Working Life

It’s a book…about to see the light of day. It’s an organizing tool. It’s Bernie’s voice. The facts: it’s a book I’ve written that is coming out from Chelsea Green. The structure: 19 very short chapters on a whole set of the key issues–class warfare, taxes, the economy, trade, racism, climate change and more. Each […]

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This almost made me cry… you have to read the whole thing. And share as well. It’s a summary of the political fight… From Bernie Sanders:… Yesterday, I held a rally in Louisville, Kentucky with Charles Booker, who ran a great progressive campaign for the Democratic Senate nomination last year and who is thinking of […]

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PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Speaks on the Urgency of Raising the Minimum Wage and Passing the American Rescue Plan WASHINGTON, March 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today delivered a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate on the need to pass the American Rescue Plan Act and offered an amendment to raise the minimum […]

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Bernie, as usual, has it right. His full statement on this despicable bill: Late last night, Congress passed a $908 billion COVID relief bill that will extend unemployment benefits through the early spring, provide support for small businesses, schools, health care, nutrition, rental assistance, childcare, broadband, and the Postal Service, as well as funding to […]

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The pandemic has ripped a hole through every state budget in the country to the tune collectively of over $550 billion. That red ink is more than half a trillion dollars in money states won’t have—which translates into millions of people losing their jobs, services being decimated that we all rely on, attacks against people […]

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Years from now, at a great price in human life and suffering, the corona pandemic will have marked a potential decisive shift in the country because tens of millions of people will have seen that the country’s system and leadership have failed, over many decades, to protect the people. Progressives have a golden opportunity to […]

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Big companies don’t give a second thought to making big profits during the COVID-19 pandemic even if that means thousands of workers—and their families—will get sick and die from the virus. Actually, it’s a feature not a bug, no pun intended—in food processing, all those workers who make sure you get beef or chicken on […]

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WASHINGTON, January 15—Today, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-V.t.) spoke in opposition to the United States, Mexico, Canada Free Trade Agreement (USMCA) in the U.S. Senate. The following are the Senator’s prepared floor remarks: “Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the NAFTA 2.0 trade agreement negotiated by Trump. “This agreement is opposed by labor unions like […]

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Back in the first half of the 20th Century, there was a big vibrant union, the United Electrical Workers, the UE. It had 100,000s of members—until the McCarthy era anti-communist hysteria swept the country, triggering eviscerating attacks against the UE by the government, companies and other labor unions. Today, the union is still one of […]

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Bernie’s address today on Medicare For All…remarks as prepared for delivery are below: Thank you all very much for being here to discuss one of the major crises facing our country. Let me also thank the dozens of organizations throughout America who support Medicare for All and the tens of thousands of doctors, nurses and […]

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