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No One Can Be A King Unless We Bow

What a moral witness offers in the face of authoritarianism

William J. Barber, II and April Ryan
Jun 13
 
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I was glad to join April Ryan for Tea with The Contrarian this week.

We talked about the illegal deployment of US soldiers to Los Angeles, the abuse of Senator Alex Padilla, the big, ugly, deadly (and incredibly unpopular) bill in Congress, and why we can’t bow down when authoritarians try to instill fear.

Tomorrow, more than 2,000 communities across the United States and around the world will host No Kings Day protests. I encourage you to join one near you. I will be speaking at the flagship event in Philadelphia. You can watch a livestream here, starting at 1pm ET on June 14.

We’ll share the speech, along with an OpEd I’ve written with Indivisible’s Leah Greenberg, later this weekend here on Our Moral Moment.

No Kings isn’t just a day. It’s another step toward building a moral movement that can reconstruct American democracy.

I hope you’ll also make plans to join us June 30th for our next Moral Monday in DC.

A guest post by
April Ryan
Longest Serving Black White House Correspondent in History Washington Bureau Chief and White House Correspondent for Black Press USA. Author, Speaker, Mother and Wife.
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