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News. Sources. GMM Facebook. Vote for cannabis! [33]. Ballotpedia: marijuana and minimum wage. US minimum wage has 35% less buying power than in 1969. [34]. Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell will not take up minimum wage issue, and Trump says he will veto it. And: ‘A Tale of 2 recessions’: Rich Americans get richer. Bottom half struggles. Skyrocketing hunger in US. [35][36][37]. And: Trump paid no federal income tax 10 out of 15 years. [38][39][40][41]. Remove Presidential veto power. Presidents should not determine legislation.
12 Jan 2021: Mexico. After 3-year delay, medical marijuana will be legal as of Jan 13, 2021. 10 Jan 2021: Call for UK prisons to trial free cannabis to see if it cuts drug deaths.
30 Dec 2020: New Georgia Senate runoff poll finds Democrats' leads widening . "Everybody fundamentally understands that it's going to become an issue of partisan turnout". 27 Dec 2020: Teens expand TikTok playbook to help Democrats in Georgia runoffs.
21 Dec 2020: Robert E. Lee statue removed from U.S. Capitol. Virginia plans to replace the statue of Confederate general Lee with one of civil rights icon Barbara Johns. 17 Dec 2020: High Times Greats: Milla Jovovich. Story republished from November, 1994 issue of High Times. In honor of Milla Jovovich’s birthday on December 17, 1975.
Action Alert: Start Making Calls for Georgia GOTV! (Get Out The Vote!) - SSDP. Students for Sensible Drug Policy. And donate money. [60][61]. "Students for Sensible Drug Policy is encouraging all of our U.S. members, alumni, and supporters to start making calls and get out the vote for Georgia’s special election on January 5th. ... The MORE Act, ... is looking to face a much more difficult fight in the Senate. ... We can not afford to wait two, four, or six more years for better legislators while marginalized people are being arrested for minor marijuana offenses." 11 Dec: What 100 Years of History Tells Us About Racism in Policing. "Again and again, commissions convened to examine why police brutality sparks unrest have come to the same conclusion: We must address the poverty and systemic racism that go hand in hand with policing communities of color."
9 Dec 2020: Man believed to be the longest-serving nonviolent cannabis prisoner, with a 90-year sentence, released: ‘I’m a blessed human being, a survivor’. [62]. Richard DeLisi released in Florida at age 71 after serving 31 years. See also: FreeDeLisi.com. 4 Dec 2020: New Jersey Legislature, Democratic Governor Murphy Reach Agreement on Marijuana Legalization. Final legalization bill expected to pass, and be signed by governor.
2 Dec 2020: Morocco Votes ‘Yes’ in Historic Successful UN Vote on Medical Cannabis.
22 Nov: California cannabis industry banking on bills stalled in Republican Senate. A proposal to ease the federal ban on marijuana could encourage more banks to do business with cannabis companies.
19 Nov 2020: Vote in Mexico brings world's largest legal weed market one step closer. [70][71][72].
16 Nov: Democrat Northam: ‘We are going to move forward with legalizing marijuana in Virginia’. [73].
12 Nov 2020: Israel announces plan to legalize recreational cannabis within 9 months. [76]. 12 Nov: Argentina to Allow Medicinal Marijuana to Be Grown at Home. Will also allow pharmacies to sell cannabis-derived oils, creams and other products. Insurance must cover the cost of prescriptions.
4 Nov 2020: 1 in 3 Americans now lives in a state where recreational marijuana is legal - POLITICO. "New Jersey, Arizona and Montana passed measures to legalize adult-use marijuana. South Dakota became the first state to authorize both medical and recreational sales at the same time. ... South Dakota and Mississippi voters also approved measures to legalize medical marijuana on Election Day." 30 Oct: Germany firmly rejects recreational marijuana legalization bill as hope fades for reform.
Google searches: Racism and drug war. [79][80]. And: ICU beds at capacity. [81][82]. 2020 Ballot Initiatives.
How to Track Your Absentee Ballot by State. See if ballot received. 26 Oct 2020: Jubilation as Chile votes to rewrite constitution. "Chileans have voted overwhelmingly in support of rewriting their constitution, which dates to the dictatorship of Gen Augusto Pinochet [installed in a CIA-aided coup in 1973 that killed Salvador Allende, a democratically elected President]." 14 Oct: Tampa business, Disco Dolls, joins coalition to raise minimum wage via Amendment 2.
9 and 15 Oct: Bernie Sanders Facebook page graphics below. 7 Oct 2020. Dumping Trump is the only way marijuana legalization will happen | Leafly. 1 Oct 2020: OSU Hemp Trial Could Change Livestock & Hemp Industries. 28 Sep: Top 9 arguments in support of marijuana legalization and regulation.
26 Sep: Biden says Amy Coney Barrett will overturn Obamacare if confirmed to the Supreme Court.
16 Sep 2020: Cannabis Pilot Programs Are Sprouting in Europe. Switzerland's trial legalization.
12 Sep 2020: These US states are voting on cannabis legalization this November. Facebook event: South Africa Global Cannabis E-Protest. September 12-19, 2020. Banner below.
Marijuana on the ballot - Ballotpedia. Scroll down to 2020. How vote by mail works in all 50 states for Election Day 2020 "Here's how each state and the District of Columbia is handling elections this year." 10 Sep 2020: Jimmy Carter says son smoked pot with Willie Nelson at the White House. 5 Sep 2020: Marijuana Is Making Its Mark on Ballots in Republican States. "Republican-led legislatures have opposed legalization measures, so proponents are going right to the voters."
3 Sep 2020: In ‘landmark decision’, Pakistan approves industrial use of hemp and medical cannabis.
1 Sep 2020: Nearly 14% of Americans have wiped out emergency savings during coronavirus. Countries with more people wearing face masks have much lower Covid-19 death rates. [87]. Chart below from BBC: Coronavirus: Japan's mysteriously low virus death rate. See more charts. [88][89][90]. See Wikipedia: COVID-19 pandemic death rates by country.
Republicans have declared War on the Middle Class. 22 Oct 2019: Average French households 'more wealthy than Americans and Germans', new study reveals. See median-wealth chart. See graphic below about how Trump Republicans transferred wealth from average American households to the rich. Trump signed tax law that gave 83% of benefits to the top 1%. Germany has a much lower murder rate than the USA. Also, Germany has better health indicators, and its healthcare cost per person is half US cost (all costs, public and private). US Republicans Voted Often to Kill Coverage of Pre-Existing Conditions. [92][93][94]. Medicare spends less than 2 percent on bureaucracy. 1.4% to be exact. See chart. We need Medicare for All. Nearly a third of our health care dollars go to something other than health care. See also:
See: More News. And: Cannabis is safer. Vote out most Republicans and their cannabis war. CannabisVoter.info - Click your state to see which anti-cannabis Republicans to vote out. This news feed may have long lapses.
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Contents
- 1 Table top
- 2 Top
- 3 Links
- 4 Info
- 5 Global Cannabis March. 420
- 6 2020
- 7 2019
- 8 2018
- 9 2017
- 10 2016
- 11 2015
- 12 2014
- 13 2013
- 14 2012
- 15 2011
- 16 2010
- 17 2009
- 18 2008
- 19 2007
- 20 2006
- 21 2005
- 22 2004
- 23 2003
- 24 2002
- 25 2001
- 26 2000
- 27 1999
- 28 1998
- 29 1978
- 30 1976
- 31 1973
- 32 1967
- 33 1965
- 34 1964
- 35 Global March overview
- 36 Site navigation
- 37 Cannabis is safer.
- 38 Trump's far-right Republicans
- 39 GOP taxes screw middle class
- 40 Falling inflation-adjusted wages
- 41 US has stingiest minimum wage
- 42 US has high wealth inequality
- 43 US has high income inequality
- 44 Massive US household debt
- 45 Massive US medical debt
- 46 Progressive Republicans:
- 47 President Eisenhower. 1953
- 48 His 91% top marginal tax rate
- 49 Equaled prosperity for more
- 50 President Abraham Lincoln
- 51 Categories
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Links[edit]
Facebook:
More links:
- Twitter: CannabisParadeNYC (@GanjaNYC) | Twitter.
- Instagram: NYC Cannabis Parade (@cannabisparade) • Instagram photos and videos.
- NYC Cannabis Parade | The Founding Chapter of The Global Marijuana March.
- A brief history of the Marijuana March. Archive.
- Cures Not Wars. See archive too. Its timeline offers various versions over the years.
- Category:Dana Beal.
- Portal: Dana Beal.
- United States. Cannabis-related links.
- Wikipedia: Cannabis in New York (state).
Wikipedia: Cannabis by country.
Search for: marijuana march videos. And more.
Find GMM graphics and other event graphics.
Global Marijuana March Links.
Flat list: Event graphics & photos. Alphabetical.
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Medical Cannabis Worldwide. (zoomable English map). And: Spanish.
-Commons: Category: Cannabis by country.
See: Google Translate. And: Firefox addon.
Add local or regional links
Info[edit]
- Google Maps: New York City.
- Google images: New York City.
- Wikipedia: New York City.
- Wikitravel: New York City.
- Wikivoyage: New York City.
Search: Wikipedia. Wikitravel. Wikivoyage.
CannabisVoter.info -- Vote for cannabis
- Cannabis news sources. And: Cannabis event lists and calendars.
- Drug Policy Organizations (from MAP). US cannabis organizations. And: Canada. State, province, nation from Area menu. Can also sort by topic. See advanced power search. It can search news, and it can Google search many organizations (choose one from menu).
- News Source Directory (from MAP). State, province, nation from Area menu. Or A-Z from Source menu. Google search MAP site for news, sources, topics, city, state, province, nation, organizations, etc..
- Marijuana Travel Database. Marijuana and travel reports, cities, countries, smoking laws, legality.
- WeBeHigh.org - Click "Travel Guides" button at top for continents. By U.S. state. And: Google site search.
- Marijuana Dispensary & Strain Reviews - Leafly.
- SmokeShops.com | Smoke Shops, Head Shops, Vape Shops, CBD Stores, Dispensaries.
- PotGuide.com | Comprehensive Guide to the World of Marijuana.
- LonelyCannabis.com - World's best cannabis travel guide.
- Facebook: Global Marijuana March. [95][96][97].
Global Cannabis March. 420[edit]
Google site search no longer works well. It does not find all the yearly city lists containing a city name.
Special:Search works well. Click: "Global Marijuana March maps". Add city name to search, and state/province/nation as needed. This is an advanced search of main pages and templates. This will pull up all yearly maps in which the city is listed. Except for 2015, 2016, or 2017 in which only countries were listed for the most part. Putting quotes around multi-word city names helps focus the search: "New York City".
This city, nation, or subnational area participated or signed up one year (or more) for the Global Marijuana March (GMM), Million Marijuana March (MMM), or 420. Cities and nations holding 4/20 events are also included in later years. Yearly maps: 41 nations participated on April 20 and May 4, 2019, or thereabouts. 42 nations participated on May 5, 2018, or thereabouts. 42 nations participated on May 6, 2017, or thereabouts. 45 nations participated on May 7, 2016, or thereabouts. 43 nations participated on May 2, 2015, or thereabouts. 213 cities from 43 nations signed up for May 3, 2014 or thereabouts.
1035 cities have participated from 85 nations or subnational areas since 1999.
Browse GCM city lists and maps: ~ 1999. 2000. 1.2.3.4.5. 6.7.8.9.10. 11.12.13.14.15. 16.17.18.19.20. Yearly event links in most cases will no longer be added to city pages due to the amount of work involved. Such links are found in the yearly city lists and maps. Graphics and crowd photos will also no longer be added to city pages in most cases. Graphics and photos can be found in this alphabetical flat list.
2020[edit]
Return to top. See 2020 Global Cannabis March and 420 map. And: 420 event lists.
April 18: The Annual 420 Reggae Fiesta on the River with Dub Is a Weapon. [98]
May 2: Facebook event page: NYC Cannabis Parade & Rally 2020. And: Legalize it! Stop quarantining the weed! The Village Sun.
May 2: Digital Facebook event: Virtual NYC Cannabis Parade & Rally 2020.
2019[edit]
Return to top. See 2019 Global Marijuana March and 420 event map. And: 420 event lists.
April 20: [99][100]. May 4: [101][102][103][104][105][106][107][108].
May 4:
- Facebook: NYC Cannabis Parade & Rally.
- Facebook: NYC Cannabis Parade & Rally - Official After Party.
- NYC Cannabis Parade.
- 2019 Lineup.
- These New Yorkers Love Weed So Much They Threw a Whole Parade for It - VICE.
April 20:
- Brent’s 8th annual WEEDPOCALYPSE Tickets, Sat Apr 20, 2019 at 4:20 PM | Eventbrite.
- Facebook: Brent's 8th Annual WEEDPOCALYPSE.
2018[edit]
Return to top. See 2018 Global Marijuana March and 420 events. And: 420 event lists.

May 5:
- Facebook: NYC Cannabis Parade & Rally 2018.
- At NYC's Cannabis Parade, Racial Justice Was A Major Topic Of Conversation. May 7, 2018 article by Mona Zhang.
- 2018 Lineup.
420:
- Best 4/20 events in NYC for celebrating the National weed holiday.
- 420: The Musical | Things to do in New York.
Brooklyn 420:
- 420: A Ganjapalooza | Cannabis & Marijuana Events | Cannafo.com [109].
- Facebook: 7th Annual Weedpocalypse: Smoke On The Water.
- Hitting the high notes! Musical comedy ‘420’ celebrates weed | Brooklyn Paper.
2017[edit]
Return to top. See 2017 Global Marijuana March and 420 events. And: 420 event lists.
April 20, 2017:
May 6, 2017:
- While Others Sipped Juleps, Cannabis Marchers Sparked Up For Change In Cities Around The World. By Janet Burns. Forbes. Article is about New York City march and rally. A video may pop up in front of text, and can't be removed. If so, in Firefox you can toggle to reader view by clicking the icon at the end of the location bar. Or by clicking the F9 key. It changes the format, and the video is no longer a problem.
- NYC’s potheads march in annual parade. By Khristina Narizhnaya and Dean Balsamini. New York Post.
- Facebook: NYC Cannabis Parade and Rally - 2017.
- 2017 Lineup.
2016[edit]
Return to top. See 2016 Global Marijuana March and 420 events. And: 420 event lists.
May 7:
- Facebook: NYC Cannabis Parade 2016.
- 2016 Lineup.
2015[edit]
Return to top. See 2015 Global Marijuana March and 420 map. And: 420 event lists.
May 2, GMM:
- Facebook: NYC Cannabis Parade 2015.
- 2015 Lineup.

2014[edit]
Return to top. See 2014 Global Marijuana March and 420 map. And: 420 event lists.
April 20:
- 420 Day 2014 in New York | 420 Day Events.
- 420 Legalize NY Concert in Williamsburg, Apr 20, 2014 9:00 pm | Party Earth.
May 3, GMM:
2013[edit]
Return to top. See 2013 Global Marijuana March map. And: 420 event lists.
May 4:
- NYC Cannabis Parade Volunteer Information.
- Youtube: Dana Beal from Prison at the NYC Cannabis Rally. Video of the crowd while Dana Beal spoke to them from prison.
- 46th Annual Global Marijuana March New York | May 4, 2013 | New York, NY | Party Earth.
- Facebook:
2012[edit]
Return to top. See 2012 Global Marijuana March map.
May 5:
- Facebook:
- Facebook photos:
- The 411 from the Feline. Archive. The Villager.
- David Peel Sang Once for Lennon, Now for Occupy Wall Street. New York Times. "handed out fliers for an upcoming marijuana rally."
- Global Cannabis March Charges the Drug Policy Alliance with Sabotage. Archive. CelebStoner.com
- Photos: Cannabis March In Marijuana Arrest Capital Of The World: Gothamist.
2011[edit]
Return to top. See 2011 Global Marijuana March map.
May 7:
- Scoopy's Notebook. April 27, 2011. See section titled "A burning issue." The Villager.
- Facebook photos.
- More Facebook photos.
2010[edit]
Return to top. See 2010 Global Marijuana March map.
April 20:
May 1:
- Photos. Google+: May Day is Jay Day.
- Photo: May 1, 2010: May Day rally and march. Mostly young people march to legalize marijuana in NYC.
- Photo: Protesters at the pro-marijuana march on May 1, 2010 in New York City
2009[edit]
Return to top. See GMM 2009, GlobalMarijuanaMarch.org archive, 2.
May 2:
- NYC Pot Protesters March to UN. Archive. CelebStoner.com
- Worldwide Marijuana March Preview. Archive. CelebStoner.com
- GMM videos: [110] [111] [112] [113] [114].
2008[edit]
Return to top. See 2008 GMM, GlobalMarijuanaMarch.org archive, 2.
May 3:
- Pot Smokers' March Is Out of the Park. By Mike Allen. New York Times.
- Youtube: World Wide Marijuana March at New York 2008.
2007[edit]
Return to top. See 2007 Global Marijuana March map.
May 5:
- Photos: NYC WWMM May 5, 2007. (Archive).
- Youtube: [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] [120].
- Pot Rally Mellows Out. By Nathaniel Bane and Kaili McDonnough. New York Post.
- Interview with Dana Beal. Preview of Global Marijuana March 2007. Youtube link.
2006[edit]
Return to top. See 2006 Global Marijuana March map.
May 1:
- Life Imitates South Park. By Sarah Ferguson. Village Voice.
- Pot Marchers to Gather in Washington Square Park Again. By Sarah Ferguson. Village Voice.
- Pot pulp. Archive. The Villager.
- Report from New York City. Archive. And below:
Report from New York City |
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Beautiful weather, Beautiful people, Beautiful march. Made some beautiful new friends and had a beautiful day. It started off at 11:00am set in Washington Square Park, for the 1st time in years, with an ibogaine forum and march history speech by Global/Million Marijuana March founder and veteran activist Dana Beal (www.cures-no-wars.org) while we handed out flyers to the people in the park as they came up to see what was going on so they would be up to speed with what Dana and the other speakers were talking about. Most of the people listening, aside from the 100 or so people starting to float in for the march, were tourists and really getting into the speeches and many had questions which were cheerfully answered by those who had answers. A few brave souls lit up some joints and the cops were pretty cool, well actually they were really cool throughout the entire day because they hung around and were glad to talk to anyone who wanted to talk to them about their opinion of the war on cannabis. The opinion was the same from any cop I talked to "Will you people please get this put on the ballot and I'll vote for it because I have better things to do on the 1st week of May every year then babysit you people". Very nice.
I met a cop that really didn't understand that street pot was the same thing as what is growing in the ground just dry. He was under the impression it was similar to how coca becomes cocaine since the have to wear hazard gear to move it and he's never seen it because it's always wrapped up in packages or bundles or something. He, like every law enforcement officer I and others spoke to, is very aware that they need to go home, type in www.leap.cc and start reading since every cop I spoke to agreed that cannabis enforcement is a total waste of time & money. Some mentioned much concern over the impending scourge of crystal meth that is on the way and that they wouldn't mind the weed resources to get a jump on it. We let them know that Leap would let them know how to make their concerns heard. I have to say I had a great time going up to "The Man" and saying "Hey, I remember you from last year. How've you been? Thanks for coming out and watching out for us" They returned the greeting and we talked, well except for those in plainclothes who preferred to stay "anonymous". I always say that the GMM is the one place on Earth where everyone is completely equal and all get along as one. Everyone seems to take a day off from hating each other and that is a beeeeeautiful thing and very spiritual if you are aware of the vibe, which I did my best to make sure those I spoke to knew to be part of the vibe. A few more speakers spoke including the Pieman ( www.pieman.org ) who is always great to talk to because, even though he has a tough time of it getting around anymore, he is absolutely 100% pure 1960's activism and there's so much to learn from him. Dana explained to us that the Mayor through his lawyers had to change our finish from Battery Park which is a good sized park on the southern most tip of NYC by the Statue of Liberty to City Hall Park in front of City Hall because blasting (how American & ironic?) and our safety. Well that sounds like a step in the right direction, Washington Square Park and City Hall Park all in the same day, good start. 12 noon we walk a few blocks to the starting point at Houston & Bleecker Streets. There was a free speech/open megaphone for an hour, with all its usual screaming and animation, while banners, flyers & signs were being handed out. 1pm we are on our way. Another part of his march I really find amusing is the fact that this GMM is the only march, parade or the like that people stop off at the various food stands, carts and pizza & burger joints along way, grab something to munch on and catch up to the march while usually being stopped by people on the street with questions or tourists who want a picture holding one of our signs or while walking in the march looking like a participant. I gave away a sign to a pair of young adult European couples who wanted a souvenir to take home. That should make for some fun going through customs. The people we passed all cheered us on which made us all think "Tell me why is weed illegal again?, Everyone seems to like it". We get to City Hall Park which is quite small and are told that we only have a noise permit so we have to give up our signs and we could only be on the sidewalk outside of the park and to see the speakers and entertainment we had to sit down in a roped off area of sidewalk. Well I gotta say my ass immediately began to hurt, not because of the concrete either. We were literally kicked to the curb by the city. Poor Dana had to field like two or three fuktillion "What da fuk is going on?" questions from the marchers. Everyone made the best of it and we headed into the park for a bench in the park where we could hear the speakers but not have to be crowded on the sidewalk in the direct sun as did many people which ended up making more room for those out in front of the "stage". From what I've seen from the last couple years of attending various NY marches/rallies and such, sadly if you've heard the speeches at one NY rally you've heard them all. I agree that the history of pot oppression is an important part of promoting activism, especially for those who are just starting out and are hungry for info and passion to fuel their own fight, but I really feel there is almost no focus on now, , tomorrow and how we're going to win this fight. But that's a story for another time. I was blessed with being veeeeery brownied-up, since I knew smoking would be a game I didn't want to play this year, and had a wonderful glow the whole day with out having to hide like a criminal to burn a joint so the joints I brought along just in case somehow made it into the hands of some of my new friends without weed. Sharing is Caring, remember? Being brownie boy protector of cannabis freedom, I pretty much rambled the ears off of anyone who would listen and pretty much was unable to shut up for hours. Around 4pm or so we headed out into the rest of the city, walked around aimlessly, hanging out at street corners eating a variety of delicious NY street food, watching people go by, especially the summer clad females of all varieties, while doing our best to attract attention to our pro-cannabis t-shirts the whole way until exhaustion set in, caught a cab and headed to the train home. I would love to see enough people come out that we could all light up and the law would be rendered helpless but the people who did come out were great and very into either sharing information or asking questions. I do believe I love them all and am looking forward to being able to enjoy a bud with everyone someday soon in a NY March. See you all at the NY Harvest Fest in October. |
2005[edit]
Return to top. See 2005 Global Marijuana March map.
May 7:
- New York’s Smokeless Smoke-in. Archive. By Steve Bloom. High Times.
- Archive. Worldwide Protests Call For Legalizing Medicinal Marijuana. Article and video by NY1 News. Also archived here and here.
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A group rallied in Lower Manhattan Saturday to call for the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes.
“Cures not Wars” is urging lawmakers to allow hemp to be used with a prescription. “If alcohol is socially acceptable, then I see no reason why marijuana can’t be,” said Audrey Silk, a Libertarian candidate for mayor, who joined the demonstration. “And medical marijuana to me is a total no-brainer. There is no reason to deny people who say it works fot them the ability to use it.” The group is also touting the new drug ibogaine, which it says helps cure addiction. “Basically with every other drug you take for drug addiction, like methadone, when the methadone wears off, you’re back in withdrawal,” said Dana Beal, another protestor. “When the ibogaine wears off there is no withdrawal.” Similar demonstrations took place in nearly 200 cities around the world, including Prague, Kiev and Tel Aviv. |
2004[edit]
Return to top. See Global Marijuana March 2004 map.
May 1:
- It's a Protest, Not a Pot-Fest. MMM 2004. Archive. By Preston Peet.
- Million Marijuana Marches: Tranquility in New York, Thousands in Toronto, First Time in Sweden, Troubles in South America. Drug War Chronicle.
2003[edit]
Return to top. See GMM 2003, MillionMarijuanaMarch.org archive, 2.
May 3:
- Tiny Turnout for NYC's Million Marijuana March. Archive. By Preston Peet. High Times.
- NYC Rally Urging Marijuana Legalization Draws 200. By Karen Mahabir, Staff Writer, Bergen Record.
- Small Crowd at a March for Marijuana. By Michael Brick. New York Times.
- Million Marijuana March. Archive. By simul. kuro5hin.org
2002[edit]
Return to top. See 2002 Global Marijuana March map.
May 4 MMM:
- Pig-headed Arrests Mar NYC MMM 2002 Event. Archive. By Preston Peet.
- Proponents Of Marijuana Stage Protest. By Thomas Lueck. May 5, 2002. New York Times.
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Source: Global Cannabis. Million Marijuana March - Yahoo Groups. Message 20. From: Andrew Seidenfeld <noprob@...> To: Dana Beal <dana@...>, <ptpeet@...>, Ssdptalk mailing list submission <ssdptalk@...> Status: I didn't catch the early evening news at 7, but at 10:00pm Channels 5 and 9 both broadcast local news, and they both covered New York's Million Marijuana March. Channel 5, Fox, had a short thing, maybe 15 seconds, with great on-stage footage of Preston Peet editor of http://www.drugwar.com. They mentioned the police made 148 arrests there, though I don't know if this is the latest figure. I presume most of the arrests were for marijuana possession, but I wonder if those arrested just got a desk appearance ticket (out of the cop shop in a few hours) or were put through the system (in jail until bail could be set, and paid, on Monday or Tuesday). Channel 9, UPN, ran 2 or 3 promos leading up to their coverage, which lasted about a minute. They had great footage of the parade (which I missed this year), and Cures Not War's Dana Beal (http://www.cures-not-wars.org), talking on stage about nonviolently repealing the marijuana laws. Also footage of people booing the police as they took away another person. Neither channel showed anyone smoking pot, because not many people were smoking pot. There were about 500 cops there, and thousands of people there. Still, the event was somewhat smaller than last year, when there also hundreds of cops and not many people smoking pot. The weather was sunny and warm. ABC 20/20 was there videotaping anybody who wanted to say anything; they'll probably air a piece this summer. There were 3 stages again this year. There were also vendors for food, clothing, and paraphernalia, and a table for a Libertarian party candidate, and for Medical Marijuana Barbie, now with "Hookers for Weed." Some really good music, and good speakers, including Dana, Preston, Ask Ed (Ed Rosenthal), and people from Students for a Sensible Drug Policy and the Unitarian Universalist Church, the Pie Man, and more. |
2001[edit]
Return to top. See GMM 2001 and Cures-Not-Wars.org archive.
May 5 MMM:
- Chemical Warfare. Archive. May 9, 2001 article. High Times. By The HighWitness News Team.
- NYC Marijuana March and Rally Marred by Aggressive Policing. Archive. Independent Media Center.
- Million marijuana march. Reports for cities worldwide. By Dana Larsen on December 16, 2001.
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The most confrontational rally took place in New York City, where police were very hostile towards the crowd. Pot-freedom is against the agenda of NY Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, whose anti-pot crusade has resulted in New York cops making 10% of all pot busts in the country.
A crowd of about 5000 people filled five city blocks as they marched through town. Plainclothes cops pulled pot-smokers out of the crowd, putting them in plastic cuffs and hauling them away. When some people started pointing out the undercover narcs, they too were arrested and hauled off. As rally-goers protested the police actions, they were clubbed and then pepper sprayed. Police sprayed dozens of people, including two High Times editors. According to organizer Dana Beal, police made almost 200 arrests, over 60 of them for the catch-all charge of “obstructing governmental administration.” Last year’s New York march saw over 300 arrests. |
2000[edit]
Return to top. See Global Marijuana March 2000 map.
May 6 Millennium Marijuana March:
- Millenium Marijuana March, NYC photo essay. Many photos. Click small ones to enlarge. Pages A. B. C. See archive.
- Millenium marijuana march 2000 on Tag magazine. Article, and many great photos, and audio clips. Archive.
- MMM in NYC. More great photos. Archive.
- Mike Ruppert letter to the New York Times: Official Attendance Figures for MMM - Malarkey. Archive.
- 312 Arrested In Pot-March Bust. New York Daily News. [121]. See archive.
- NY City Hall Press Conference Tue. May 9th, 2000. 312 arrests, many illegal ones, many long detentions, harassment, brutality, etc.. Cures not Wars. See archive.
- Suburbs' Youth Meet City's Tough Justice. Archive. New York Times.
- Reports of arrested participants. Harassment, illegalities, long detention, booking. From the Millennium Marijuana March message board. See archive.
- Record Heat at the NYC Millennium Marijuana March. And a couple photos. Archive. By Preston Peet, Special to HighWitness News. High Times.
- MMM2000. "Pictures that I took at the Millennium Marijuana March in New York City on March 6, 2000." Archive.
- Millennium Marijuana March. Photos. Click to enlarge. Archive.
1999[edit]
Return to top. See Global Marijuana March 1999 map.
May 1:
- Wikipedia: Grass (1999 film). Also called Grass: History of Marijuana. Narrated by Woody Harrelson. It shows 1999 MMM march and "Cures not Wars" banner. It says "New York City 1999". See video on Amazon here.
- Cures Not Wars report. From the article:
That night we got coverage on CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, UPN, and WB 11, along with a three minute loop that ran for all weekend on NY-1. The Times missed the march altogether, mistaking the people waiting in Battery Park for the actual event. The best article, in the Daily News, plugged the actual date of the Millennium Marijuana March -- May 6, 2000 --and if taken together with Newsday, make one one pretty good article. |
- Marijuana Relegalization March & Rally MayDay 1999 - New York City. Many photos on 8 pages.
- Smoke and Jeers. Million Marijuana March Protests NYC's Record-High Pot Arrests. And: another archive. By Jennifer Gonnerman. The Village Voice. See another archive (partial).
- Pot Protest. 1999 Million Marijuana March. Tag Magazine. See another archive.
- Thousands Participate In Million Marijuana March. High Times. See another archive.
- Pot vs. Pets in Park Face-Off!. New York Daily News
- Scotty J's Report On The MMM March in New York.
- Million Marijuana March. Worldwide reports. By Reverend Damuzi. July 1, 1999 article.
From the article: |
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The turn out was unbelievable: in New York, as many as 25,000 people marched and chanted anti-drug war slogans. ...
In marijuana-intolerant New York, correspondent Dana Beal reported a very different experience. Police in New York formed a “wall of blue” forcing 25,000 marchers out of affluent areas and making over 105 arrests in the process. Witnesses described some of the arrests as violent attacks on pot protestors. One woman, carrying a sign that read, “Stop All Cannabis Arrests,” saw one of the arrests take place right beside her. “It was horrible,” she said. “We heard the smack of the body against the building.” According to Beal, New York Police also distributed fake flyers, telling protestors to organize at the wrong spot at the wrong time, drawing nearly 4,000 away from the march’s main assemblage. Around the world, the Jay Day experience demonstrated that the most dangerous drug on the streets was power ? the power of police in certain precincts to abuse peaceful demonstrators partaking of a harmless, happy herb. |
1998[edit]
1998 Million Marijuana March (MMM) on May 2. This was before it went global in 1999.
- Pot Smokers' March Is Out of the Park. By Mike Allen. May 3, 1998 article. New York Times.
- Million Marijuana March. Kickoff March and Rally in New York City. Many photos. Page 2. 3. 4.
- Youtube video (now gone) had clip from the Howard Stern Show on November 19, 1998 - Goofing on the 1998 Million Marijuana March that occurred on May 2, 1998 in New York City. Dana Beal calls in to the show at 9 minutes 9 seconds in. Howard, Dana and the crew also discuss the upcoming 1999 MMM on May 1, 1999, and that it will occur in various cities worldwide.
1998 Million Marijuana March flyer below. See largest version of flyer.

1978[edit]
Facebook photo caption:
"this pic was taken by wayne angel at the 1978 national marijuana day smoke-in at nyc's central park — with Stephen DeAngelo, AJ Weberman, Dana Beal and Aron Kay." (left to right in the photo).
1976[edit]
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July 9, Schaefer Music Festival,
Central Park, NYC:
May 15: |
May 1:![]() "May Day is Jay Day. Ninth annual Central Park Smoke In and Parade. 1976." Saturday, May 1 in New York City. Centerpiece of the April 1976 issue of Yipster Times. Image info and large size. |
1973[edit]
- Pot Smokers' March Is Out of the Park. By Mike Allen. May 3, 1998 article. New York Times. From the article:
Mr. Beal works out of a garret on Bleecker Street, where the faded paint outside still says, "The Yipster Times." He and his followers have staged a marijuana rally in the park every year beginning in 1973 -- each time with a permit, except last year, when they held what a city spokesman called "an illegal assembly." |
1967[edit]
- Police Look On as Hippies Stage a Park Smoke-In. By Stephen A.O. Golden. July 31, 1967. New York Times. From the article:
The sweet, heavy smelt that Indicates burning marijuana drifted over Tompkins Square Park on the Lower East Side yesterday evening. The hippies were having a "smoke-in," and seven policemen were standing by, doing nothing about it. [Subscribe to read more]. |
- Or read the full article online here: Page 63 of Marijuana (2018 book by The New York Times Editorial Staff).
Quote below (emphasis added) from no-longer-existing page at yippiemuseum.org/whatsup.html (archived):
- "The first Smoke In was held in February 1967 in upstate New York by Michael Aldridge but it did not receive much press attention. In June 1967 Dana Beal and the New York Provos held the second smoke-in in Tompkins Square Park. Due to several arrests this demonstration received considerable press. Beal went underground in January 1968 but the Smoke Ins continued just as they do today as evidenced by the above photo of 10,000 Smoke Inners in Boulder on April 20, 2008."
- 50 Years Ago: The Summer of Love Brings Pot, Protests and Psychedelic Rock to the East Village. May 16, 2017. By Frank Mastropolo. Bedford + Bowery. From the article (emphasis and links added):
Inspired by a Dutch anarchist group, activists A.J. Weberman and Dana Beal founded the New York Provos. When underground newspaper The East Village Other moved, the Provos took over its former office on Avenue A. “We put a big sign in the window that said ‘Psychedelic Revolution,'” says Weberman. “I remember going out, selling this magazine we had, New York Provo magazine, and talking to 100, 200 different people a day on the street, wherever I’d meet them, trying to get them to come to our demonstrations.
“And we began to organize. Every time there was a pot bust, we’d march through the streets to protest them busting people for marijuana. The people in the neighborhood were very receptive, they threw flowers at us – along with the flowerpots. We started a bail fund and went down to 100 Centre and bailed out a number of people who couldn’t make bail for pot.”
In June 1967, Beal staged the first of a series of Smoke-Ins in Tompkins Square Park. “We had the first Smoke-In in the entire world there,” says Weberman, who left the U.S. that year. “We smoked pot openly to show people that it didn’t turn you into a raving maniac. Back then the pot was so weak it hardly did anything.”
- From Sip-Ins to Smoke-ins…Marijuana and the Village. By Matthew Morowitz — April 20, 2016. Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation. From the article:
In June of 1967, marijuana enthusiast, activist, and one of the founders of the Yippies, Dana Beal, organized “Smoke-Ins” that took place in Tompkins Square Park. According to the book, Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana – Medical, Recreational and Scientific:
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- "Jerry Garcia playing guitar at a Grateful Dead concert in New York City's Tompkins Square Park in 1967". New York Times.
Some interesting photos and graphics:
- Google image search: 1967 smoke-in in Tompkins Square Park.
1965[edit]
January 10 demonstration:
- Mimeographed handbill for the 'LEMAR (Legalise Marijuana)' campaign, headed 'Free Marijuana Prisoners'. Women's House of Detention. Greenwich Ave. & W. 10th Street on Sunday Jan. 10th from 1.00 to 3.00 pm.
1964[edit]
Photo shows Allen Ginsberg at a December 27, 1964 legalization demonstration in New York City by the marijuana advocacy group LeMar (Legalize Marijuana). It was possibly the first public street demonstration for marijuana in the USA. A sign says: "Smoke Pot ... it's cheaper and healthier than liquor".
- Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky -- Legalize Pot! August 26, 2009, by Tony Ortega. Village Voice. It reprints this Village Voice article:
- Pickets for Pot Push Legalization. By Mary Perot Nichols. December 31, 1964, Vol. X, No. 11.
- See here the December 31, 1964 Village Voice article as it originally appeared in print. Excerpt from the 1964 article:
They distributed salmon-colored mimeographed leaflets that read in part: "Like liquor prohibition, pot prohibition violates personal liberty, promotes racketeering, and invites mass evasion of the law. But while alcohol is demonstrably productive of a hangover, cirrhosis of the liver, violence, and Dylan Thomas type scenes, marijuana on the other hand is in ALL respects gentle, benevolent and absolutely nonaddictive. We defy anyone to produce one shred of evidence that marijuana is in any way addictive!" "On Shivaratri (Shiva's birthday)," said Ginsberg, who last year spent some months in India, "all the respectable families drink bhang (a mixture of marijuana, almond paste, and milk) prepared by all the respectable grandmothers in India." "Pot," he explained, "is sold in government stores, and is a big industry there."
- Allen Ginsberg: Marijuana Legalization Pioneer. Martin Torgoff, February 23, 2017. Freedom Leaf Magazine. December 1964 demonstration mentioned at the end of the article.
- FREE THE WEED 48—February 2015. A Column by John Sinclair. It includes some history of LeMar.
- http://i.imgur.com/Nzld3eD.jpg - the big photo.
- 50th Anniversary of First Pot Protest - August 16, 2014 | California NORML.
- Allen Ginsberg at marijuana rallies, mid-60s. Photos and article. Quote from the article:
Reefer Madness reproduces an excerpt from the Federal Bureau of Narcotics’s file on Allen Ginsberg: On December 27, 1964, GINSBERG and ––––– had marched in front of the Department of Welfare Building, East 9th St. and Avenue C, with signs reading “Smoke Pot, It’s Cheaper and Healthier Tha Liquor” and “Pot Is a Reality Kick.” There individuals are members of an organization called LEMAR (Legalize Marijuana) and their names appear in the files of Interpol. (1998, p. 221).
Global March overview[edit]
The Global Marijuana March (GMM) is also known as the Million Marijuana March (MMM), and Global Cannabis March (GCM). Other names, and associated events (some have been around longer than GCM): World Cannabis Day, Cannabis Liberation Day, Cannabis Parade, Ganja Day, J Day, MardiGrass, etc.. GMM occurs on the first Saturday in May, or thereabouts, depending on the city and country. It began in 1999. See New York City, Dana Beal, and Wikipedia: Global Marijuana March. It may include marches, meetings, rallies, raves, concerts, festivals, information tables, and more. The six main demands: stop all cannabis arrests; stop the lies; release the medicine; heal the sick; end the prison state; Cures Not Wars. See ibogaine. And Facebook: Ibogaine Universe!!!! See GMM links for many links for event maps, reports, crowd photos, videos, GMM graphics, press/media, 420 graphics, etc.. See flat lists. See GMM Facebook. See Archive.org to find archived reports by entering the URL. See report compilations: 420 and Global Marijuana March event lists by year. See also: Wikipedia: Legality of cannabis by country. Please let us know of missing cities for any year: Talk.
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Cannabis is safer.[edit]
Return to top. See article: Cannabis is safer.
16 Dec 2019: Majority Of Americans Support Marijuana Legalization, Two More New Polls Show. "Voters who supported President Trump in the 2016 election expressed greater opposition to the policy than Republicans and Republican-leaning independents as a whole."
2 May 2019: Time to Admit It: Trump Opposes Cannabis Legalization. He opposed latest 3 bills for veterans’ access to medical cannabis. |
23 Feb 2019: Trump Continues to Flip-Flop on Medical Marijuana.
See: Reagan's war on cannabis. And: Holy War on Drugs, Republican-led mass incarceration.
Ronald Reagan, 1980 campaign speech: "Leading medical researchers are coming to the conclusion that marijuana, pot, grass whatever you want to call it, is probably the most dangerous drug in the United States, and we haven't begun to find out all of the ill effects, but they are permanent ill effects. The loss of memory for example." |
Share link: Obama.
- Obama correctly said that cannabis is safer than alcohol. See: Cannabis is safer. He also said marijuana should be treated more as a public health issue than a criminal one. And: Obama signals support for legalizing medical marijuana. [122]. See video.
- USA. 1 in 10 deaths of working-age adults are alcohol-related (disease, overdose, car crashes, falls, violence, etc). 87,798 per year, 2006 to 2010. [123][124][125][126][127].
See longer article: Cannabis is safer.
- Imagine if Mitt Romney had been elected President in 2012 instead of Obama.
- Obama on marijuana legalization. [128]. "My suspicion is that you’re gonna see other states start looking at this". The Washington Post. Jan. 22, 2015.
Above quote is from Sanjay Gupta interview of Obama on April 15, 2015. Interview aired on CNN on April 19, 2015. [129][130][131].
- Obama administration asks Supreme Court to reject lawsuit filed by Republican governments in Oklahoma and Nebraska to stop legal marijuana in Colorado [132]. December 2015.
![]() Obama helped turn around the Reagan-Bush War on Pot, mandatory minimums, mass incarceration. See: US incarceration peaked in 2008. |
- Holder's Legacy: Steering Away From the Drug War and Mass Incarceration. [133]. Attorney General Eric Holder (2009-2015) under President Obama. 25 Sep 2014.
Vote out most US Republicans and their cannabis war.
Register and vote for cannabis.
Trump's far-right Republicans[edit]
Return to top. See: Happy alternatives to Republican-led poverty, mass incarceration, food insecurity, debt, ill health, intense concentration of wealth, endless wars.
News: Americans want universal healthcare and progressive taxation. Democratic Presidents Roosevelt and Truman worked for both. Roosevelt and Truman, followed by Eisenhower, a progressive Republican, had steep progressive taxation where the prosperous middle class paid less taxes as a percent of their income, because the rich paid more. All 3 Presidents increased the minimum wage, [134], which pushed up middle class wages too. Under Trump, inflation-adjusted wages are declining [135].
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GOP taxes screw middle class[edit]
Trump signed tax law that gave 83% of benefits to the top 1%.
Chart below. 2017 Republican tax and individual mandate repeal bill. Yellow is for an average increase in cost for people in those groups. Higher costs hitting more people each year. Up to incomes of $75,000.
Vote out most Republicans! Ballotpedia issues: marijuana and minimum wage. | |
Republican tax bill hurts the poor more than originally thought, Congressional Budget Office finds. | "By 2019, Americans earning less than $30,000 a year would be worse off under the Senate bill, CBO found. By 2021, Americans earning $40,000 or less would be net losers, and by 2027, most people earning less than $75,000 a year would be worse off. On the flip side, millionaires and those earning $100,000 to $500,000 would be big beneficiaries". |
2 polls: Only 29% of Americans approve of Republican tax plan. 2. |
Falling inflation-adjusted wages[edit]
- Return to top. See: Income inequality and drug war. And: Under Trump, inflation-adjusted wages are declining (especially for Republican states with low minimum wages).
The Trump Matrix. Wage slaves waking up.
28 Feb 2020: PolitiFact: Rep. Mark Pocan is on point that wages haven't moved much in the last 30 years. "The cost of everyday goods like rent, groceries and cars have outpaced median wage growth. ... Accounting for inflation, the median wage has only increased $3 since 1990 — and the cost of living expenses has far outpaced that number."
Real pay data show Trump's 'blue collar boom' is more of a bust for US workers, in 3 charts. 7 Feb 2020. |
25 Sep 2018: Real Wage Growth Is Actually Falling. Forbes.
14 Aug 2018: Stagnating salaries: Real US wages are essentially back at 1974 levels, Pew reports. Daniel B. Kline. USA Today. |
In U.S., wage growth is being wiped out entirely by inflation. 10 Aug 2018. Washington Post.
7 Aug 2018: For most U.S. workers, real wages have barely budged in decades. Pew Research Center. |
Top line in timeline below is hourly wages adjusted for inflation. It is flat: Bottom of chart below says: "Data for wages of production and non-supervisory employees on private non-farm payrolls."
US has stingiest minimum wage[edit]
Return to top. See: More charts.
2 Jul 2019: There’s More Evidence That Raising the Minimum Wage Won’t Cost Jobs.
"The U.S. has one of the stingiest minimum wage policies of any wealthy nation." Dec. 29, 2017. Washington Post. Chart below is from the article.
Chart below. USA. Inflation-adjusted federal minimum wage over the years.
Source. See also: Wikipedia: List of minimum wages by country.
17 June 2019: US federal minimum wage has 35% less buying power than in 1969. 10 years since last increase. A record. CNN. [136].
- 2020 State Minimum Wage Rates. Plus map showing lower minimum wages in Republican states. [137][138].]]
US federal minimum wage timeline below. Top line is adjusted for inflation. Middle class prosperity peaked under Truman and Roosevelt in the 1950s due to steep progressive taxation where the middle class paid less. And the minimum wage was increased. That also pushed up middle class wages.
US has high wealth inequality[edit]
See the median wealth by country chart:
Wikipedia: List of countries by wealth per adult - 2019 publication: The average median wealth per adult for Canada ($107,004) is much higher than that of the former great nation, the USA ($65,904). It's due to Republican trickle-down voodoo economics: Giving tax cuts to the rich instead of to the middle class and poor who actually need them. Plus predatory mortgage loans and foreclosure. And predatory unforgivable student loans. Google News search: student debt.
Republicans waste $$-trillions on health insurance companies, and ground wars ($5.6 trillion). Instead of paying higher wages, and higher minimum wages. As Canada does.
US middle-class wealth has collapsed. [139]. See chart below. See: Income inequality and drug war. And: Wikipedia: List of countries by wealth per adult.? Median wealth is exactly in the middle. 50% of adults have more, and 50% have less. Wealth is all assets (money, stocks, property, etc.) minus all debts.
- Middle class wealth collapsing. [140]. And: Just 8 men own same wealth as half the world. See Wikipedia: Wealth in the United States.
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Median wealth per adult. Credit Suisse. 2019 report. Country links are to Wikipedia articles. Click red column headers to sort. Link.
Country Median wealth
per adult.
US dollars1 Switzerland 227,891 2 Australia 181,361 3 Iceland 165,961 4 Hong Kong 146,887 5 Luxembourg 139,789 6 Belgium 117,093 7 New Zealand 116,433 8 Japan 110,408 9 Canada 107,004 10 Ireland 104,842 11 France 101,942 12 United Kingdom 97,452 13 Singapore 96,967 14 Spain 95,360 15 Austria 94,070 16 Italy 91,889 17 Malta 76,016 18 South Korea 72,198 19 Norway 70,627 20 Taiwan 70,191 21 Qatar 69,671 22 United States 65,904 23 Denmark 58,784
US has high income inequality[edit]
Timeline below of real (inflation-adjusted) average US household income by quintile and top 5 percent in 2018 dollars. Note that the bottom 60% of households (bottom 3 quintiles) have had little improvement in real income. While the top 20%, and especially the top 5 percent, have had large, even exceptional, increases in real income.
Median income by country charts:
- Median GDP per capita: how much does the typical person earn in different countries? A look at Global Inequality - the Giving What We Can Blog. By Hauke Hillebrandt. 25 May 2016
- The World Bank’s Poverty Statistics Lack Median Income Data, So We Filled In the Gap Ourselves — Download Available. February 6, 2016. Anna Diofasi and Nancy Birdsall. Center for Global Development.
- Above chart. United States leads in income inequality, and lack of economic mobility. Increasing income inequality on the horizontal axis. Increasing economic immobility on the vertical axis. Note the Scandinavian countries on the bottom left.
26 Jul 2018: As Workers' Wages Continue to Fall Under Trump, Analysis Shows CEO Pay Is Way Higher Than Typically Reported. Jake Johnson, Common Dreams.
17 Jul 2018: Bernie Sanders: Trump’s economy is great for billionaires, not for working families. By Bernie Sanders. USA Today. 17 Jul 2018: If the economy is 'roaring', why are so many Americans still struggling? Bernie Sanders. The Guardian.
Real wages are not just flat, they are falling. 15 Jun 2018. Jeff Stein and Andrew Van Dam. Washington Post.
Workers’ wages fall after Republican tax cuts. 13 Jun 2018. Tax cuts went mostly to the rich. Should have gone mostly to the middle class who would have had more money free to plow back into the economy. For the biggest group of American workers, wages aren’t just flat. They’re falling. June 15, 2018. Washington Post. [141][142][143]. |
Increasing income inequality over time. Chart below from:
17 Dec 2017: A Republican Tax Plan to Turbocharge Inequality, in 3 Charts. New York Times.
1 Jul 2016: Income Inequality Is At The Highest Level In American History. By Bryce Covert. ThinkProgress. "Incomes for the 99 percent have only recovered about 60 percent of what they lost. But the rich are doing great. ... They captured more than half of all the income growth in the country."
- Commons: Category: Median income. Charts, graphs, maps
Massive US household debt[edit]
Return to top. See Wikipedia: Household debt.
US household debt at all time high. Chart below is from the PDF.
Total household debt. From 1st quarter 2003 through recent times.
Total Household Debt by Type:
- Click to enlarge. Timeline is by quarters.
Massive US medical debt[edit]
Return to top. See: Canadian single-payer universal healthcare versus US healthcare.
This doesn't happen in Canada, due to single-payer universal healthcare.
17 Jan 2019: US. 34 Devastating Stories About How People Are Still Crushed By Medical Debt. By Venessa Wong. BuzzFeed News.
Progressive Republicans:[edit]
President Eisenhower. 1953[edit]
Wikipedia: Dwight D. Eisenhower. President: January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961.
Viral meme says 1956 Republican platform was pretty liberal. Article by PolitiFact says it is mostly true. See Wikipedia: PolitiFact.
President Eisenhower followed progressives like President Roosevelt. Roosevelt and General Eisenhower had worked together to crush the far-right of their day, the Nazis.
Quote source: Franklin Roosevelt's Statement on the National Industrial Recovery Act. June 16, 1933. "No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country."
Unlike today's Republicans, Eisenhower understood that trickle-down economics does not work.
14 Oct 2018: Bernie Sanders video: Trickle-Down Economics Does Not Work.
12 Oct 2018: Bernie Sanders video: Disney Heiress Abigail Disney Says The Wealthy Don't Need Another Tax Break.
His 91% top marginal tax rate[edit]
Equaled prosperity for more[edit]
Eisenhower, the progressive Republican President, had a 91% top marginal income tax rate.. He participated in one of the greatest eras of economic prosperity-for-more in the US in the 1950s.
That era had lower overall taxes on the middle class.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Hires Former Marijuana Lobbyist As Senior Advisor. By Kyle Jaeger. January 7, 2019. Marijuana Moment. From the article: "Both believe that marijuana should be legalized at the federal level".
Ocasio-Cortez floats 70 percent tax on the super wealthy to fund Green New Deal.
7 Jan 2018: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is floating a 70 percent top tax rate — here’s the research that backs her up. And: Haters. And: Dancegate.
As Poll Shows Majority Back 70% Top Marginal Tax Rate for Ultra-Rich, Ocasio-Cortez's "Radical" Proposal Proves Extremely Mainstream. [144][145].
Chart below. Highest marginal income tax rates over time.
- Above chart source. And: Source 2.
USA. Since 2001, labor’s share of national income has suffered a sustained decline. 11 Sep 2018.
- See above chart source. [146]. And source article.
Chart below: Top 10% of earners receive 50% of all income. When capital gains are included.
- Above graph source. And: Source 2.
10 Jul 2018: National (US) Pay Trends. "Since 2006, wages have risen 12.9 percent overall in the US. But when you factor in inflation, real wages' have actually fallen 9.3 percent. In other words, the income for a typical worker today buys them less than it did in 2006." |
2 Jul 2018: An Update for 2018: More Evidence That Half of Americans Are In or Near Poverty. Paul Buchheit. Common Dreams.
For most U.S. workers, real wages have barely budged in decades. 7 Aug 2018. By Drew DeSilver. Pew Research Center. Chart below is from the article. Bottom of chart says: "Data for wages of production and non-supervisory employees on private non-farm payrolls."
The top line in the chart below is for hourly wages adjusted for inflation
President Abraham Lincoln[edit]
Abraham Lincoln. From a message to the U.S. Congress, 3 December 1861:
"Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration."
More sources: [147]. The full speech. See: Facebook image.
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