Rabbi at Ali Funeral: Honor Him by Telling the 1% ‘It’s Time to Share the Wealth’

‘It’s time to create a guaranteed income for everyone in our society’

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Rabbi Michael Lerner, moments after pitching his website during remarks at today's funeral for Muhammad Ali, called on the 1 percent to "share the wealth." 

Lerner also called for ending drone warfare, ending mass incarceration, providing universal guaranteed income, the closure of U.S. military bases, and "letting out of prison" blacks imprisoned by "racist police."

From his remarks:

MICHAEL LERNER: "So I want so say, how do we honor Muhammad Ali? The way to honor Muhammad Ali is to be Muhammad Ali today. That means us, everyone here and everyone listening, it's up to us to continue that ability to speak truth to power. We must speak out, refuse to follow the path of conformity to the rules of the game in life. We must refuse to follow the path of conformity. Tell the 1% who own 80% of the wealth of this country that it's time to share that wealth. Tell the politicians who use violence worldwide and then preach nonviolence to the oppressed, that it's time to end their drone warfare and every other form of warfare, to close our bases around the world, bring the troops home, tell those who committed mass incarceration that it's time to create a guaranteed income for everyone in our society. [Applause] Tell judges to let out of prison the many African-Americans swept up by racist police and imprisoned by racist judges."

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