Today is the 60th anniversary of the Aug. 28, 1963 March on Washington. We should celebrate not only the genius and achievement of Dr. King and a former generation, but also dedicate ourselves to the still unfinished work. 1/5
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The march was organized by democratic socialist civil rights leaders A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin, and after winning civil rights and voting rights legislation, Rustin, Randolph, and Dr. King shifted to a new set of demands: the Freedom Budget For All Americans.2/5
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The Freedom Goal was "the abolition of poverty, guaranteed full employment, fair prices for farmers, fair wages for workers, housing & healthcare for all, the establishment of progressive tax, & fiscal policies that respected the needs of working families.3/5

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Randolph called for "the full & final triumph of the civil rights movement, going beyond civil rights, linking a goal of racial justice with a goal of economic justice for all people by "rallying massive segments of the 99% of Americans in a powerful democratic & moral crusade" 4/5
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My campaign is calling for a revival of the Freedom Budget, with similar economic policies to those laid out in 1965 by Randolph, Rustin, and Dr. King. It is not too late to dream. It's not too late to get it done. 5/5
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Replying to @marwilliamson
none of these things happened despite the fact that they could have happened if the government and the big biz that dictates the government allowed them to happen.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
How to "abolish" poverty when so many choose to live in degradation that has been promoted as culture? a culture of guns, a culture of devaluing women, a culture intertwined with drug dealing, a culture of degrading the actual paths to success as being "white", which is ""bad".
Replying to @marwilliamson
Gangsta lifestyle holds black people down in their own communities. They believe that it is their culture they should defend while their cities are crushed by drug dealing guns and addiction. Why work when you can deal? how can you keep a home if only care about your next fix?
Replying to @marwilliamson
So utopia, huh?