[Peace-discuss] After 50 years: MLK defeated by neoliberalism, not racism

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work your democracy.
wok your dog.

"They call it the American Dream because ya gotta be Asleep to believe it." - G Carlin


>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: C. G. Estabrook <carl at newsfromneptune.com>
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>  Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] After 50 years: MLK defeated by neoliberalism, not racism
>  Sent: Aug 28 '13 22:35
>  
>  <democracyatwork>, not wok: the only cooking is metaphorical.
>  
>  
>  On Aug 28, 2013, at 9:31 AM, "C. G. Estabrook" <[LINK:
>  mailto:carl at newsfromneptune.com] carl at newsfromneptune.com> wrote:
>  
>  From Richard Wolff's <democracyatwok.info>
>  
>  
>  [LINK: x-msg://8/] <marchon3.1.png>
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>  
>  August 28, 2013
>  
>  March on Washington
>  
>  
>  The 1963 March on Washington deserves an honest 50th anniversary. Did it
>  reach its goals? Are we there yet? The March demanded a decent, livable
>  wage for all Americans as a way to reduce income and social as well as
>  racial inequality. It made that noble goal real and legitimate to millions,
>  but it remains unachieved. The decades since show a steady decline in the
>  share of national income going to the lower 90 percent of American
>  households. Besides earning a falling share of the national income, most
>  Americans have and keep accumulating unsustainable debts. The American
>  Dream that their parents' and grandparents' generations fought for slips
>  ever further out of reach.
>  
>  Martin Luther King understood that his dream, like the aims of the 1963
>  March, was blocked by an economic system that had to be changed. That's
>  what brought him finally to Memphis.
>  
>  Today that economic system again fails us. It has plunged most Americans
>  into economic crisis since 2007. Ironically, the crisis cuts so deep and
>  lasts so long because Americans earn too little, cannot borrow much more,
>  and so cannot spend enough.
>  
>  [LINK: x-msg://8/] <marchon1.png>
>  
>  Meanwhile, the richest 10 percent and large corporations hoard trillions
>  they do not invest because people aren't spending enough.
>  
>  Dr. King grasped that contradiction. Overcoming it requires profound
>  change. The 1963 March took a step toward that end. Our history since then
>  teaches the need for more steps. That is what we are doing and why we ask
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>  overcome. Together, we can cooperatively address the economic impediments
>  to our shared dream.
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