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As the Martin Luther King weekend approaches.... “Go back with the Fierce Urgency of NOW to talk with your Locals and International unions about all workers joining together – To End this Shutdown with a General Strike.” Sara Nelson, president, Association of Flight Attendants, January 20, 2019 On January 20, 2019, Sara Nelson was awarded the AFL-CIO “MLK Drum Major for Justice” award. It’s worth reprinting the key parts of her acceptance speech here. That’s the best way of commemorating Martin Luther King in 2020.... *"Looming climate disaster and “the fierce urgency of now”* The most urgent issue of today is the climate disruption and plant and animal extinctions. Maybe Bernie Sanders will be the next president; maybe Trump will be reelected. One thing is certain: In either case, congress will not enact the steps needed to avert this looming disaster. What is needed is mass street action to simply shut down society. That makes Nelson’s words all the more relevant: “The fierce urgency of now.”.... https://oaklandsocialist.com/2020/01/16/martin-luther-king-and-the-fierce-urgency-of-now/ -- *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black Jacobins" by C. L. R. James Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
