Moral March Raleigh NC Saturday Feb 8--pix and vids

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Raleigh News and Observer photo

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http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/02/08/3602345/hkonj-thousands-march-in-downtown.html

[Squinch]

1. Wow. The people who began this "moral Mondays" should be given a medal. Look

how big that crowd is!

[marions ghost]

2. Even tho

temperatures were in the 30's with heavy cloud cover (threat of freezing precipitation never happened).

for the organizers and the People

[duhneece]

19. NAACP was the main force behind Moral Mon's Please join

Please consider $30 to support NAACP. You will see them behind fighting the War on Drugs and most of 'our' social justice issues. Their magazine 'Crisis' is worth the money PLUS you will be supporting the Moral Monday and the need for changes in our gun laws. Please.

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20. Rev Barber speech

"Higher Ground" segment:

"It's Mighty Low" segment:

"The sun has come out":

The sun finally popped out just as the march ended...beautiful.

[polichick]

3. K&R

[marions ghost]

4. thx

[jsr]

5. Recommend

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11. +++thx

[Triana]

6. Tx so much!

I couldn't make it and was waiting for some good photos/video and info on how it went!

[marions ghost]

9. You were well represented

[Triana]

12. 80,000 - 100,000 I read!

[TheMathieu]

7. Keep up the good work.

We need every major city to follow suit.

[marions ghost]

10. Yep

This page has tips on how to organize along the lines of the Moral Monday movement:

http://www.naacpnc.org/organize_moral_monday

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Different communities would do it different ways, of course, but the point is to unify all the various progressive interest groups of a state for mass action.

[rurallib]

8. Is another planned?

Need to get a message to some relatives down there.

[kelliekat44]

13. As word spreads I hope the crowds grow. People are finally waking up as to which party really helps

them or at least tries. And they are finally realizing they actually belong to the 98 percent.

[valerief]

14. Thank you! nt

[johnnyreb]

15. The South will rise again!!

The New South, that is. Keep the supply lines up, y'all!

[KoKo]

16. We Will Take Back North Carolina from Koch/ALEC/Pope! It won't be Easy....but, We Can Do It!

Thanks to Reverend Barber and the many Religious Groups and Causes who came out TODAY (and the 6 years before) and have been out there for "Moral Mondays" since the Repugs and Koch Bros. and Alec/Art Pope took over our State House and Senate. Thanks to those 700 who stood up for principles and were arrested for the "MM" Movement showing their dedication to their principles to defy what is being done to the people and children of our State which has caused such disruption and hardship.

Thanks for pulling this all together "Marion's Ghost."

[marions ghost]

17. Doable for sure

Thanx Koko
(I thought it was 950 who got arrested on last year's Moral Mondays?)

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18. Excellent article from the N&O:

Saturday's big protest in Raleigh reflects mainstream, not fringe

The protesters came to Raleigh on Saturday by bus and car and on foot. They came from various parts of North Carolina and from nearby states. They came from many places on behalf of varied causes, but they were driven by a single imperative – to stand up.

There was confusion about what to call the mass gathering of indignation that flowed down Fayetteville Street and stopped at the State Capitol like a river dammed. It was the eighth version of the Historic Thousands on Jones Street People’s Assembly (or “HKonJ”). But this year its ranks were swelled by Moral Monday protesters who brought their presence and their voices to a gathering called the Moral March.

There were the usual protesters – labor and civil rights supporters – and some unlikely ones, school teachers. Teachers’ jobs often involve keeping order among the unruly, but they’ve learned there is no virtue in keeping quiet about pay that’s near the lowest in the nation. They object to a legislative agenda that includes taking away their job protections and undermining public school funding through an expansion of charter schools and vouchers for private schools.

A broad group

To see the long ranks of protesters was to wonder how much longer North Carolina’s Republican leaders can dismiss them as a rabble, as outsiders, as “takers,” as agitators, and not see them for who they are: The People. Their issues include labor conditions, pay for public employees, environmental protections, voting rights, fair taxation, help for the unemployed, gay rights, abortion rights and civil rights.

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/02/08/3602861/saturdays-big-protest-in-raleigh.html#storylink=cpy

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21. Good slide show of pix

http://www.carolinamercury.com/2014/02/moral-march-on-raleigh-draws-tens-of-thousands/

[KoKo]

22. Good Democrats ASK...: Why aren't People Out in the Streets? Over and Over...

And...when they GET OUT IN THE STREETS....they don't even bother to support those who are "Out in the Streets"......

Kind of Odd ...but another "K&R" for PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS AND CIRCUMSTANCES ....SHOWING UP!

WHERE WERE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU?

[KoKo]

23. Recommend...Local News has covered this better than I hoped!

[Solly Mack]

24. K&R

[marions ghost]

25. thank you for

K&R

[G_j]

26. thanks so much!!

awesome

[G_j]

27. k

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28. thx

[duhneece]

29. Thank you, thank you

I am so inspired, so fired up that I'm trying to figure out how to get to Raleigh from southern New Mexico. Did I say "thank you?"

[marions ghost]

30. Feelin it from out your way...

thank you duhneece Stay Tuned.

[G_j]

31. Watch ...

think about it