The Rainbow Coalition was a multicultural movement of cross-racial class solidarity, founded on this day in 1969, in Chicago, Illinois with the coming together of the Black Panther Party, the Young Lords, and the Young Patriots.
These organizations were under the leadership of Fred Hampton, Jose Cha Cha Jiménez, and William "Preacherman" Fesperman, respectively. It was the first of several 20th century Black-led organizations to use the "rainbow coalition" concept.
The Rainbow Coalition expanded quickly, including various radical political groups like the Lincoln Park Poor People's Coalition, Students for a Democratic Society ("SDS"), the American Indian Movement (AIM), and the Red Guard Party.
The Coalition brokered treaties to end crime and gang violence and organized to establish class solidarity across racial lines. On December 3rd, Fred Hampton was assassinated by the Chicago Police Department and the FBI, and the Rainbow Coalition effectively dissolved.
Black Panther Fred Hampton Created a "Rainbow Coalition" to Support Poor Americans - Teen Vouge :rainbow-has:
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Loser chuds talk about red pills but one of my pill moments was learning that age doesn't bring wisdom. I had been taught growing up to treat anything said by a senior as law but you have seniors talking about muh cancel culture.
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I know she's a lib but it sucked to see all the hate AOC got for her age. Politics is this fucked up gerontocracy where people under 65 are shunned as being like morons.
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You reach an age where you just stop learning new things and start thinking "back in my day" where you need to be stopped.
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ofc, old people should still get a say, but they shouldn't be the gatekeepers of sweeping policy that effects millions.
Eh, it's a mixed bag. My parents are loser Republicans but they're still helpful with general life stuff. Maybe "age brings experience" would be a better expression.
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