Category: Bernie Sanders

When 3 Men Richer Than 165 Million People, Sanders Says Working Class Must ‘Come Together’

Sen. Bernie Sanders

Big-money special interests “want to divide us up,” said the indepedent senator at a living wage rally in South Carolina, “and we are determined to bring working people together.”

Source: When 3 Men Richer Than 165 Million People, Sanders Says Working Class Must ‘Come Together’

Bernie Sanders Keeps Us Focused on What Matters ❧ Current Affairs

Sanders’ new manifesto is an important reminder of what we should be fighting for, and a reminder that the Democratic party establishment is a main enemy of progress and justice.

Source: Bernie Sanders Keeps Us Focused on What Matters ❧ Current Affairs

Sen. Bernie Sanders, “Embarrassed” by “racist” Israeli Government, Threatens to Withhold Aid

Sanders, who is Jewish, has several beefs with the current government in Israel, not least that he is “embarrassed” by it. Israel should not reflect on Jewish Americans, who are only responsible for their own individual actions and speech. The world is unfair that way, though, and for some people the fascist takeover in Israel will raise questions about what sort of person would not only support it but also try to silence anyone who speaks out against it. Sanders clearly feels that it is an albatross about his neck.

Source: Sen. Bernie Sanders, “Embarrassed” by “racist” Israeli Government, Threatens to Withhold Aid

‘That’s Oligarchy’: Sanders Rips Billionaires for Trying to Buy Midterm Victories – scheerpost.com

Rallying for Pennsylvania congressional candidates Summer Lee and John Fetterman in Philadelphia on Sunday, Sen. Bernie Sanders ripped U.S. billionaires for pumping record-breaking sums of cash into the midterm elections in an effort to sway the results in their favor.

Source: ‘That’s Oligarchy’: Sanders Rips Billionaires for Trying to Buy Midterm Victories – scheerpost.com

The US has a ruling class – and Americans must stand up to it | Bernie Sanders | The Guardian

In the year 2022, three multibillionaires own more wealth than the bottom half of American society – 160 million Americans. This is unsustainable

The US has a ruling class – and Americans must stand up to it | Bernie Sanders | The Guardian

In UK Speech, Sanders Says ‘Stand Together and Tell the Oligarchs They Cannot Have It All’

Addressing a trade union rally in London, the U.S. senator called for bringing “working people together in the fight for justice and a world that belongs to all of us not just the people on top.”

In UK Speech, Sanders Says ‘Stand Together and Tell the Oligarchs They Cannot Have It All’

Bernie Sanders skewers Republican critic of ‘full-on socialism’ in Fox debate | Bernie Sanders | The Guardian

Bernie Sanders with Lindsey Graham and Fox host Bret Baier after the debate.

America’s only true Presidential Politician.

‘Is guaranteeing healthcare to all people socialistic?’ senator asks Lindsey Graham in stellar defense of political philosophy

Source: Bernie Sanders skewers Republican critic of ‘full-on socialism’ in Fox debate | Bernie Sanders | The Guardian

Bernie in Trumpworld: Sanders visits ‘imperative if democracy is to survive’ | Bernie Sanders | The Guardian

Bernie Sanders speaks on the National Mall in Washington in June.

He gave Biden credit for confronting “realities” from climate change to healthcare, “concerns progressives have had for decades”. He also dismissed criticism from the left for his relative closeness to the Biden White House. “You know politics,” Sanders said, “with a shrug”. “You can’t please all of the people all of the time.”

Source: Bernie in Trumpworld: Sanders visits ‘imperative if democracy is to survive’ | Bernie Sanders | The Guardian

Calling Walton Family ‘Poster Child for Greed,’ Sanders Says Taxpayers Should No Longer Subsidize Walmart’s Starvation Wages | Common Dreams News

A photograph of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and his family is displayed at the Wal-Mart museum, March 17, 2005 in Bentonville, Arkansas. Today Wal-Mart operates many thousands of stores both in the U.S. and abroad. The fiercely anti-union and media-shy company is a target of critics and the Walton family is now the wealthiest on the planet. (Photos by Gilles Mingasson/Getty Images)

“Walmart, the largest employer in America, is owned by the richest family in America. Their wealth has gone up $50 billion during the pandemic, and they spend millions on themselves. But the company they own starts workers off at $11 an hour. That is outrageous.”

Calling Walton Family ‘Poster Child for Greed,’ Sanders Says Taxpayers Should No Longer Subsidize Walmart’s Starvation Wages | Common Dreams News

Bernie and AOC Are Right: Joe Biden Should Declare Climate Change a National Emergency

Bernie and AOC Are Right: Joe Biden Should Declare Climate Change a National Emergency

For decades, presidents have used their power to declare emergencies to sideline badly needed regulations and entrench the national security state. Now a group of Congress members led by AOC is proposing that those powers be used for good: to force action to avoid a climate catastrophe.

Bernie and AOC Are Right: Joe Biden Should Declare Climate Change a National Emergency

Bernie Sanders Is Right, and Joe Biden Is Wrong. We Still Need Medicare for All.

Joe Biden and the Democratic establishment refuse to push Medicare for All even as COVID-19 continues to ravage the country. That’s all the more reason for us to demand, alongside Bernie Sanders, that everyone get the health care they need free of charge until the pandemic is over.

Bernie Sanders Is Right, and Joe Biden Is Wrong. We Still Need Medicare for All.

From Paul Ryan to Nikki Haley: GOP Nightmare of Senate Budget Chair Bernie Sanders About to Come True | Common Dreams News

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) attends the full Senate Budget Committee markup of the tax reform legislation on Capital Hill November 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

“When Republicans controlled the Senate they used the reconciliation process to provide huge tax breaks for the rich and large corporations,” said Sanders on Saturday. “We’re going to use reconciliation to protect working families, the sick and the poor.”

From Paul Ryan to Nikki Haley: GOP Nightmare of Senate Budget Chair Bernie Sanders About to Come True | Common Dreams News

Why Impeach Trump at This Late Date? One Word, Says Bernie Sanders: ‘Precedent’ | Common Dreams News

Bill Zawacki carries a banner that reads "impeach" near the U.S. Capitol two days after a pro-Trump mob broke into the building on January 8, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

“It must be made clear that no president, now or in the future, can lead an insurrection against the U.S. government.”

Why Impeach Trump at This Late Date? One Word, Says Bernie Sanders: ‘Precedent’ | Common Dreams News

Bernie Sanders Would Make a Very Good Secretary of Labor

Bernie Sanders is reportedly making a bid to be the secretary of labor in a potential Biden administration. That’s good news. The labor secretary has broad latitude to raise worker standards — and Bernie could use the bully pulpit to declare that all workers will have the full backing of the federal government if they organize on the job.

Bernie Sanders Would Make a Very Good Secretary of Labor

Bernie Sanders sounds alarm on a Trump ‘nightmare scenario’

Senator Bernie Sanders is sounding the alarm of Donald Trump's attempt to deligitimise the election.

“Senator Bernie Sanders is planning to mount an aggressive campaign to counter potential attempts by President Donald Trump to delegitimise the results of the November election, warning that Democrats and Republicans alike must do “everything that we can to prevent that from happening.”

Bernie Sanders sounds alarm on a Trump ‘nightmare scenario’

Sanders Delivers Message to Lawmakers Who Claim US Can’t Afford Green New Deal: Climate Catastrophe Is ‘Much More Expensive’ | Common Dreams News

. Bernie Sanders used a virtual town hall on Saturday to call out his fellow members of Congress who—in the midst of record-shattering heat waves, massively destructive storms, and unprecedented wildfires—continue to insist that a Green New Deal aimed at combating the climate emergency and creating millions of good-paying jobs in the process would be too costly.

Sanders Delivers Message to Lawmakers Who Claim US Can’t Afford Green New Deal: Climate Catastrophe Is ‘Much More Expensive’ | Common Dreams News

Joe Biden Hails Bernie Sanders in Endorsement Video

Biden told Sanders his endorsement “means a great deal” to him, saying, “I want to thank you for being a powerful voice. And you’ve been the most powerful voice for a fair and more just America.”

“It’s a voice like yours that refuses to allow us just to accept what is. You’ve refused to accept that we can’t change what’s wrong in our nation,” he added. “And you don’t get enough credit, Bernie.”

via Joe Biden Hails Bernie Sanders in Endorsement Video

Bernie Drops Out: A Post Mortem – » The Australian Independent Media Network

As Chomsky said, Sanders has fundamentally changed the conversation. Ideas that were unthinkable even two years ago are now part of the conversation. The media largely dismisses them, but the very fact that they have to respond at all speaks volumes. Politicians, too, are forced to respond to the ideas of M4A, tuition-free public college and eliminating student-loan debt. The conversation is changing. Sanders’ focus on the issues, sometimes unfortunately to the exclusion of smart politics, has brought that style of campaign back to the forefront of politics. Long may this continue.

Bernie Drops Out: A Post Mortem – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Bernie Sanders Calls for ‘Boldest Legislation in History’ to Halt Spiraling Covid-19 Catastrophe | Common Dreams News

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks during a campaign event at NOAH's Events Venue on December 30, 2019 in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Addressing the employment crisis by ensuring workers remain employed and paid as well as providing social services for everyone in the country, regardless of citizenship or immigration status
Guaranteeing a free at point of service Medicare for All single payer healthcaer system for everyone in the country
Immediately using the Defense Production Act to manufacture personal protective equipment (PPE), ventilators, and other needed healthcare equipment for frontline workers dealing with the pandemic
Providing food for everyone in the country for the duration of the crisis
$600 billion in aid to states and cities
An immediate suspension of collections of rent, mortgage payments, medical debt, and consumer debt for four months and a suspension of student loan payments through the duration of the pandemic

via Bernie Sanders Calls for ‘Boldest Legislation in History’ to Halt Spiraling Covid-19 Catastrophe | Common Dreams News

‘A President Who Doesn’t Need to Beg the Powerful for Money’: Sanders Campaign Raises Record $46 Million in February | Common Dreams News

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Democratic Presidential Candidate, speaks to thousands of supporters during a rally at the Boston Common on Saturday, February 29, 2020 in Boston, MA. (Photo: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

No Billionaires or Corporations here (ODT)

via ‘A President Who Doesn’t Need to Beg the Powerful for Money’: Sanders Campaign Raises Record $46 Million in February | Common Dreams News

Debate shows Bernie Sanders could win most votes but be denied nomination | US news | The Guardian

Bernie Sanders greets Mike Bloomberg and Elizabeth Warren at the Democratic debate in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

The Vermont senator was alone in saying he would back whoever won a plurality of delegates – with others open to superdelegates tipping the balance for another candidate at the convention

via Debate shows Bernie Sanders could win most votes but be denied nomination | US news | The Guardian

Shadow-boxing Sanders

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to work out that the neoliberal establishment residing within the U.S. Democratic Party would not want Bernie Sanders to get the presidential nomination.

It’s a simple matter of logistics. Capitalism is tanking, profiteering is harder to achieve, ergo a candidate gunning for health care for all and financial reform, higher taxes and a nationalised electricity grid creates problems for the establishment.

It’s not so hard to imagine the Democrats doing whatever they can from behind the scenes so the right person (for them) gets the nomination. It’s not hard to imagine any powerful political groups anywhere doing this — such is the corruption bar of the present time.

via Shadow-boxing Sanders

Bernie Sanders and His Movement Are on the Verge of History

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

The old man the young with heart love and they along with Women and Black Americans have the capacity to change America’s Direction (ODT)

“Sanders is a movement candidate — who will be accountable to our generation,” Carney replied. “He has proven that he is aligned with the version of the world that we want to create. And since before our generation was born, he was fighting the injustices that we are fighting today.”

New Hampshire Youth Movement is a natural ally of the Bernie 2020 campaign, as the organization’s website makes clear:

via Bernie Sanders and His Movement Are on the Verge of History

Bernie Sanders surges in Iowa poll ahead of caucuses | US news | The Guardian

Keith Anthony Sikora dressed in a Bernie Sanders jumpsuit in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday.

The Vermont senator is now the first choice of 25% of voters, the New York Times/Siena College survey found, an increase of six points from a similar poll taken in October.

A drop in popularity of Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts senator, from 22% to 15% accounts for Sanders’ boosted standing, with Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and former vice-president Joe Biden stagnant in second and third place respectively with 18 and 17%.

Sanders, 78, has been “consolidating support from liberals and benefiting from divisions among more moderate presidential candidates who are clustered behind him”, the New York Times article accompanying the poll data claimed.

via Bernie Sanders surges in Iowa poll ahead of caucuses | US news | The Guardian

The Power of Solidarity Is How Sanders Will Beat Trump

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“We need a serious debate in this country on issues,” Sanders said. “We don’t need to demonize people who may disagree with us. … I appeal to my supporters: Please, engage in civil discourse.” He pointed out (rightly) that “we’re not the only campaign that does it. Other people act that way as well.” But he added, “I would appeal to everybody: Have a debate on the issues. We can disagree with each other without being disagreeable, without being hateful.”

via The Power of Solidarity Is How Sanders Will Beat Trump

‘Game-Changer’: Sanders Unveils Green New Deal Plan Detailing 10-Year Mobilization to Avert Climate Catastrophe, Create 20 Million Jobs | Common Dreams News

via ‘Game-Changer’: Sanders Unveils Green New Deal Plan Detailing 10-Year Mobilization to Avert Climate Catastrophe, Create 20 Million Jobs | Common Dreams News

Bernie Sanders’ Radical New Proposal Could Transform America

Bernie Sanders' Radical New Proposal Could Transform America

Sanders cited figures of vast wealth disparity in the United States, where “the top 1 percent of people own more wealth than the bottom 92 percent.” He said there is higher income and wealth inequality today than at any time since the 1920s. And, Sanders stated, “despite an explosion in technology and worker productivity, the average wage of the American worker in real dollars is no higher than it was 46 years ago and millions of people are forced to work two or three jobs just to survive.”

via Bernie Sanders’ Radical New Proposal Could Transform America