One Nation Working Together

Several progressive groups are descending upon Washington tomorrow for the One Nation Working Together rally at the Lincoln Memorial to demonstrate for better jobs, livable wages, and a tax system that doesn't penalize the bottom 98 percent of the American population. They hope to advance the cause of racial and gender equality and the cause of the rights of working people. And naturally, right-wing pundits, if they mention it at all, are trying to dismiss the planned rally as a joke. Glenn Beck has written it off as a collection of un-American organizations who, in different times, would be on an FBI watch list. At least Beck has acknowledged the rally; many news organizations haven't even paid attention to it. But the organizations and individuals taking part are going to make sure that they're heard.

And not just tomorrow on the Washington Mall. After tomorrow, the One Nation movement plans to keep working to organize liberal voters, encourage them to come out in November, and thwart the advance of the tea Party movement to bring about the real change that many of us could believe in when we voted in 2008. Some polls in various campaigns - Senate races in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and California, among others, as well as the California governor's race - show some tightening and gives Democratic candidates hope. Rallies come and go, but One Nation hopes to be a movement - beyond the 2010 midterm elections. Can it succeed? Let's see. :-)

For more information on the One Nation Working Together movement, go here.