US Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival

[Mischief]

This campaign is not about a single party or policy agenda. It’s about saving the soul of America by challenging the enmeshed evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and our distorted national morality. These forces have been tearing apart America’s moral fabric long before President Donald Trump’s election last year. But Trump’s nationalist and demagogic campaign and presidency highlight how extremist politicians in state houses and Washington have continued to gain power by dividing the poor and disenfranchised along racial, religious and other lines.

The most fundamental progressive shifts in our country’s history have occurred when concerned citizens across racial divides come together to take a stand. This was the case after the Civil War, in the Industrial Union Movement, Bonus Armies, and Southern Tenant Farmers Union, during the Civil Rights Movement and today, in the Movement for Black Lives and the Fight for $15.

The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival will unite Americans across all races, creeds, religions, classes and other divides to demand a moral agenda for the common good. And our campaign will intensify next year, starting on Mother’s Day with six weeks of direct action and civil disobedience across 25 states and the District of Columbia, leading up to a mass mobilization at the U.S. Capitol June 23.

Rev. Barber & Rev. Theoharis: It's Time to Fight for America's Soul

I've signed up. Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival

 

[Second Summer]

I think they need a catchy and zeitgeisty name for themselves. 'Moral revivalist' doesn't quite do it, though it's a start!

 

[Amy SF]

Fox News will demonize this new campaign as being orchestrated behind the scenes by Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and George Soros, thus effectively dismissing it as fake in the minds of their viewers.