these candidates. and it s something, frankly, that all candidates running for office at all levels should be paying attention to. this is a moment of crisis and a moment of resurgent civil rights movement, a movement fighting for black lives. like saying to aids protesters all diseases are problems. this is focussing on this crisis of black men and women being subjected to state violence, and what we saw in that moment is a movement demanding to be heard, and these candidates realizing sometimes after the fact that they really need to start paying attention. what i hope to see, from all the candidates, is an embracing of this movement and learning about the importance of saying the names of people who have lost their lives and then working on the policy solutions that will change this crisis moment that we re in. ben wickler, thank you very much for joining us and e.j. and caitlin huey burns, thank you for joining us. thank you. coming up the united
the real issues of the day are for them. let s listen to that. black lives of course matter, and i spent 50 years of my life fighting for civil rights and dignity, but if you don t want me to be here, that s okay. and ben, martin o malley also stumbled in it, say being black lives matter, all lives matter, seeming to that audience to be dismissing, somewhat, of the issue of black lives matter. you know, i think this moment was an education for both of these candidates. and it s something, frankly, that all candidates running for office at all levels should be paying attention to. this is a moment of crisis and a moment of resurgent civil rights movement, a movement fighting for black lives. like saying to aids protesters, all diseases are problems. this is focussing on this crisis of black men and women being subjected to state violence, and what we saw in that moment is a movement demanding to be heard,
building protesting spending cuts on the far side of the fiscal cliff and what that would mean for aids funding specifically, there was a nude awakening. aids protesters marching into house speaker john boehner s office to give him the naked truth. boehner, boehner, don t be a sick. budget cuts will make us sick. the budget cuts are really rude, that s why we have to be so lewd. they were trying to lay bare the potential cuts for aids, the protests also served to put a naked spotlight on a major statement expected tomorrow from secretary of state hillary clinton. on the occasion of world aids day, secretary clinton is due to unveil an aids free generation. secretary clinton will make that announcement on thursday morning, but in advance of that
naked bike ride happens every year. activists take off their pants and hop on a bike to promote alternative energy and our dependence on standard issue underpants. but never before have their be naked protests in congress. today, the longworth congress building protesting spending cuts on the far side of the fiscal cliff and what that would mean for aids funding specifically, there was a nude awakening. aids protesters marching into house speaker john boehner s office to give him the naked truth. boehner, boehner, don t be a sick. budget cuts will make us sick. the budget cuts are really rude, that s why we have to be so lewd. they were trying to lay bare the potential cuts for aids, the protests also served to put a