Third Reconstruction
Labor, civil rights, and a new Reconstruction: Thoughts from the MLK conference
January 22, 2025Whatever its limits and contradictions, the conference pointed clearly at the tasks at hand: building unity, practicing solidarity, and fighting together for real power.
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Juneteenth 2022: Demanding a Third Radical Reconstruction of U.S. capitalism
June 18, 2022Tens of thousands are in Washington, D.C., with the Poor People’s Campaign demanding an end to racism, poverty, and the war economy.
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Poor People’s Campaign hails Barbara Lee for leading ‘Third Reconstruction’ drive
June 10, 202153 cents of every discretionary dollar spent by Congress goes to the Pentagon, but just 15 cents goes to fight poverty.
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Poor People’s Campaign steps up drive for ‘Third Reconstruction’
June 8, 2021Issues are not new, activists say, coronavirus just brought them out more.
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Workers’ rights part of Poor People’s Campaign ‘Third Reconstruction’ plan
May 21, 2021Campaign supporters say poverty cannot be eradicated without a new stress on strengthening workers’ rights.
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