Subject:
New Film on Economic Justice and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Dream
Date: January 20, 2008

The message below is from Brave New Films, the people who offered the wonderful “Mothers’ Day” and “Fathers’ Day” films last year that many of you thanked us for making available.

Brave New Films

Monday we honor Dr. King's birthday. We all know him because of his historic impact on civil rights, but many don't realize that later in life he fought just as passionately for the rights of workers and against the entrenched institutions of injustice.

"Equality means dignity. And dignity demands a job and a paycheck that lasts through the week."

This second offering in Brave New Films series, “The War on Greed” is exactly this kind of fight. The livelihoods of families have been directly attacked by the actions of buyout billionaires like Henry Kravis putting Wall Street's special interests ahead of his 800,000 employees... and pocketing $51,000 an hour in the process.

Watch the video: http://warongreed.org/dreams.php

The first step the moves us from this film must be in restoring fait tax rates for buyout billionaires who have received huge federal cuts over the past decades. It will not solve all the problems, but it is a strong and forceful beginning. With the presidential campaigns underway, it is the perfect time to force this issue into the campaigns.

As our friend Rev. Yearwood, leader of the Hip Hop Caucus, has said: "We are facing a lunch counter moment for the 21st century."

Please join us at our virtual lunch counter by viewing the video and then signing the petition to all presidential candidates demanding they pledge to close the loopholes and tax the tax dodgers.

People are hurting, badly, and we must take beginning steps to bring the issue of corporate greed and economic equality to the nation's attention.

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