Working Life

From the campaign: Campaign manager Jeff Weaver issued the following statement on Tuesday after the Working Families Party board voted to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders for president: “Bernie has devoted his career to helping working families and is gratified by the support of the Working Families Party. Together they will work to take on the […]

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Bernie is about to address the Jefferson-Jackson dinner in New Hampshire. A flavor: We began this campaign seven months ago. We had no organization, no money, very little national name recognition and were at 3 percent in the polls. Today, we have hundreds of thousands of volunteers in every state in the country, including some […]

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Yesterday, I spoke before a group of Democrats in Reno, Nevada on behalf of Bernie and, at one point, someone asked me about why the biggest labor unions are not choosing to endorse Bernie. My first point was simple: it’s a crass and ugly if understandable choice—the union leaders, many of whom I know, understand […]

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Not breaking news per se, and the traditional media always gets the 411 late but, hey, at least it’s there: Bernie is dominating small donor support, which is better for politics and the country. The NYT stumbles on it (LOL): The success of the Boston area outfit, a nonprofit organization called ActBlue, can be seen […]

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Thirteen years ago today, Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash while he was campaigning for re-election. Each year, on this day, I write something about Paul as a small way to remember an astonishingly great Senator–besides Bernie Sanders, he’s the only politician in the last 30-40 years I’d walk over hot coals to help. […]

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I’ve been making this prediction for the past month, and the recent huge fundraising surge for Bernie in the 24 hours post debate and the recent election fundraising reports only buttress this guess: by the time of the New Hampshire primary, Bernie will out raise the status quo candidate and likely have more cash-on-hand, if […]

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This is great. The contrast: the elite of the party trying to control its powers and shut down discussion about issues versus a political revolution trying to energize the party and be open. The elite shuns people. The political revolution says: come sit with us. This is great. The contrast: the elite of the party […]

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Ok, so, now the fight begins in earnest. A deal has been struck to ram the Trans Pacific Partnership down the throats of the people. Bernie stands against the deal. Uh, HRC…no position. Breaking now: The United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations on Monday agreed to the largest regional trade accord in history, […]

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The Pope and Bernie Sanders share something: concern for the poor and a sharp critique of capitalism, as well as no fondness for the Wall Street class which funds virtually every other candidate, including the presumed front-runner. While others jostle for tickets to be in the picture with the Pope, Bernie’s hitting the streets with the very people he is campaigning to defend.

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Bernie Sanders has been regularly making the connection between the relentless attack on workers by billionaires and big corporations, on the one hand, and racism and the impoverishment of non-white workers, particularly black workers. And, to boot, he regularly talks about of the importance of a strong organized labor movement–not because he needs a political […]

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