Rev. Ben Chavis, co-coordinator of the National Black Independent Political Party (NBIPP), opened the rally with the following invocation:

“As we stand on the grounds of the Capitol of the United States of America, we know—we know, Oh God, what it’s like to be Black in America. We know what it’s like to be poor in America. We know what it’s like to be hungry in America. And we come here today, Oh God, praying for thy spirit and thy strength to give us the courage to fight back the racism of Ronald Reagan. To fight back and to make Martin Luther King’s birthday a national holiday.”  
 
January 28, 1957
For the second year in a row, President Eisenhower has proposed the largest peacetime budget in history. Forty-five billion dollars, or roughly two-thirds of the entire budget for the fiscal year beginning next July, will be spent in the United States and abroad to prepare for nuclear war. Another ten percent, or $7.4 billion will go directly into the coffers of big corporations, banks and insurance companies as “interest” on the national debt.

It’s the duty of the American Labor movement to oppose the atomic war budget with all its strength. In the first place the budget provides only a pittance for social welfare. Secondly, the budget proposes to utilize the wealth produced by American workers and farmers to deliver atomic death and destruction to the insurgent colonial peoples who are rightfully fighting for their freedom.  
 
January 30, 1932
We are sure that Unser Kamf [“Our Struggle” in Yiddish] will delight our comrades: for the first time comrade Trotsky’s article on the situation in Germany will be printed in the Jewish language. Greetings from our French comrades, who hope to spread Unser Kamf among hundreds of Jewish speaking workers in France. Letters from our comrades relating to the struggles in their localities and in the particular industries from all over the country.

Every Jewish-speaking worker a subscriber to Unser Kamf should become your motto. Do your share to make this slogan a reality.

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