On May 21, 2018, after a morning action at the new McDonald’s headquarters in Chicago, busloads ?of activists from the? Poor People?'?s Campaign and? the? Fight For $15 ?travelled to Springfield, Illinois, and ?occup?led? the Capitol building? for over two Approximately 100 people engaged in civil disobedience inside the building, by sitting down and blocking entrances?. N?o one was arrested. ?The Poor People’s Campaign: A Call For A Moral Revival launched a call for 40?-?days of civil disobedience?, taking on issues like poverty, racism, environmental destruction and the war economy.


On May 21, 2018, after a morning action at the new McDonald’s headquarters in Chicago, busloads ?of activists from the? Poor People?'?s Campaign and? the? Fight For $15 ?travelled to Springfield, Illinois, and ?occup?led? the Capitol building? for over two Approximately 100 people engaged in civil disobedience inside the building, by sitting down and blocking entrances?. N?o one was arrested. ?The Poor People’s Campaign: A Call For A Moral Revival launched a call for 40?-?days of civil disobedience?, taking on issues like poverty, racism, environmental destruction and the war economy. ?Since its launch on May 14, 2018, over 39 states, including the District of Columbia, along with grassroots organizations?,? have aligned themselves with this growing movement. (Photo by Michael Nigro) (Photo by Michael Nigro / Pacific Press)


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