Standing Ovation!! Progressive Speech: Rabbi Lerner, Ali Funeral

[Equinox Moon]

This speech will have you on your feet clapping in solidarity!!!
Rabbi Lerner -- Spot On!!!
(Ovation of 14,000 people is cut from the end of this clip. It happened!)

www.SpiritualProgressives.org

[Night Watchman]

1. Amen

Not religious myself, but this guy brought it!

[awoke_in_2003]

16. Welcome to DU...

I am an atheist, but this guy was good. I'd break matzo with him.

[Stellar]

2. hear, hear!

I was spell bound! He spoke for all the human being on Earth!

[Equinox Moon]

13. Agreed!

[Jack Rabbit]

3. It sounds like my platform

Regardless of the one the Democrats write.

[Equinox Moon]

14. Me too, love the progressive agenda!

[Joey Liberal]

4. Wonderful!

This Rabbi is awesome! He speaks for me!

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Lerner is the editor of Tikkun, which is a magazine and site I frequently read and highly recommend

http://www.tikkun.org/nextgen/

[underpants]

10. Thanks

[BlueMTexpat]

6. I am a long-time admirer

of Rabbi Lerner and Tikkun. http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/

Rabbi Lerner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lerner_(rabbi)

Fill disclosure: I am a recovering Catholic and basically agnostic.

[Sophiegirl]

7. WOW!!!

Just....WOW!!!!

[Equinox Moon]

8. "We will not tolerate politicians...

or anyone else putting down Muslims and blaming Muslims for a few people..."

[Lucky Luciano]

9. Sounds like he could write Bernie's platform! nt

[Equinox Moon]

11. Transcribed speech of Rabbi Lerner... (key points)

(Words/speech of Rabbi Michael Lerner at Ali Funeral)

“It is up to us…to speak truth to power. We must speak out, refuse to follow the path of conformity to the rules of the game in life. Tell the 1% that own 80% of the wealth of this country, that it is time to share that wealth. Tell the politicians that use violence worldwide and then preach non-violence to the oppressed. That it is time to end their drone-warfare and any other kind of warfare close our bases around the world to bring the troops home. Tell those who created mass incarceration that it is time to create a guaranteed income for everyone in our society. Tell judges to let out of prison the many African American’s swept up by racist police and imprisoned by racist judges. Many are imprisoned today for offenses like possessing marijuana that white people get away with all the time. Tell our elected officials to imprison those who authorize torture and those who ran the big banks and investment companies that caused the economic collapse of 2008. Tell the leaders of Turkey to stop killing the Kurd's. Tell Prime Minister Netanyahu that the way to get security for Israel is to stop the occupation of the West Bank and to help create a Palestinian State.

Tell the next President of the United States that She. Tell the next President of the United States that She should seek a constitutional amendment to make all National and State elections funded by congress and the State Legislatures and all sources of money be banned, including money from corporations, from individuals --- all other money --- to make it all public funding.

Tell Her that the way to achieve homeland security is not for us to try new ways of domination. The strategy of domination of the world – of the other – to get security has been tried for the past 10,000 years and it doesn’t work! The way to get security is for the United States to become known as the most generous and caring Country in the world, not the most powerful. We can start with a global and domestic marshal plan to once and for all to end global and domestic poverty, homelessness, hunger, inadequate education and inadequate health care…”

(Words/speech of Rabbi Michael Lerner at Ali Funeral)

[Duppers]

12. Wow! Kick.

[chapdrum]

15. Interesting to see how this played

to people like Bill Clinton, et al.

Notice that near the end (or "end&quot of his speech, someone come up to the dais, and then it was over.