Read this. Yes, the Democratic Party establishment is working to annihilate
Sanders and yes, there are alternative parties like the Green Party to which
to turn for a home. And as I said before, doing that will make me
comfortable. But no alternative party, including the Green Party, has been
able to gain power in the last hundred years.
Miriam
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From: Jill Stein [mailto:HQ@xxxxxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2016 12:47 PM
To: Miriam Vieni
Subject: Super Tuesday: The empire strikes back, but the rebellion lives
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ertuesday&n=1> Jill 2016
Dear Miriam --
Super Tuesday was a big win for oligarchy, as the Democratic Party
establishment delivered over 60% of available delegates for Hillary Clinton
and billionaire demagogue Donald Trump stomped to victory in 8 states.
But despite the dominance of Clinton and Trump, the millions of votes for
Bernie Sanders show that Americans are hungry for sweeping changes to a
broken system that's throwing workers, students, the middle class and the
poor under the bus.
I agree with Bernie and his supporters that we must take our democracy back
from the billionaires, win economic justice for the 99%, confront the
existential threat of climate meltdown, adopt an improved Medicare For All
healthcare system, provide a welcoming path to citizenship, and end racist
violence in our criminal justice system.
On many issues, we must go further - for example, by canceling all student
loan debt, urgently transitioning to 100% clean renewable energy by 2030,
nationalizing the Federal Reserve, and reforming the electoral system with
measures like proportional representation. And we must roll back the
military-industrial-surveillance complex that is undermining our liberty and
security while bankrupting us financially and morally.
The success of the Sanders campaign has proven that in today's rapidly
changing America, a populist progressive agenda only has to break into the
media and the televised debates to catch on like wildfire and inspire
millions to shake the foundations of a political establishment that seemed
invulnerable just a few short months ago.
I applaud the courage of the millions of people who are defying the
establishment by organizing and voting for Bernie Sanders, and shredding the
conventional wisdom that Americans are too enamored of corporate capitalism
to want an economy and a society that works for all of us.
It's sobering to see how the Democratic Party has openly used its
institutional power to marginalize and push back against the Sanders
campaign's heartening demonstration of grassroots democracy.
From the near-unanimous endorsement of Clinton by Democratic elected
officials, to the Democratic National Committee's blatant maneuvering to
undermine Sanders, to the party's collaboration with "liberal" corporate
media to marginalize Sanders' campaign, the empire is striking back with all
its firepower.
Super Tuesday and superdelegates are just two of the Democratic Party's
built-in safeguards against democracy. The Democrats' anti-Sanders campaign
is just the latest episode in the party's long history of sabotaging
progressive rebels in their ranks - from Jesse Jackson to Dennis Kucinich
and more.
The Democratic Party and corporate media are even proclaiming Clinton more
"electable", despite polls showing Sanders performing better in head-to-head
matchups against leading Republicans. To them, "electability" has nothing to
do with a candidate's popularity among the voters, and everything to do with
having the establishment's stamp of approval.
Meanwhile, the rise of extremist bully Trump, a sexist bigot and the most
disliked candidate in America, is the GOP's reward for its decades-long
descent into oligarchy, anti-intellectualism, and proto-fascism.
Democratic Party strategists are publicly planning to sabotage Sanders, and
then use fear to keep his followers in line by arguing that despite
everything that Wall Street-backed Washington insider Clinton has done to
betray their trust, the Republican is worse.
If the Democratic Party does succeed in anointing Hillary Clinton and
slamming the door on Sanders' insurgency, our campaign ensures that the
growing political revolution will not be silenced by a counter-revolutionary
party.
This election is showing that the political establishment is obsolete. We
don't need endorsements from political insiders or big corporate donations
to ignite the revolution that will take our democracy back. All we need is
the courage of our convictions, and to recognize that we have critical mass
to move mountains when we stand together as a broad coalition for justice.
Our campaign is building a truly democratic national party as a home for
those who are committed to political revolution, and understand it needs a
base to grow beyond a single election cycle. We offer a party that refuses
to take money from corporations, super PACs and lobbyists, and that refuses
to collaborate with the engines of economic and ecological destruction.
Unlike the flailing establishment parties, the Green movement embraces those
who seek a new system that puts people, planet and peace over profit. We
will not sell out the American people or future generations who will inherit
the world we create.
We will continue building a force for change through Election Day and
beyond. Together we will build an America, and a world, that works for all
of us.
It's in our hands!
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