NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with Sen. Bernie Sanders about his book, “Fight Oligarchy,” which argues oligarchic economic and political control has left millions of Americans struggling.
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FADEL: This book is a pocket-size version of a tour called Fight Oligarchy that you went on in mostly Republican or a lot of Republican leaning districts. And it is a call to action. You call for political revolution. But what does that look like for Americans who are watching more and more violent ICE raids, these flurry of court decisions over what President Trump is doing or not doing, a government shutdown, a deadlock in Washington? That can feel very helpless for Americans who have no control over Washington and politicians here.
SANDERS: I think you hit the nail on the head. I think people are feeling helpless, deeply worried about the future and whether their kids will have an even lower standard of living than they do, and they want to know what we can do. And when I talk about the political revolution, it’s - yes, it means, very importantly getting involved in the political process. But it’s not just being involved in, quote-unquote, “political activities.” We’re seeing at the grassroots level, if not at Washington, at the grassroots level, a lot of union organizing. You can stand up and form a union. If you’re worried about the quality of education that your kids are getting, get involved now. Work with the teachers. Improve education. We are a nation that, by and large, believes in democracy, believes in justice, understands that climate change is not a hoax but an existential threat to our world. So the message is break out of your comfort zone, do what you didn’t do yesterday, and get involved in one way or another.
Work with the teachers. Improve education.
It’s not the teachers that are the problem.
I’m all for it.
Sanders has to be one of the most straightforward and real people in congress. This is who he is, and he’s come full circle in his lifetime.
Why did he look like Hank green
This is TERRORISM (under NSPM-7!)!
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It’s the same thing he’s be saying for 50 years… we came so very very close to finally listening in 2016…
If the Progressives are serious this time, they need to create demands and be prepared to give orders to their followers to physically force the change that is required.
There’s not going to be a way for us to vote in a better future. The time to do that was < 2016.
It is going to require orginized violence, and the only people in a position to maintain that unity and messaging are like 3 big name Progressives.
Seven years of power
The corporation claw
The rich control the government, the media, the law
To make some kind of difference
Then everyone must know
Eradicate the fascists, revolution will growThe system we learn says we’re equal under law
But the streets are reality, the weak and poor will fall
Let’s tip the power balance and tear down their crown
Educate the masses, we’ll burn the White House down
Speak to me the pain you feel
