Ultimately the problem stems from an over-financialized economy. Finance is supposed to serve production, not replace it. We need to reinvest in the productive base: infrastructure, labor, health, social, and natural capital. #Kennedy24
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Why Many Americans Don‘t Vote
In the survey, we asked voters who have missed at least one national election — which included some people who almost always vote — why they didn’t cast a ballot. Nearly a quarter cited some of the structural barriers we mentioned above. But another 31 percent said that they decided not to vote because they disliked the candidates or they thought nothing would change as a result of the election (26 percent).
That sense that the candidates are too flawed to be worth voting for — or that the system is rigged, or can’t be fixed by voting — came up in many of our conversations with survey respondents.
Jesse Jackson‘s David and Goliath speech is more relevant than ever.
(08.03.2020)
What A Day: Rev. Dr. William Barber II adresses the USW (FULL)
(August 11, 2014)
Rev. Dr. William Barber II delivers a down right, electrifying, knockout and empowering speech to the delegates of the 2014 United Steelworkers Constitutional Convention.
Extremists Stole the Playbook of the Civil and Union Rights Movements
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II speaking at the United Steelworkers union convention, August 13, 2014.
POWERFUL Bernie Sanders AD (Killer Mike Speech) – THE TIME IS NOW!
(31.01.2020)
Angela Davis on Not Endorsing Any Presidential Candidate: “I Think We Need a New Party”
(28.03.2016)
For more than four decades, Davis has been one of most influential activists and intellectuals in the United States. An icon of the 1970s black liberation movement, Davis’ work around issues of gender, race, class and prisons has influenced critical thought and social movements across several generations. She is a leading advocate for prison abolition, a position informed by her own experience as a fugitive on the FBI’s top 10 most wanted list more than 40 years ago. Davis talks about the “fascist appeal” of Donald Trump and explains why she is not officially endorsing any candidate in this election. “I believe in independent politics,” she says. “I still think that we need a new party, a party that is grounded in labor, a party that can speak to all of the issues around racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, what is happening in the world. We don’t yet have that party.”
Bernie Sanders Changed America
(Apr 8 2020)
Today, Sanders suspended his second presidential campaign after a primary season that always favored Joe Biden, but saw, for a brief moment, a socialist Jewish candidate as the frontrunner. “Few would deny that over the past five years, our movement has won the ideological struggle,” Sanders said during a farewell address to his supporters, made via a livestream from his home in Burlington, Vermont. He explained that he was dropping out because his campaign didn’t have a clear path to victory.
POWERFUL Bernie Sanders AD (Killer Mike Speech) – THE TIME IS NOW!
(31.01.2020)
Dear Bernie: Now‘s the time to say FUCK THIS SHIT and run as an independent. NOW. If you had done this in 2016, you‘d be running for your second term. The Dems will NEVER let you win, and we can‘t wait another 4 years. Sincerely, The „US“ is #NotMeUs
(February 4th, 2020)