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Happening NOW! The 41-mile Poor People's March from Baltimore to DC kicks off! (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl May 2013 OP
Good for them! What day do they expect to arrive? n/t cui bono May 2013 #1
k/r limpyhobbler May 2013 #2
Corporate media won't cover this Iliyah May 2013 #3
Kick for the 98% TalkingDog May 2013 #4
k&r n/t RainDog May 2013 #5
Kick -- this event needs exposure LeftInTX May 2013 #6
and food! People Power May 2013 #15
Here's some info starroute May 2013 #7
Big thank you!!!! for that info. dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #12
Duers got the party going at Camp Casey, Duers got the pizza party going in Wisconsin People Power May 2013 #17
K & R !!! WillyT May 2013 #8
K & R malaise May 2013 #9
K/R moondust May 2013 #10
Awesome!! WhaTHellsgoingonhere May 2013 #11
Thank you protesters!!! Scuba May 2013 #13
Kick for solidarity.......... socialist_n_TN May 2013 #14
Recommend...! KoKo May 2013 #16
To the top of the greatest!! People Power May 2013 #18
love this People Power May 2013 #19
K & R! n/t veness May 2013 #20

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
3. Corporate media won't cover this
Sat May 11, 2013, 06:05 PM
May 2013

because of Beenngghhhaazziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, ya'know the witch hunt perpetrated by yours truly the e-van-evil-ical so called-christians.

Cool tho, hopefully twitter, intragrams, youtube, facebook, et al., can go viral.

starroute

(12,977 posts)
7. Here's some info
Sat May 11, 2013, 06:44 PM
May 2013
http://peoplespowerassemblies.org/emails/poor-peoples-march-weekend-schedule/

SATURDAY, MAY 11 — 10 A.M. The Poor People’s Campaign March rally begins. ...

SUNDAY, MAY 12 — 10 A.M. Our final leg of the March will begin. ...

We expect to arrive at Freedom Plaza at 3 P.M. where we will be greeted by Dr. Bernard Lafayette and Dr. C.T. Vivian, who helped lead the original Poor People’s Campaign. We will also hear greetings from local community and labor representatives and Occupy D.C. from the Peace House.

We will then get snacks and food and proceed to a 5 P.M. People’s Power Assembly where we will hear people’s testimony on the many issues and important proposals about where we should go from there.

8 P.M. to 9 P.M. We will show videos and have teach-ins. During this period, we will hold a meeting of those who will remain in D.C. to decide what we do on Monday and in the future.

http://www.workers.org/2013/04/01/poor-peoples-march-to-revive-martin-luther-kings-revolutionary-heritage/

Forty-five years ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stunned the nation when he called for a poor people’s campaign and march on Washington, D.C. The Poor People’s Campaign was part of the second phase of the Civil Rights movement.

On May 11, Dr. Martin Luther King’s campaign for economic justice will be renewed in Baltimore. On that day, a large coalition of Civil Rights activists, labor unions and progressive community organizations will begin a 41-mile walk from Baltimore to Washington, D.C., to demand immediate change for poor and working people. ...

Organizers want to renew Dr. King’s call for “Jobs or income now” and demand that the federal government: 1) bail out the people, not the banks; 2) provide a massive Works Projects Administration-type program to put the people back to work; and 3) through executive order, place a moratorium on home foreclosures.

They also oppose any and all austerity measures, whether they come in the form of cuts to Social Security, Medicare, unemployment or food stamps.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
12. Big thank you!!!! for that info.
Sat May 11, 2013, 09:26 PM
May 2013

I usually follow Twitter and Breaking News sites for what is happening, sometimes can't follow up.

Thanks....

 

People Power

(6 posts)
17. Duers got the party going at Camp Casey, Duers got the pizza party going in Wisconsin
Sun May 12, 2013, 12:19 PM
May 2013

How do we get a food/pizza/party movement going to help this group know they are loved and appreciated?

No gas money needed here, but people still need food and it might just motivate many people to join in...
 

People Power

(6 posts)
18. To the top of the greatest!!
Sun May 12, 2013, 12:31 PM
May 2013

There is no better news than this today folks!

Martin Luther King Jr is right there marching with them, and we all need to be supporting this.

Finally something we can be proud of!
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