Bishop Barber & Economist Michael Zweig on Poor and Low-Wage Voters in 2024 Election
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As the 2024 election heats up, the Poor People’s Campaign has launched a 40-week effort aimed at mobilizing the voting power of some 15 million poor and low-wage voters across the United States ahead of the November election. The campaign’s first major coordinated actions are set to occur outside 30 statehouses on March 2, just days before Super Tuesday. “Statehouses are where the political insurrections are taking place,” says Bishop William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign. The “enormous undertaking” is in response to “an enormous economic and moral problem” of inequality in the United States, he notes, and poor and low-wage workers have the voting power to affect the 2024 elections in every single state in the country. We also speak with economist Michael Zweig, who is a member of the New York State Coordinating Committee of the Poor People’s Campaign. His new book on inequality is Class, Race, and Gender: Challenging the Injuries and Divisions of Capitalism.
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“At its core, capitalism is about convincing a bunch of suckers to work for less than they are worth.”
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Exactly. People are afraid to boycott their jobs. They are the cause why corporations are thriving. If every American stopped working for one week they will be forced to pay or else it’s bye bye for their companies
Or force em
@@jcsjcs9777 The powers that be know that. That’s why they make sure they pay us as little as possible. So we can not save. So we cannot fight. So we cannot think. So we cannot boycott. They can survive years without us working. we can dismantled their business today. And they still will be the richest people in the world. The movie Elysium starring Matt Damon is their goal.
Because being a Serf in a world where the Crown and the Church own all property is so much better than free-markets! _"In the Future, you will __-own nothing-__ eat your Pets, and be __-happy-__ HUNGRY!"_
@@nickjohnson3619 True, actually they will have us eating bugs as well. Part of their global warming agenda. Al Gore the god father of the movement.
As a working class person, I've never supported the Republicans & have lost all faith in the Democrat establishment years ago. I think the only hope for real change would be a mass movement towards progressive 3rd party or independent candidates and a rejection of both major political parties.
We need a labor party as well!
I have found away to get Reparations for its former slaves through the irs penal and not cost the usa a taxpayer dime
Yes I agree.
Roger That!
I agree, both parties support this gruesome genocide! I just quit the DEM party.
We also need term limits and ranked voting!
The Democratic Party abandoned the poor decades ago!
Starting with LBJerk off.
Yes Democrats 💯
we should rise awareness in the poor that the tax money should serve them and not foreign entities.
Who are the poor supposed to vote for? Neither main party cares about poverty.
We need a Socialist party!
There is a socialist party
The Democrats. Third parties have basically been rigged completely out of the system and a vote for them is a wasted* vote.
The sweet spot actually is not* in the General election...... but rather, in the PRIMARIES***.
The Primaries are where you can hope to sway the Dems to the Left. i.e. case and point = should have voted for Marianne Williamson this round in the Primaries. Even if that candidate doesn't win the Primary..... a strong showing could have given them leverage over policies of main candidate etc.
But @ the end of the day..... Yes, you do have to hold your nose and vote for the less bad option. Which is obviously Biden at this point.
Cornel West, Jill Stein, etc.
iindeed i will write them in - we can at least protest vote
One of my favorite humans, Rev Barber ❤
Rise up and join Poor people’s campaign
How can I join?
There was a presidential candidate running on an economic bill of rights that would directly address the issues Barber and his campaign are highlighting.
Why didn’t they join/endorse or amplify Marianne Williamson’s campaign?? It’s ridiculous that there couldn’t be some type of collaboration…
Also, why do the major unions ALWAYS end up endorsing the establishment status quo candidates and never the progressives who actually align with their cause and want to see profound working class improvements?
This system is ridiculous.
Good questions. The establishment is the answer which consists of both parties. Also, what difference does voting matter when the elites inside and outside of America already give us the people we can vote for way in advance and the rest is just for show?
That is was going to be Biden versus Trump was evident very early. There are really no primaries this year. The DNC only has Biden running and the RNC made a circus show of candidates who all supported Trump. So big deal - both talk as if they ae going to help the working poor and middle class but once in office they are mere puppets with someone else calling the shots.
union are now not much different than management. They also want to live high on the hog from union dues - the heck with everyone else. But that's not the only problem when wages go too high the company packs up adn moves out.
Nevertheless things are not any different - even 10 times worse in communist systems. Sure everyone except the elites are equal but equally poor.
Marianne willingson? 😂 you think one woman is gonna change this country? What about the rest of the pigs in congress and the Senate starting with the back stabber Bernie Sanders.
The issue is money. The supreme Court legalized bribery. Now every lobbyist and corporation can bribe politicians so they never pass legislation that the people want. We have to find a way to get money out of politics and the only way to do that is to start building a coalition of the local level. Either that or give up.
I agree you have made some great points that need to be addressed. Look up Teamsters Mobilize we are the activist leg within the Teamsters and we are going to support this movement!
those poor people should stand when billions of the tax money is sent to foreign entity to damage the life of other people.
Democracy in its purist form is one person one vote. Capitalism is one dollar one vote. Here lies the problem.
100% agree!
For a few years now, every time I heard the word “Economy,” on the news, I would ask myself, “Who’s economy are they talking about???”
Poor, "working-class" or low wage workers in America (whatever they prefer to called) don't turn out to vote because they are working multiple jobs to make ends meet and employers in the U.S don't allow people to leave to vote. Last election I remember people standing in line for hours to vote especially in areas where more black people live because they provide less locations for them to vote. I know I live in a small country but it takes me about 15 minutes vote in & out, done. Also the fact you only get 2 choices is insane.
One way is to encourage these workers to CALL IN SICK.
That's just short term trick, but the long term solution must be to mandate "non-essential" workplaces close @ a certain time.
We've already seen that under Covid lockdowns the Gov had the power to do this. Should also be done on election day, close it down and pushe em to vote. Or there's always the "Australian Modle" where voting becomes mandatory.....
You are correct! When people just keep saying "vote" like it's some cure, I want to ask them what *they* are doing to correct the forces that are stifling voting!
@@TwinFalls88 Not a great solution if you are like majority of people who would loose a days pay if they call in sick. Stop Gerrymandering so that there's a decent amount of places to vote too.
@patriciaoflynn7050
Well, just depends if they have the luxury to or not. Most would need the $ true. But tons of young teens and early 20s that live with parents could probably stand to lose a day's wage and call in sick to vote
@auntiebobbolink
There's Voting Rights Bill's in Congress. But they've been blocked by Conservative Dems. And with a 50/50 majority, we'll even 2 senators can stifle progress.
Again - why the PRIMARIES* are the most important to vote if u want a progressive candidate....
Right on, Rev. Barber! I have maintained for many years that the US works best (lives up to its promise) when there is a HEALTHY middle class. Raising the standard of living of 20-30% of the country would help ease so many of our problems…too many to go into in this space. Please keep up the good work Rev. Barber - you are on the right side of economics, politics and history.
much love for you Amy from South Africa
WELCOME HOME AMY GOODMAN. WE MISSED YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR THE BEST !
Solidarity with you brothers and sisters we shall have equity some day as long as we strive for it
what about poor people whos work isnt usually recognized as "real work" like anyone who does housework or childcare? if we actually care about poverty, why are we only extending a hand to "poor workers" and not poor people in general?
this is a disturbing grab for "worker power," not a real challenge against oppression
I do agree with this..
In what way did Reverend Barber exclude specific types of work? He said the working poor. So if you work and you're poor then you're included.
He made an excellent point about the language when he mentioned POOR working class
All talking points no action
When will the Republican middles and lower classes awaken to who is actually responsible for their tightening belts. It's not any given policy of any particular president, rather the legislation and gouging greedy corporations. I used to be a part of the middle class. Now due to becoming disabled and unmanageable Medical debt (despite Medicare), higher food and Rx costs (not inflation but gouging). I am no longer well or strong enough to continue due to the corporate robbery. The stress alone, has made me too tired. If I'm still alive, I will vote none the less. I wish I had had the opportunity to march with Rev Barber. Stay as well as possible my friend.
The new middle class is the new poor class. "poor and middle class Republican" is an misnomer. Hell, I would argue that "poor and middle class Democrat" is now a misnomer. The question is: Who will the Poor People's Campaign back as a candidate?
@@mikeferrini8884 who is there to back realistically? Had Clyburn endorsed Sanders in 2016, but alas it didn't happen. It was that move that harpooned Bernie.
@@mick8888V exactly. The two-parties are sold out to big corporate lobbying interests. We will never get a candidate on the Republican or Democrat platform that is in favor of taxing coporations at 33% flat rate and closing loopholes for corporations, while simultaneously providing single payer healthcare, affordable housing, and free education. These parties are rigged to maintain the wealth and power of the ruling class. It will take nothing short of a full voter/class revolution to stop the insanity.
They’re too easily distracted for that. All republican leaders have to say is “Look at the horrible immigrants, look at the horrible minorities, trans people, gay people, poor single women who need abortions” and they immediately forget about reality, or worse, shift the blame to places where nothing bad is happening, like teachers & schools
$15 is not a living wage. A living wage would vary, depending where you live and the cost of living; a living wage ranges from $27 to $32 an hour. Anything less than that is not living wages.
Right but $15 is twice as much as minimum wage is now. It's just a start.
You give us hope, solidarity ✊ going to a protest tomorrow in Birmingham UK, the city council are cutting youth services
excellent interview
More power to you !
Words don’t mean crap
I agree! It is humanity issues! 🌊🌊🌊🇺🇸
Yes, it's the 'working poor'.
We need more Bishop Barber
When you realize your government has investment in your failure and not your success
"The Poor People's Campaign" sure didn't work in the 60's . . .
Look up "PRINCETON STUDY OF 2014". Neither corporate party will make laws for THE PEOPLE.
Cornell west for president
When Aristotle and James Madison were given the same question about democracy and we don’t live in a democracy
we live in an inverse totalitarian regime according to Sheldon Wallen, Chris Hedges Noam Chomsky
And Cornell west
Madison thought that we should limit democracy
that we should not have an excess of democracy because then
The poor, who were many would take their voting rights
And have an agrarian reform
And Landon money would have to be shared with them, and the rich don’t like that
Aristotle, when questioned about democracy thought we should have an excess of democracy
That if the poor were treated with too much indignation
They would rise up, and that would be very bad for the rich
Cornell west goes with Aristotle the inventor of democracy and they feel that we should have an excess of democracy
That everyone should have a vote
And no one should be left out
For instance, there’s no street people in Germany
In America, they close mental homes and other facilities and leave people out on the street
If you ever watched Mel Brooks, history of the world, part two
The Roman senators are questioned
should we continue to build lavish palaces for the rich
Or should we aspire to do something better and feed and house the poor?
The Roman senators answer is the same as the American senators answer today
Which was fuck the poor
Cornell west is not a fuck the poor kind of guy
He is a hate the sin love the sinner kind of guy
He does not want to chip away at poverty
He wants to abolish it
He does not want to chip away at hunger. He wants to abolish it
He does not want to chip away at Street people
He wants to abolish it
He doesn’t want the new deal of FDR to be further chipped away at
He wants to replace it and add to it
He wants to replace glass Steagall and stop Banks from going under
He’s against war
He’s for choice
He wants to replace roe versus wade
My industry has never been unionized
I’m 60 I make $15 less an hour than I did 25 years ago
I’ve never had a benefit
I’m ill
I’ve been ripped off in legal cases where I was forced to accept a plea, bargain or settlement
He is for we, the people
he is against big corporations that rip us off
He has integrity. He has faith, and he is the top intellectual on planet earth today.
If you want to say that Noam, Chomsky is the top intellectual on planet earth today you can
Then Cornell west, is the top black intellectual, or the planet today
He is a philosophy professor
What happened to the philosophy kings who would save the world?
Cornell is against the kings
He doesn’t think anyone was put here to rule anyone
But if anyone has an understanding of how to save us, it’s him
The top intellectual in the area of philosophy on planet earth today
And I am from planet earth
That’s why I’m for Cornell
You might like my book that has trump, and uncle Sam tugofwarring the Earth over the pit of hell with Covid bats flying out
That’s what politics today makes me feel like
That’s why I’m voting for Cornell West
Dr Jill Stein for the Green Party is a fantastic choice, though Dr West's bulleted list of Justice goals is more revolutionary. To carry it out would change our society and our world.
GM Amy Goodman, thank you.
From day one, Dr. Cornel West has included the term poor people in his group of people he intends to represent. Don't forget that people!
He absolutely has my vote and he *can* win with this kind of mobilization.
Cornell West for president!!❤
Rev Barber presents cogent arguments!
Awesome!
I do hope you are working with Marianne Williamson. Thank you so much for caring for us and giving us hope.
She has dropped out.
This what we need
It's the only way the poor can make a difference
Cause I work hard and never get up
If I want to save it means I don't eat..
We all need
Robert .........
God bless
Love your productions
Coverage of life - real people
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It really seems that too many younger people have forgotten about the American Dream and how much you had to go without to pay for the nice home, car, clothes... whatever it was, to afford it, you saved and waited until you could get it. You appreciated what you had more because of how hard you worked to get it. You whiney children know nothing of working until your body is broken and weekends are recovery to go back to work another week for decades. You want everything but you have not put in the time, work, and sacrifice to have it yet. Stop spending every dime and save your money.
We will bring peace via equality of opportunity by standing together as one organized body, focused without compromise on common sense solutions for lifting the fallen and safe keeping our children, elderly and vulnerable. This is where we become a moral authority. ❤❤❤
0:15: ⚖️ Empowering poor and low-wage voters for 2024 election through mobilization efforts.
4:01: ⚖️ Empowering poor and low-wage voters to potentially influence the outcome of the 2024 election.
6:44: ⚖️ Challenging capitalism's impact on marginalized groups and advocating for a unified movement.
9:40: 💼 Labor movement's duty to address societal issues for better working conditions and wages.
12:35: 💪 Empowerment of poor and low-wage workers crucial in elections due to their significant presence in battleground states.
Timestamps by Tammy AI
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*Unions need to hit harder than ever right now.*
Rev Barber does th Lord’s work !
Let’s all just vote for third party. Take their power away.
Go for it never surrender. It's about Decency. Good capital or bad capital the question 😮
For March Seed❤
POOR POOR YES THIS IS THE WORD
Completely agreed! I am with Dr. Barbar on this and am delighted with this crusade; however, I am flabbergasted that one of the most effective instruments for the elimination of poverty is never mentioned: making biological fathers responsible for their offspring.
As a black person, I say that this is especially true for the black family in which 68 percent of our kids are reared in homes without a dad being there. These children are almost 50 percent more likely to experience poverty, just one of many other tribulations. Why is this always avoided when it is right in our faces?
This is ALREADY the law. i.e. Child Support laws.
Yet. When the father is unable (due to being deceased, disabled, or in jail)....... the STATE, the GOV needs to step in to help these Single Parents !
Why should a single mother have to work 3x jobs?? Who is raising the kids @ that point?? Nobody. They're "latchkey kids" basically.
If the Gov. gave more assistance, then they wouldn't have to work so may jobs, and could actually raise up the kids.
PLEASE RESEARCH: Why TANF should be rolled back, and AFDC should be resurrected and re-installed !
AFDC was a much superior program to TANF
Those laws are not enforced due to the father-absence rate being so massive: 72 percent of black kids are birthed out-of-wedlock, a rate that was 17 percent at my birth in 1945. And I think it rather unlikely that most of the 68 percent of black children being raised in fatherless homes have dads that are disabled, imprisoned, or deceased, for that would be a lot in incapacitated people. The black family is broken.
On US Facts you will see the correlation between family make-up and poverty rate: Married no Children, 3.8%; Married w/Children 5.4%; Male No Spouse, 15.5% and Female no Spouse, 31.3%.
There is a big 26 percent gap between married families and females with no spouse.
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@@johnwashington9292
Why not give these single parents, most of them women with children, more resources ???
You fail to mention other socioeconomic factors such as the destruction of organized labor (which was stronger when you were born than it is now, weak and almost nonexistent). Back then 1 parent could have 1 jobs. Nowadays the corporations exploit everyone and make it almost impossible to raise a family on 1 job. There was also the G.I. Bill that allowed many to go to College free of charge after WW2. Not to mention the U.S. was at it's pinnacle of economic power at that time. Then there is the issue of drugs. Why don't we fund drug treatment for people as a society? We sure don't seem to care about wasting it on useless foreign wars.......
More $ needs to be given to single parents, which will also help their kids, thus break the generational cycle that's going on right now. kids who have a mom with 2 or 3 jobs aren't being raised and given that personal attention and care they need.
I wish Barber would speak out about the genocide
I agree with you.
tax money is for the poor. this a right and not a charity..
And poor don't mean uneducated. People with advanced degrees are also living poor.
Revolutionary
Very fube episode, and interesting. I wish them great success with the 2024 Presidential election(s).
I fully agree with this..being from rural alabama..i feel like its a losing battle. This is a capitalist ran country..they have all the control and now even the presidential candidates or at least one is an extreme capitalist..so where is the victory for us gonna come from??
Right on! Everyone and every vote matters! The masses must get out there to vote and make a difference in the USA. Good always trumps Evil! The world is watching.
If the people who are voted in power are not working for the people who sent them there then all is lost.
Every company that stands on the back of american worker should provide a pension period...fewer companies offer a pension and its a shame
Who would knock on doors in america today? How many instances have we had of people being murdered for knocking on a door or pulling into a driveway?
Welfare won’t help end poverty we gotta teach people to fish
when the money runs dry who’s paying for the unions, there is job security it’s BS
I said that they don't understand about the Voting system.
Keep fighting. Stand firm for justice. Stand firm for justice. Free yourselves from these unjust people. Free yourselves like free Palestine
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At least I am glad that Mr. Zweig clearly states the reasons why a very high percentage of the population lives in poverty. Here in Europe since Margaret Thatcher 30%, when the factories went to China and other Asian countries. After the so-called Pandemic it seems to have increased. How do they want to change it, if it is even embarrassing to look at the situation they are in and the very little ability to unite they have ..... very much to the liking of the Establishment. ?
At the same time, I don't understand the American preoccupation with gender when there is poverty. Haven't they realised yet who benefits from so many supposedly different genders and why the Establishment likes to create confusion and mental problems? Why don't we leave the human being as a human being?
They don't realise the manipulation of the masses ....
Affirmative Action in 1970s gave US Minorities Hiring and Education PRIVILEGE Over Whites, to let minorities 'pull themselves up by their bootstraps', although that hasn't happened. The Federal Law does NOT apply to religion, which is why Gender is so hotly fought over, claiming it is 'baked in at birth'. If Gender is chosen, then no privileged hiring or education. If Gender is innate at birth, that creates another protected minority. Imagine if Losers On Jeopardy became a recognized minority, everyone would pile into.Jeopardy, hoping for the privilege of Federal student loan forgiveness and free Welfare.: )
Even $15 is insufficient !
colony life fr. I'm exhausted upholding the status quo
Fifteen dollars a hour isn't living wages...
Why there is poor people camping isn't across the board....
This distinguished man never tires of siding with the poor.
I agree with everything Mr Zweig is saying and what Bishop Barber is standing for but is the US ready for this movement after being brainwashed into thinking that this is socialism?
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They don't vote. That's the problem.
that's right we deserve before
Vote Claudia De La Cruz and Karina Garcia!
I like their socialist platform, but they will struggle to get on the ballots of most states, Same with Cornell West. Green Party has an almost identical platform and Stein is on track to get on all 50 states' ballots.
Jill Stein For President 2024! Green Party for all other elected positions 2024!
How do i help with this movement? What is the website for community involvement and organization locally?
tax money is the right for poor, homeless and debt-ridden. these category of people should not beg for it, it should given to them with full dignity.
It is because the politicians you vote for care about AIPAC then your WELL BEING. Other lobbyists for corporations have bought your reps in gov
Change who you vote for. That's the only way to get government back in the hands of the people. At least the caring people. The tRump cult is all in for their racist party, but a total switch for the Dem voters to Green will get the win for POTUS. Then work our way to successes in the down ballots.
Jill Stein For President 2024! Green Party for all other elected positions 2024!
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And yet we talk vote vote vote..but year in and year out we are still having this conversation so it looks as if voting is getting us nowhere except voting to make someone else rich and popular.
Dear Amy. I like your program very much. You are informing us about the situation in Gaza. But you are telling very little about the russian-ucranian war. There is no información about the Tacker Crlson's interview with Vlodimir Putin. Do you think it is't important?
Vote green! 🌱 Jill Stein 2024 🙏
The house of cards is too tall,,, Will it all come crashing down ???
Jill Stein 2024
Green Party for all other elected offices 2024!
THE IS HAS ONLY ONE THING I ABSOLUTELY RESPECT, THE WORKING CLASS. NO HEALTHCARE, NO BENEFITS, NO SUPPORT, PROFESSIONALS WORKING THREE JOBS TO KEEP A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD. ALL WHILE THE RICH GET CRAZIER, RACIST AND GREEDIER BY THE THE MINUTE.
Power to the people! Power to the people! Power to the people!
Yes! Stop dividing the low-income by race and the controlling elite don't stand a chance.
There reset of things, we the people vs robotics and their purpose to eliminate union, and over phone services. During the pandemic,I noticed the changes in the doctor office between registration nurses and substitute of robotics on wheels on every floor instead of people to people sort of service.
The one who I absolutely don't understand is Jill Biden. How could she, if she has a trace of decency, allow her husband out in public? To go doddering about like a 'Tales from the Crypt' machination. What is her motivation? Isn’t she humiliated? With herself even more so than him for allowing him outside? Why does she she allow it?
We missed you Amy
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Profit maximization only cares about the very few on the top
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vote them all out, they are bought out!
You can't vote them out without voting someone in. Who do you recommend? They are ALL in cahoots
@@mikeferrini8884 Jill Stein For President 2024! Green Party for all other elected positions 2024!
Vote out the lying Democrats
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Cornel West 2024! 🎉
Why do you have to put it on poor people? Rich people have all the power!
Dump Trump. Say No to Genocide Joe. Vote Green. Jill Stein for President 💚
I wish Stein and West would come together
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