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Act Out! [59] - The People’s March on Washington

Act Out! [59] - The People’s March on Washington
Wed, 4/20/2016 - by Eleanor Goldfield
This article originally appeared on Occupy.com

This past week, thousands of people marched and were arrested on the steps of the Capitol demanding that the people’s voice be heard: that we the people, not money, be the driving force of our government.

Democracy Spring organized a full week of actions – rallying, marching and risking arrest. Democracy Awakening organized the final three days with teach-ins, panels, rallies and marches, wrapping up the events with hundreds arrested on the Capitol steps. This video covers the whole week, including interviews with people involved in this strong show of people power vs. corporate rule.

Sites:

democracyspring.org

citizen.org

99rise.org

movetoamend.org

rootstrikers.org

wolf-pac.com

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Comments

DH Fabian replied on

And yet, the middle class maintain the right to be heard above others because "we pay for it." The rich believe their wealth entitles them to special considerations as well. The idea of removing the influence of money in politics is unrealistic in a hard-core capitalist nation. Not impossible, but not likely.

I was first old enough to understand the "urgent call for campaign finance reform" back when I was still in school, in the 1960s. That call remains as popular as ever.

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