Jesse Jackson: Join Us on April 29 in NYC

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson on the April 29 March for Peace, Justice and
Democracy in New York City:

In 1968, Dr. King delivered his prophetic speech at the Riverside Church in
New York, decrying how funding for the war on poverty was being diverted to
fund the war in Vietnam. He protested this moral shift from healing at home
to killing abroad, a policy that was bankrupting cities and our democratic
values. He said,

“I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world
revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. ...
The giant triplets of racism, materialism and militarism are incapable of
being conquered. We need a true revolution of values to unseat the glaring
contrast of poverty and wealth. A nation that continues year after year to
pour money into war and ignoring social uplift is approaching spiritual
death.”

Forty years later we face the same challenge. The poor continue to fight
the wars for the rich. Facing the largest budget deficits in history, this
administration cuts Medicare, Medicaid, and education, while protecting tax
cuts for the wealthy and spending $6 billion a month to fund the immoral,
illegal war in Iraq. It has squandered billions to ‘rebuild and reconstruct
Iraq,’ but turns its back on rebuilding and reconstructing the Gulf Coast
following Katrina. It's gone from lying about the reasons for going to war,
to spying on those who oppose it. This administration has led us down a
blind path with no end in sight. We are losing lives, money, and honor.

So we are called to act and call for action. Rainbow/PUSH Coalition joins
with United for Peace and Justice and others in the critical April 29th
mobilization to protest the war in Iraq. We need to bring the troops home
now. We need to march for hope, and hope for change.

Rev. Jesse Jackson
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition



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