"The greatest testament to Jackson’s brilliance and his greatest legacy is that the mission, strategy, message and agenda of those campaigns remain directly relevant four decades later. …

His message focused on 'economic violence,' the violence done to working and poor people in an economy that then as today works for the few and not the many. He put forth a bold agenda to address real needs:"

#JesseJackson
/6

"The greatest testament to Jackson’s brilliance and his greatest legacy is that the mission, strategy, message and agenda of those campaigns remain directly relevant four decades later. …

His message focused on 'economic violence,' the violence done to working and poor people in an economy that then as today works for the few and not the many. He put forth a bold agenda to address real needs:"

#JesseJackson
/6

"As New York Governor Mario Cuomo noted, Jackson campaigned in poetry while the others droned in prose. The poetry, however, had a purpose. Jackson’s genius was in presenting a complicated message and agenda in language that, as William Greider put it, 'had a beat so strong that even white folks can dance to it.'"

~ Robert L. Borosage

#JesseJackson
/5

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/jesse-jackson-legacy-impact/

"Donald Trump is the creature at the end of that road, and Jesse Jackson, who passed away on Tuesday morning, saw that before many allegedly shrewd political minds did. Sail on, Reverend. You were ... somebody."

#JesseJackson #Trump #Republicans
/4

"Nobody saw more clearly the direction in which the Republican Party was heading than Jesse Jackson did, and nobody saw more clearly the eventual public policy failures of Democrats seeking to carve off conservative voters who already were in the process of losing their minds."

~ Charles Pierce

#JesseJackson #Trump #Republicans
/3

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a70394068/jesse-jackson-dead/

"His life’s work should inspire us not only to defeat the SAVE Act, confront ICE’s massive assault on civil rights, and overturn the assault on the social safety net, but to aspire to a better vision of America."

#JesseJackson #CivilRights #SAVEAct
/2

"With Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s passing, we lose one of the dwindling number of direct links to Martin Luther King, Jr. and to the mid-20th century Civil Rights generation. ...

Rev. Jackson’s death occurring at the time as the SAVE Act looms over our democracy reminds us of the urgency of unity in fighting to reclaim the promise of America."

~ Jennifer Rubin

#JesseJackson #CivilRights #SAVEAct
/1

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/jesse-jacksons-passing-should-stir

Tributes are pouring in for the American civil rights leader Jesse Jackson who has died at the age of 84. He’s being remembered as a transformational figure in the civil rights movement and in American politics at large.FRANCE 24's Monte Francis has a look at some of the reaction to his passing away.
#JesseJackson #US #CivilRights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyV2-HgU6uU

#JesseJackson was an ally to #LGBTQ people before it was fashionable; when most politicians were scared to say the word "gay" or publicly be associated with us, Jesse Jackson did just that. And in 1987, when people with AIDS were too often shunned, discriminated against and treated with fear and contempt, Jackson publicly hugged people with AIDS at the LGBTQ March on Washington. Hail and farewell. #RIP https://wehoonline.com/jesse-jackson-lgbtq-legacy-west-hollywood-obituaries-missing/

Tributes are pouring in for the American civil rights leader Jesse Jackson who has died at the age of 84. He’s being remembered as a transformational figure in the civil rights movement and in American politics at large.FRANCE 24's Monte Francis has a look at some of the reaction to his passing away.
#JesseJackson #US #CivilRights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyV2-HgU6uU

Oh my God. In this old Sesame Street video, Rev. Jesse Jackson leads a beautiful call and response in which he teaches children always to remember that they matter and deserve to be protected, no matter their circumstances. ❤️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTB1h18bHlY

#JesseJackson

#JesseJackson was an ally to #LGBTQ people before it was fashionable; when most politicians were scared to say the word "gay" or publicly be associated with us, Jesse Jackson did just that. And in 1987, when people with AIDS were too often shunned, discriminated against and treated with fear and contempt, Jackson publicly hugged people with AIDS at the LGBTQ March on Washington. Hail and farewell. #RIP https://wehoonline.com/jesse-jackson-lgbtq-legacy-west-hollywood-obituaries-missing/

RIP Jesse Jackson

Jackson said at the start of the Tangerine Tyrant's first term:

'“The idea of making America great again reopens the wounds in America’s immoral foundation, born in sin & shaped in inequity... We need not for a moment underestimate the damage done to our country... What are we confronted with? There is a tug of war for the soul of America'!

Remains true nearly a decade later.

#USPol #JesseJackson

h/t FT

RIP Jesse Jackson

Jackson said at the start of the Tangerine Tyrant's first term:

'“The idea of making America great again reopens the wounds in America’s immoral foundation, born in sin & shaped in inequity... We need not for a moment underestimate the damage done to our country... What are we confronted with? There is a tug of war for the soul of America'!

Remains true nearly a decade later.

#USPol #JesseJackson

h/t FT

Oh my God. In this old Sesame Street video, Rev. Jesse Jackson leads a beautiful call and response in which he teaches children always to remember that they matter and deserve to be protected, no matter their circumstances. ❤️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTB1h18bHlY

#JesseJackson

RIP Jesse Jackson

I am not old enough to have known of him before he became a political candidate in his own right. So instead of linking immediately to an obituary article, I'm linking to his recounting of the violent reaction to the Civil Rights and anti-poverty work they were doing in the '60s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXH_1OQeK9A #USpol #JesseJackson

Reverend Jesse Jackson dies at age 84 | CNN

The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, the towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and America, has died, a Rainbow PUSH Coalition spokesperson and his son confirmed ...

#jessejackson #RevJesseJackson #civilrights #RainbowPushCoalition #africanamericans #civilrightsmovement #CivilRightsLeader #uspolitics

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/17/us/reverend-jesse-jackson-death

Reverend Jesse Jackson dies at age 84 | CNN

The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, the towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and America, has died, a Rainbow PUSH Coalition spokesperson and his son confirmed ...

#jessejackson #RevJesseJackson #civilrights #RainbowPushCoalition #africanamericans #civilrightsmovement #CivilRightsLeader #uspolitics

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/17/us/reverend-jesse-jackson-death

RIP Jesse Jackson

I am not old enough to have known of him before he became a political candidate in his own right. So instead of linking immediately to an obituary article, I'm linking to his recounting of the violent reaction to the Civil Rights and anti-poverty work they were doing in the '60s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXH_1OQeK9A #USpol #JesseJackson

Rest in power, Reverend Jackson.✊🏿
#JesseJackson #CivilRights #UsPol

Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies aged 84 | Jesse Jackson | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/17/jesse-jackson-civil-rights-icon-dies