From Wikipedia

In April 1977 Panthers were key supporters of the 504 Sit-ins, the longest of which was the 25-day occupation of the San Francisco Federal Building by over 120 people with disabilities. Panthers provided daily home-cooked meals in support of the protest’s eventual success, which eventually led to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)thirteen years later.

  • Bassman1805@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1102·
    5 months ago

    They also were allied with groups of confederate rednecks with the understanding “we have incredibly different worldviews, but we’re both poor and it’s because of the rich folks in power”

    The three-letter-agencies could not allow that kind of class consciousness so they assassinated Fred Hampton.

    • over_clox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      362·
      5 months ago

      And we’re still poor because of the rich folks in power. The next step is obvious, TAX THE RICH!!!

      • delirious_owl@discuss.onlineEnglish
        118·
        5 months ago

        Tax applies to income. I don’t think that would solve the issue for billionaires with no income. We need to just take their excess money away, in addition to 100% taxes on their income above a certain level

        • over_clox@lemmy.worldEnglish
          81·
          5 months ago

          Alright Mr/Ms IRS person, please do explain what does and doesn’t qualify as ‘income’…

          Their wealth didn’t just appear out of nowhere.

          • delirious_owl@discuss.onlineEnglish
            112·
            5 months ago

            Most rich people are rich because their parents were rich. You can do a death tax, but that doesn’t solve the problem because they’ll continue to unfairly hoard that wealth for the rest of their life

            • over_clox@lemmy.worldEnglish
              92·
              5 months ago

              Indeed, most of the billionaires were born with a silver spoon up their ass. But their parents were only millionaires, there’s no way that their offspring accumulated billions without income.

              • delirious_owl@discuss.onlineEnglish
                12·
                5 months ago

                3 billion dollars is three thousand million dollars. That’s enough to hoard for generations without being taxed.

                Or that money could be taken and used to end homelessness and provide services to pull families out of intergenerational poverty caused by the crimes committed by billionaire families

                • APassenger@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  1·
                  5 months ago

                  They aren’t only using the value of their assets. Their assets grow there are dividends, there are payouts.

                  There’s income. They don’t have their money in checking account with no interest paid.

          • XTL@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            2·
            5 months ago

            Just because someone said they’ll give three hundred zorkminds for your flortz when yesterday they offered two fifty doesn’t mean you got income.