{"id":708460,"date":"2022-06-19T15:28:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T15:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=6e5a9c5574daba46c0d95e9ea2aec2b3"},"modified":"2022-06-19T15:28:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T15:28:37","slug":"poverty-is-violence-thousands-march-on-dc-to-demand-economic-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/06\/19\/poverty-is-violence-thousands-march-on-dc-to-demand-economic-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPoverty Is Violence!\u201d Thousands March on DC to Demand Economic Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Led by the Poor People’s Campaign, advocacy groups and low-income individuals gathered<\/a> in Washington, D.C. on Saturday to demand<\/a> that policymakers “fight poverty, not the poor.”<\/p>\n

“We are the 140 million poor and low-wealth people, standing together to declare we won’t be silent anymore,” said<\/a> Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the campaign. “Poverty is a policy choice and we will hold our leaders accountable.”<\/p>\n

Fellow campaign co-chair Bishop William Barber echoed that message in a speech at the Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington, which drew<\/a> thousands to the nation’s capital.<\/p>\n

Barber declared that as long as essential workers are treated like they are “expendable” during a public health crisis, as long as federal lawmakers block pandemic relief for families, “as long as we have the stealing of native lands and unjust immigration,” and as long as millions of people nationwide face hunger and homelessness, “we won’t be silent anymore.”<\/p>\n

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WATCH: Mass Poor People\u2019s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls https:\/\/t.co\/UhsPqxHUWY<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (@RevDrBarber) June 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n