Working Life

Let me thank everyone for being here today and for standing up for justice, decency and dignity. Let me also thank you for standing up for democracy and for demanding that the United States government represent all of us, and not just the 1 percent. Let me thank the groups who have helped co-sponsor this […]

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Yes, friends, taking over the Democratic Party is far from a mirage. Over the course of two days, the political revolution showed it has bite and balls: Berniecrats, and other progressives, won more than 600 seats—over 50 percent of the seats in play—in elections to fill slots for the California Democratic Party state committee. In […]

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Because we need to celebrate in these dark political days, give a listen to how YOU, and thousands of people like you, helped kill (hopefully, forever), the dastardly Trans Pacific Partnership. After a short primer on so-called “free trade”, Jonathan speaks with two key people who organized the opposition, Lori Wallach, the director of Global […]

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Just because I am reminded every day what a tragedy it is that Bernie Sanders will not be president of the United States, I like to read back on stuff…including the time he told me, in April 2013 when I interviewed him for Playboy magazine, that he didn’t think he could raise enough money to […]

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Bernie out with a statement on the TPP not coming to a vote this year…and this should be chalked up to our movement by the way, of the last year cuz magically the TPP stopped being thought of as the “gold standard”. Sanders Welcomes McConnell Decision to Block TPP BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 26 – U.S. […]

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This is a great example of the circular firing squad of progressives/liberals–mouthing off with bullshit criticism and making assumptions and spinning conspiracy theories pulled out of someone’s ass, or collectives asses. The kerfuffle making the rounds: Bernie has not done enough to support Tim Canova in his primary race against the odious Debbie Wasserman-Schultz in […]

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Let me begin by thanking the 13 million Americans who voted for me during the Democratic primaries. Let me also thank the people here in New Hampshire who gave us our first big win and a special thanks to the people of Vermont whose support for so many years has sustained me. Let me also […]

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So, you can be the judge if the Democratic platform is the most progressive platform ever. But, Bernie say, if it, it’s thanks to you! Here is what he had to say in a press statement: Pressed by supporters of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, Democratic Party platform writers meeting this weekend in Orlando, Florida, adopted […]

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This is why we worked for a year. This is what a political revolution begins to accomplish. This is what YOU have done. Sure, there is a lot more to do. But, this comes only because of a political revolution that forced this to happen: ORLANDO, Fla. – Democrats agreed to the most aggressive plan to combat […]

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Well, wonder why we stick it out? U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders today welcomed a proposal by Secretary Hillary Clinton which combines the best features of plans that she and Sanders brought forth during the campaign to make higher education affordable for all and substantially reduces student debt. “As I’ve traveled throughout the country during this […]

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