25/08/2023
An enormous coalition of progressive organisations in the United States including The NAACP, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Trade Unions, Faith groups, political parties, humanist organisations, campaign groups, peace groups, civil justice organisations and workers rights networks, are coming together on Saturday 26th August to march and rally in Washington DC. They are marking the sixtieth anniversary of the original March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which was led by the late Doctor Martin Luther King Junior.
In a press release, the organisation committee says This March continues the original March on Washington, carrying the same issues of discrimination and civil rights abuses. Our Civil Rights are under severe attack! There are mass efforts by some to assert control over us and our voting rights. Violence, intimidation, and attempts to erase our history are political tools that underestimate the power of the people. Hate crimes, hate speech, and antisemitism against our communities, discrimination based on race, religion, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation and disability are at their highest levels. These attacks perpetuating long-standing systemic injustices do not have a place in democracy. Join us to fight against white supremacy and disinformation and to uphold our collective values of freedom, equality and justice.
Rally at the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, 26th August from 8am.
Full details of the day, and how you can get involved are noted here: https://www.mow2023.com/
Community and college broadcasting stations will be covering the day in the US. They are an important antidote to the lies and distortions of the right wing media hegemony of Fox News and pro-Trump conspiracists. A full list of American community radio stations is here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_community_radio_stations_in_the_Un...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:College_radio_stations_in_the_Uni...
