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There are 140 million poor & low wealth people in America. Without an accurate assessment, we are participating in a policy coverup. If we don't acknowledge poverty, we are refusing to call on these witnesses among us. This is a moral crisis. This is the state of our union.
We need a moral fusion analysis to help us see that America is on the cusp of a Third Reconstruction. politico.com/magazine/story…
Watch the whole speech: #SOTU #PoorPeoplesCampaign
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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
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One definition of moderate is “middle ground.” The other is “reasonable.” So I ask, what is the middle ground we should look for when 30 mil ppl are w/out health insurance, 250,000 die from poverty each year & 62 mil work every day w/out living wages?
Or what’s a reasonable compromise w/ racist voter suppression & refusal to restore the VRA & expand access to the ballot? Why can’t we just say some things are wrong?
The way some talk of middle ground, it sounds like let’s reduce poverty & low wages a little bit, but not enough to make anybody mad. No wonder 100 mil Americans stay home & don’t even bother to vote.
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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
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Today, I was reminded of this quote from MLK:

“I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate...
...who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice.”
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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
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I know we are in a political competition, but we are also in a moral crisis. We need more than any one candidate can do. Remember, Trump said, “I & I alone can fix this.” We the people must call for a different politics, whether it happens or not.
Support strongly your candidate, but don’t destroy those you disagree with. We’ve got to build an historic fusion coalition to revive the heart of democracy.
Anyone who follows me knows I’m not talking about extremists, authoritarians, racists etc. I mean candidates who have legitimate differences, but they are against Trump. Disagree, but don’t destroy. If we can’t do that, then we run the risk of becoming what we hate.
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Ro Khanna
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.@BernieSanders has a simple SC message: racist voter suppression hurts low income whites & blacks by enabling electeds to oppose a living wage & healthcare. Stop the powers that be from using racism to sow division. Let’s build a coalition, black & white, for economic justice.
44% of people in South Carolina are poor or low income, including 36% of white people —many who live in the corridor of shame with failing public schools and poor wages. The income of the top 1% has increased in the state by 116% while the income of the 99% has declined by 5%.
The 1% in the South would not have the power they have without racist voter suppression & gerrymandering. They use race to get majorities and then they use those majorities to support policies that hurt poor, low wealth black, white, and Latino people.
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Thread on #poverty, #racism, & #MLK:
#MLKDay #MLKDay2020

Reflecting back upon the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1 point always stands out, a searing reminder of what was – and still is – America’s grossest injustice: /1
that in the one of the richest nations in the world, so many millions of people remain trapped in cyclical, soul-crushing poverty. /2
Dr. King, of course, regularly received death threats as he fought for political rights for African Americans. Police and law enforcement agents beat and jailed him repeatedly for his stances on social equity. /3
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Groundwork Collaborative
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🚨THREAD🚨 Today, we released a paper with Christopher Wimer & Sophie Collyer at @CpspPoverty, and Xavier Jaravel at @LSEnews.

Key takeaway: 3 million more ppl would have been considered in #poverty in 2018 if we account for inflation inequality. 1/ bit.ly/2ChAvUk
In a supposed strong economy, how did we get here? Skyrocketing inequality in recent decades—driven almost exclusively by soaring incomes for the wealthiest Americans—has undermined the strength of our economy and our democracy. 2/
New research shows that income inequality ITSELF is causing prices to rise more quickly for people at the bottom of the income distribution than at the top, a phenomenon known as “#inflation inequality.” 3/
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THREAD: Number of people in the U.K. in #poverty:

Working-age adults: 8.4 million

Children: 4.5 million

Pensioners: 1.4 million

Total: 14.2 million people
#NewPovertyMeasure #UKPovertyMeasure
Percentage (%) of people in #poverty in the U.K in 2016/17:

Children in poverty: 32.6%
Working adults in poverty: 21.5%
Pensioners in poverty: 11.4%

Total U.K. population in poverty: 22.0%
#NewPovertyMeasure #UKPovertyMeasure
Family status of people in #poverty in the U.K. circa 2016/17:

Single parent families: 2.6 million
Couples w/ children: 5.6 million
Single, no children: 3.1 million

#NewPovertyMeasure #UKPovertyMeasure
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It very simply lays out the case that we are all being controlled. It covers hidden history of the United States including their (and, due to the systems created by our masters, our) racism. 

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