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October rallies in Washington, D.C. focus on restoring jobs and sanity

The host of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart, announced last week that he will lead a rally – “A Rally to Restore Sanity” – on the D.C. mall on Oct. 30, just three days before the midterm elections. He will be joined by a faux counter-demonstration from Stephen Colbert, who will lead what he calls “A March to Keep Fear Alive.”

But before all the Comedy Central mischief gets underway, the AFL-CIO and the NAACP will headline a more serious and much-needed rally at the Lincoln Memorial bringing thousands of union members together with community activists, students, entertainers, civil and human rights leaders and progressive politicians to march for jobs, justice and education.

Unions are sponsoring some 1,400 buses from around the country to come to the march. To learn more and sign up to come on the buses, click here.

Thousands more union members in dozens of states will be knocking on the doors of union members Oct. 2 in a massive daylong get-out-the-vote mobilization.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in an interview with FSTV said, “We want to show a progressive vision for America, one where we come together and we work together.”

The Two Rallies, 10/2 and 10/30

First:

10/2 – ONE NATION MARCH ON WASHINGTON

AFL-CIO, NAACP, Ed Schultz, Thom Hartmann http://tinyurl.com/22ot2u5

Progressives with correctly spelled signs http://tinyurl.com/2cn9sr9

Then:

10/30 – RALLY TO RESTORE SANITY and A MARCH TO KEEP FEAR ALIVE

The ‘2’ of the 1-2 punch http://tinyurl.com/2cg2pzj

Comedy Central will have a field day

Go make some noise.