The Moral Monday protest campaign, aimed at the reactionary NC legislature and its stick-it-to-everybody-but-the-rich program, was by many measures, quite successful in its first season of actions, in the spring and summer of 2013.
Above all, on my list, its biggest success is a kind of “negative”, that is: it has not splintered and vanished; two years later its core of supporters is still there, and yesterday (April 29 2015) it began the work of regathering and relaunching for 2015, at the state capital in Raleigh.
This action was not heralded as the beginning of the Revolution, but rather another round in what has been seen from the start as a long-term struggle.
In fact there were plenty of nonviolent black people on the Baltimore streets last night, doing their level best to protect other people of color, and black-owned (or black servicing) shops and property.
Orioles Postpone Game- Owner’s Son Tells It Like It Is For Black & Poor & U. S. Workers
(File Under: Proud to Be A “Bird-Brain”)
John Angelos, son of the owner & #2 team executive, tweeting to a fan named Brett:
Brett, speaking only for myself, I agree with your point that the principle of peaceful, non-violent protest and the observance of the rule of law is of utmost importance in any society. . . .
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Made in Vietnam: My World. (Yours Too?) Just got a new blood pressure monitor. But this post is not about my blood pressure. The old monitor gave out after several years: nothing but error messages. Amazon was ready with a new one, delivered the next day. Dropped from a drone? I was running errands when … Continue reading Made In Vietnam: My World. (Yours Too?)
Lighting the Fuse of Revolution? There’s a grimly fascinating update from “Rightwing Watch” (RW) detailing how the harder core of the religious right is throwing down the gauntlet to the U.S. Supreme Court, to wit:Legalize same sex marriage nationwide, and you’ll face an armed insurrection. A new Civil War. A Boom-Boom-Bonhoeffer Moment.Your Honors, You Have … Continue reading The Supreme Court: Lighting the Fuse of Revolution?