RFK 50 Years Later

The effort made today. RFK warned about the danger of
timid bystanders on June 6, 1966. Said Kennedy:
"And everyone here will ultimately be judged
- will ultimately judge himself -
on the effort he has contributed to building a new
world society and the extent to which his ideals
and goals have shaped that effort."
Day of Affirmation Address (News Release Version),
University of Capetown, Capetown, South Africa,
June 6, 1966. Pictured above is national rally for peace;
Washington D.C., October 2003

"We learn, at the last, to look at our brothers as aliens, men with whom we share a city, but not a community, men bound to us in common dwelling, but not in common effort. We learn to share only a common fear - only a common desire to retreat from each other - only a common impulse to meet disagreement with force," said RFK on April 5, 1968, the day after the assassination of King.

A common effort? Laughable. What would Robert Kennedy say today?

RFK would be appalled by the police-prosecutor-prison state that destroys lives, life after life, family after family.

Absent a radical new project on the role of the police and an evaluation of the structures of our society, millions more Americans, human beings, will be lost.

A new generation is carrying the torch.

Two social justice heroes bravely carrying on my grandfather’s legacy today. Thank you @DoloresHuerta & @Emma4Change for joining us at today’s memorial service. pic.twitter.com/Gg8p0PNVdX

— Rep. Joe Kennedy III (@RepJoeKennedy) June 6, 2018