AN OXYMORON?

I really hope the title of this blog, Peaceful Revolution,  won't prove to be an oxymoron.  I was looking at a video of the 1963 March on Washington.  There were thousands of people there, marching, singing, waving signs, and listening intently to inspirational speakers and dignitaries such as Martin Luther King, Roy Wilkerson, and Congressmen of the time.  It looked peaceful in the 20 minutes or so archival video.  

Now, in this Political Revolution of 2016, another March on Washington is being planned.  But this is a more violent time, more guns running around, politicians inciting hatred, racism, bigotry, and belligerence, angry, frustrated people, and protestors at political rallies being beaten up.  So, I wonder, can there be a Peaceful Revolution? 

Only one of the candidates for President, Bernie Sanders, was part of that March on Washington in 1963. He never lost that idealism, and has spent his life working for Civil Rights, human rights, in government positions from local level to Congress. 

I'm just one of his supporters, one of his believers, trying to do my bit for this Political Revolution. I hope it will turn out to be a non-violent,  Peaceful Revolution, but perhaps I'm just a dreamer, imagining a better world, the one John Lennon sang about.