Hi Miriam and all,
Your point is well taken. I guess we have to become more discerning as to
which organizations actually work to get the agenda moved forward?
Charlie Crawford.
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So now we'll have eben more organizations on the left, competing with each
other for people and money.
Miriam
Our Revolution: What's Next on Bernie Sanders' Horizon
Published on
Friday, July 15, 2016
by
Common Dreams
Our Revolution: What's Next on Bernie Sanders' Horizon
'The goal here is to do what I think the Democratic establishment has not
been very effective in doing,' said Sanders
by
Deirdre Fulton, staff writer
"I hope you will continue to be involved in fighting to transform America,"
Bernie Sanders told supporters on Tuesday after endorsing rival Hillary
Clinton. (Photo: Randy Bayne/flickr/cc)
The next phase of Bernie Sanders' political revolution starts now.
The Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. senator, who endorsed
one-time rival and presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, told USA
Today in an exclusive interview published Friday that he plans "to launch
educational and political organizations within the next few weeks to keep
his progressive movement alive."
Additionally, according to the newspaper:
Sanders plans to support at least 100 candidates running for a wide range of
public offices-from local school boards to Congress-at least through the
2016 elections. And he'll continue to raise funds for candidates while
campaigning for them all over the country. He said he probably will campaign
for Tim Canova, a progressive primary challenger to Rep. Debbie Wasserman
Schultz of Florida, who chairs the Democratic National Committee.
These efforts will be organized under the new Sanders Institute; the Our
Revolution political group; and a third organization that USA Today writes,
"may play a more direct role in campaign advertising."
USA Today reports:
The Sanders Institute will focus on elevating issues and ideas-through media
and documentaries-that Sanders said the "corporate media" fails to focus on,
including the disappearing middle class, "massive" income inequality,
horrific levels of poverty and problems affecting seniors and children.
Jane Sanders, Sanders' wife and political adviser, said the organization
will help address issues that came into sharp focus on the campaign trail,
such as "heartbreaking" issues facing Native Americans, and possible
solutions the campaign discovered to address their health care needs.
"It would be ridiculous for us to learn and not convey that information,"
she said.
Former Sanders aide and deputy senior advisor to his campaign Shannon
Jackson will head up Our Revolution.
Sanders told the paper: "If we are successful, what it will mean is that the
progressive message and the issues that I campaigned on will be increasingly
spread throughout this country. The goal here is to do what I think the
Democratic establishment has not been very effective in doing. And that is
at the grassroots level, encourage people to get involved, give them the
tools they need to win, help them financially."
Sanders' statements are in keeping with a lengthy email he sent to
supporters following Tuesday's announcement, in which he declared:
In the coming weeks, I will be announcing the creation of successor
organizations to carry on the struggle that we have been a part of these
past 15 months. I hope you will continue to be involved in fighting to
transform America. Our goal will be to advance the progressive agenda that
we believe in and to elect like-minded candidates at the federal, state and
local levels who are committed to accomplishing our goals.
Meanwhile, as Clare Foran reported Thursday for The Atlantic, "Sanders
supporters are also actively working to carry on the revolution. Brand New
Congress is one example."
However, she said, "all this points to a central tension of the Sanders
campaign. Sure, Bernie said it wasn't about him. But for so many of his
loyal followers, he has been the source of inspiration for political
engagement. Sanders is poised to continue agitating for a revolution. But it
remains to be seen how much the so-called revolution's energy and enthusiasm
can be sustained once the campaign has reached an end."
St. Martin's Press also announced Thursday that the democratic socialist is
writing a book-Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In-to be published
November 15, 2016, one week after the general election.
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Our Revolution: What's Next on Bernie Sanders' Horizon
Published on
Friday, July 15, 2016
by
Common Dreams
Our Revolution: What's Next on Bernie Sanders' Horizon
'The goal here is to do what I think the Democratic establishment has not
been very effective in doing,' said Sanders
by
Deirdre Fulton, staff writer
. 116 Comments
.
. "I hope you will continue to be involved in fighting to transform
America," Bernie Sanders told supporters on Tuesday after endorsing rival
Hillary Clinton. (Photo: Randy Bayne/flickr/cc)
. The next phase of Bernie Sanders' political revolution starts now.
. The Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. senator, who endorsed
one-time rival and presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, told USA
Today in an exclusive interview published Friday that he plans "to launch
educational and political organizations within the next few weeks to keep
his progressive movement alive."
. Additionally, according to the newspaper:
. Sanders plans to support at least 100 candidates running for a wide
range of public offices-from local school boards to Congress-at least
through the 2016 elections. And he'll continue to raise funds for candidates
while campaigning for them all over the country. He said he probably will
campaign for Tim Canova, a progressive primary challenger to Rep. Debbie
Wasserman Schultz of Florida, who chairs the Democratic National Committee.
These efforts will be organized under the new Sanders Institute; the Our
Revolution political group; and a third organization that USA Today writes,
"may play a more direct role in campaign advertising."
USA Today reports:
The Sanders Institute will focus on elevating issues and ideas-through media
and documentaries-that Sanders said the "corporate media" fails to focus on,
including the disappearing middle class, "massive" income inequality,
horrific levels of poverty and problems affecting seniors and children.
Jane Sanders, Sanders' wife and political adviser, said the organization
will help address issues that came into sharp focus on the campaign trail,
such as "heartbreaking" issues facing Native Americans, and possible
solutions the campaign discovered to address their health care needs.
"It would be ridiculous for us to learn and not convey that information,"
she said.
Former Sanders aide and deputy senior advisor to his campaign Shannon
Jackson will head up Our Revolution.
Sanders told the paper: "If we are successful, what it will mean is that the
progressive message and the issues that I campaigned on will be increasingly
spread throughout this country. The goal here is to do what I think the
Democratic establishment has not been very effective in doing. And that is
at the grassroots level, encourage people to get involved, give them the
tools they need to win, help them financially."
Sanders' statements are in keeping with a lengthy email he sent to
supporters following Tuesday's announcement, in which he declared:
In the coming weeks, I will be announcing the creation of successor
organizations to carry on the struggle that we have been a part of these
past 15 months. I hope you will continue to be involved in fighting to
transform America. Our goal will be to advance the progressive agenda that
we believe in and to elect like-minded candidates at the federal, state and
local levels who are committed to accomplishing our goals.
Meanwhile, as Clare Foran reported Thursday for The Atlantic, "Sanders
supporters are also actively working to carry on the revolution. Brand New
Congress is one example."
However, she said, "all this points to a central tension of the Sanders
campaign. Sure, Bernie said it wasn't about him. But for so many of his
loyal followers, he has been the source of inspiration for political
engagement. Sanders is poised to continue agitating for a revolution. But it
remains to be seen how much the so-called revolution's energy and enthusiasm
can be sustained once the campaign has reached an end."
St. Martin's Press also announced Thursday that the democratic socialist is
writing a book-Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In-to be published
November 15, 2016, one week after the general election.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License
