AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY

This space is dedicated to the proposition that we need to know the history of the struggles on the left and of earlier progressive movements here and world-wide. If we can learn from the mistakes made in the past (as well as what went right) we can move forward in the future to create a more just and equitable society. We will be reviewing books, CDs, and movies we believe everyone needs to read, hear and look at as well as making commentary from time to time. Greg Green, site manager

Sunday, May 06, 2018

World Beyond War is teaming up with the Poor People's Campaign.

Fifty years since Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, his message about the "triple evils" of racism, poverty, and militarism - plus the addition of ecological devastation - is being revived through the Poor People's Campaign. We're teaming up with the campaign to announce the launch of 40 days of nonviolent direct action across the country.

The kick-off starts on May 14. Can you join us and our partners in the Poor People's Campaign at an action near you?
We will protest at more than 30 statehouses and the U.S. Capitol demanding a massive overhaul of the nation's voting rights laws, new programs to lift up the 140 million Americans living in poverty, immediate action to protect the environment, and measures that curb militarism and the war economy.

In MLK's famous 1967 speech at Riverside Church, he said that the United States would "never invest the necessary funds or energies in rehabilitation of its poor so long as adventures like Vietnam continued to draw men and skills and money like some demonic, destructive suction tube." Half a century later, King's words still ring true. The U.S. military machine spends over $1 trillion annually on war, while millions of Americans live below the poverty line and lack access to safe drinking water, food, jobs, housing, education, and other basic human needs.

King called on people to heed the "fierce urgency of now" by taking immediate, positive action for change. In 2018, that urgency for action remains. Join us in the call for a moral revival. RSVP for an event near you.

P.S. Don't forget to wear your World BEYOND War t-shirt, and bring copies of our peace pledge on a clipboard to collect signatures at the event.

Onward together,

Greta Zarro
Organizing Director
World BEYOND War
greta@worldbeyondwar.org

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