democratic socialism
âEveryone deserves to be wearing a nice coat like Bernie Sanders,â said a prominent democratic socialist.
The growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement is still taboo for Democrats.
They realized that the âtrickle-down economicsâ theory didnât work.
The clashes follow a slew of recent incidents of violence at Trump rallies, in which protesters and journalists have been punched, tackled and hustled out of venues.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
King was a radical. He challenged America's class system and its racial caste system. He was a strong ally of the nation's labor union movement. He was assassinated in April 1968 in Memphis, where he had gone to support a sanitation workers' strike. In his critique of American society and his strategy for changing it, King pushed the country toward more democracy and social justice.
"Real freedom must include economic security."
He plans to give a speech explaining the definition of democratic socialism and its positive aspects.
But he admits it could take more than higher contributions from the top 1 percent alone.