Today We Are One

August 09, 2011

Forty-three years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, where he had traveled to support AFSCME sanitation workers striking for the right to collective bargaining. The struggle for workers’ rights continues today in Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida, New Hampshire, Michigan and other states throughout the country.

We invite you to watch a short video we’ve created about this on-going struggle. Legendary soul and R&B singer and musician Aaron Neville recorded the song “America the Beautiful” especially for this commemoration.

More than 1,000 “We Are One” events are being held across the country — including the 43rd Annual March in Memphis today — to honor the legacy of Dr. King, commemorate the anniversary of his death, and oppose the assault on public employees by elected officials bought and paid for by corporate interests.

Please be sure to read the op-ed “American middle class is against a wall” by Pres. Gerald W. McEntee and Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) that appeared in the Memphis Commercial Appeal this past weekend.

Yes, the struggle continues but together we will prevail.