![]() National Poor People’s Campaign. March on Washington and to the Polls. June 29, 2024. Which Side Are You On ? Class politics. Mass Poor People’s Campaign and Low Wage Workers. Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly & Moral March on Washington, D.C. & to the Polls, Livestream Party for those unwilling or unable to travel to Washington DC for the event. Refreshments will be provided. Event is free and open to the public. The venue is St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 910 NW 38th St, Lawton OK 73505. The date and time are June 29, 9 AM to 1 PM. https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org Also see Reverend Barber, Poverty, Class and Voting. – video. https://www.dsanorthstar.org/blog/revbarber-poverty-class-and-voting “The Good News in 2024—Poor People Are the New Swing Vote” In a Washington Informer op-ed published last weekend, Bishop Barber notes that while the election season may look bleak, there’s reason to hope. “As a preacher, I learned a long time ago that you don’t get to the good news by looking away from problems; the good news is most often found right in the midst of trouble.” He points out that workers and their unions have had big wins and students and young people are flexing their organizing muscles. And he reminds us that when low-income people vote, they can swing an election. Toward the end of the piece, he makes a startling observation: “Both Democrats and Republicans have ignored low-income voters for decades precisely because they are unlikely voters. But when the nonpartisan Poor People’s Campaign, which I serve as a co-chair, surveyed poor people to ask why they don’t vote, the number one reason they gave was, ‘No one speaks to us.’”
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