elections.
"October 2nd is about November 2nd," SEIU President Mary Kay Henry recently told MSNBC host Ed Schultz, who heavily promoted the event on his show and gave opening remarks today. "And it’s about what we do after November 2nd to hold elected officials and corporate America accountable to getting us back to work."
More than 400 organizations representing tens of thousands of individuals sponsored the rally, bringing together groups like the Sierra Club, United Mine Workers of America, and the NAACP. Backers were touting it as the most diverse march in history.
Organizers insisted that One Nation was not a response to Fox News host Glenn Beck’s Aug. 28 "Restoring Honor" rally, although some attendees held signs referencing the personality and his network, such as "I want my country back from Glenn Beck" and "Fox News: The more you watch, the less u know." "I didn’t really appreciate that he took away from Martin Luther King," said Sheila Robinson, a member of AFSCME’s District Council 37, noting that Beck’s rally was on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on the anniversary of the civil rights icon’s "I Have a Dream" speech.
"His [Beck’s] rally was in response to what the civil rights movement has always been about, which is a multiethnic movement," National Urban League President Marc Morial, who spoke at the rally, told The Huffington Post in an interview on Friday. "But I do invite people to consider the contrast they’ll see, in terms of the diversity. This is named One Nation because this rally will look like the way the nation looks. It’s going to be yellow, it’s going to be black, white, Hispanic and Asian. It’s going to be men and women. It’s going to be people from various walks, areas and religions. That’s what it’s about, and that’s what the future of America is about. So this is really also a demonstration that that is a future that we should be proud of, and that’s a future we should embrace as a nation."
Tens Of Thousands Of Progressives Rally At The Lincoln Memorial For Jobs, Justice And Education
