Miriam sent me the following article. I did note the interesting spin
put on an action that was either deliberately and carefully planned,
or an indication that the Empire's Media is filled with idiots. The
line goes: "The Associated Press and NBC News
inappropriately announced Hillary Clinton "clinched" the nomination on the
eve of a major day of primaries."
"inappropriately?" If anyone believes that was the case, please
contact me off list. I have a few acres of Florida swamp land to
peddle...and a couple of Brooklyn bridges.
Carl Jarvis
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 18:32:35 -0400
Subject: I thought you'd appreciate this. You could forward it to the list.
To: Carl Jarvis <carjar82@xxxxxxxxx>
Sanders Encourages Struggle Against Establishment Politics To Continue
Published on
Wednesday, June 08, 2016
by
Shadowproof
Sanders Encourages Struggle Against Establishment Politics To Continue
by
Kevin Gosztola
"Establishment pundits only see the race in terms of winning and losing,"
observers Gosztola. "The very notion that Sanders would still campaign, even
if he cannot win, because it gives space to movements for social justice in
the country is baffling to them. It is the kind of thing that makes pundits
across the political spectrum turn red in the face while they bang out
snarky tweets." (Photo: Gage Skidmore/flickr/cc)
"The struggle continues," Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders
declared in a speech, which capped off his statewide campaign in California.
He described the struggle broadly as one for social, economic, racial, and
environmental justice.
Sanders also noted he has overwhelmingly won young people in the majority of
the United States. Young people recognize they must shape the future, and
they share the Sanders campaign's vision for a government that works for
lower class citizens instead of catering to the interests of corporations
and the rich.
The primary contests did not go as well as Sanders supporters hoped. The
campaign won decisively in North Dakota. It eked out a victory in Montana,
but the campaign lost in South Dakota and New Mexico. It was blown out in
New Jersey. Sanders did not win California, and there is ample evidence of
massive irregularities at polling places, which should have Californians
concerned.
"A campaign that once polled in the single-digits nationally grew into a
powerful force that had the potential to defeat one of the most powerful
political families in the United States. It convinced people that social
democratic politics-some of which are fairly radical in the U.S. political
system-could win."
It is very easy for those inspired by the Sanders campaign to feel
demoralized and overwhelmed by cynicism. The Associated Press and NBC News
inappropriately announced Hillary Clinton "clinched" the nomination on the
eve of a major day of primaries. Alan Fram of the AP Washington Bureau sent
an email indicating the media organization was "rounding up superdelegates,"
which is language a campaign strategist might use but not a journalist. An
image Clinton shared on Twitter to mark AP's report that she "clinched" the
nomination was created on Saturday and labeled "Secret Winner."
Independents-what are known as No Party Preference (NPP) voters in
California-supported Sanders by thirty to forty more points than Clinton.
However, there was little information put out by the state or by the Sanders
campaign to ensure NPP voters were able to navigate the process in
California. Of 40 percent of vote-by-mail voters who wanted to vote for a
Democrat, only 15 percent requested a Democratic ballot, according to exit
polling by Political Data, Inc.
The Los Angeles Times reported many California voters encountered "broken
machines, polling sites that opened late, and incomplete voter rolls,
particularly in Los Angeles County." Polling place workers handed numerous
voters provisional ballots, which typically are not counted. Those voters,
who knew they should not accept a provisional ballot and demand they be able
to cast a vote that would be tallied, did so and sometimes prevailed. But
oftentimes it took an hour or more of struggle to avoid disenfranchisement.
Once again, as in states like New York and Arizona, there were numerous
claims of voter suppression in California. Add this to the media helping the
Clinton campaign attain the "magic number" of superdelegates to "clinch" the
nomination, and it is no wonder that most Sanders supporters are outraged.
The response of establishment pundits and politicians, especially those
within the Democratic Party, is not to investigate, verify, or confirm
whether claims of irregularities. Instead, Sanders supporters are
pathologized as wild-eyed conspiracy theorists who cry, "Rigged!" every time
Clinton wins a state. Pundits and politicians obnoxiously act offended when
supporters indicate they will never unify with Democrats and vote Clinton.
Yet, in the face of an establishment media and Democratic political
establishment furious with Sanders for refusing to quit, Sanders has won
more than twenty states. He is headed to the Democratic National Convention
in Philadelphia with about 45 percent of the pledged delegates, which is
incredibly impressive for a politician who describes himself as a democratic
socialist. His campaign will have a lot of power to frustrate and stymie
corporate politics at the Democratic elites' four-day corporate-sponsored
celebration.
A campaign that once polled in the single-digits nationally grew into a
powerful force that had the potential to defeat one of the most powerful
political families in the United States. It convinced people that social
democratic politics-some of which are fairly radical in the U.S. political
system-could win.
Widespread protest from Sanders supporters against the Democratic Party's
system of superdelegates has brought attention to how party insiders can
suffocate a popular campaign. They have made it exceptionally difficult to
defend this anti-democratic aspect of the Democratic presidential primary.
Washington, D.C. awards twenty pledged delegates on June 14 and is the last
primary contest. He plans to fight for all the votes he can get from D.C.
The calls for Sanders to halt his campaign have been steady in the press for
months, even though there were over twenty primaries left on the calendar.
So, supporters should not take the calls today any more seriously than they
did after previous primary days.
Establishment pundits only see the race in terms of winning and losing. The
very notion that Sanders would still campaign, even if he cannot win,
because it gives space to movements for social justice in the country is
baffling to them. It is the kind of thing that makes pundits across the
political spectrum turn red in the face while they bang out snarky tweets.
Yet, as Sanders put it, "What this movement is about is millions of people
from coast to coast looking around them and knowing we can do much, much
better as a nation." And, "Whether Wall Street likes it, whether corporate
America likes it, whether wealthy campaign contributors like it, whether the
corporate media likes it," the job of citizens is to "create a government
that works for us, not the one percent."
To achieve this goal, to realize a grand vision of social, economic, racial,
and environmental justice, the millions who support the Sanders campaign
must be willing to take on a long and arduous struggle that will be far more
grueling than the obscenely long primary process. They must be courageously
defiant because they have a core set of principles and values that cannot be
abandoned.
The vilification Sanders supporters have experienced from the establishment
will be even more intense when shaking the halls of power outside of the
electoral process. Nevertheless, all citizens who are part of the political
revolution should trudge onward without losing any edge whatsoever. The
massive uprising must remain a force the Clinton campaign and Donald Trump's
campaign has to reckon with throughout the next five months.
If one believes in the Sanders campaign's commitment to social, economic,
racial, and environmental justice, there must be an end to two-party
politics as usual. This requires the democratizing of elections. Make it
possible for parties other than the Democratic and Republican Parties to
debate and easier for candidates from other parties to have ballot access so
they may compete. Break the cycle and forgo support for the Democratic
Party, which views any grassroots effort to transform the party into a
populist party as a disease it must aggressively prevent from spreading.
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Sanders Encourages Struggle Against Establishment Politics To Continue
Published on
Wednesday, June 08, 2016
by
Shadowproof
Sanders Encourages Struggle Against Establishment Politics To Continue
by
Kevin Gosztola
. 5 Comments
.
. "Establishment pundits only see the race in terms of winning and
losing," observers Gosztola. "The very notion that Sanders would still
campaign, even if he cannot win, because it gives space to movements for
social justice in the country is baffling to them. It is the kind of thing
that makes pundits across the political spectrum turn red in the face while
they bang out snarky tweets." (Photo: Gage Skidmore/flickr/cc)
. "The struggle continues," Democratic presidential candidate Bernie
Sanders declared in a speech, which capped off his statewide campaign in
California. He described the struggle broadly as one for social, economic,
racial, and environmental justice.
. Sanders also noted he has overwhelmingly won young people in the
majority of the United States. Young people recognize they must shape the
future, and they share the Sanders campaign's vision for a government that
works for lower class citizens instead of catering to the interests of
corporations and the rich.
. The primary contests did not go as well as Sanders supporters hoped.
The campaign won decisively in North Dakota. It eked out a victory in
Montana, but the campaign lost in South Dakota and New Mexico. It was blown
out in New Jersey. Sanders did not win California, and there is ample
evidence of massive irregularities at polling places, which should have
Californians concerned.
. "A campaign that once polled in the single-digits nationally grew
into a powerful force that had the potential to defeat one of the most
powerful political families in the United States. It convinced people that
social democratic politics-some of which are fairly radical in the U.S.
political system-could win."
It is very easy for those inspired by the Sanders campaign to feel
demoralized and overwhelmed by cynicism. The Associated Press and NBC News
inappropriately announced Hillary Clinton "clinched" the nomination on the
eve of a major day of primaries. Alan Fram of the AP Washington Bureau sent
an email indicating the media organization was "rounding up superdelegates,"
which is language a campaign strategist might use but not a journalist. An
image Clinton shared on Twitter to mark AP's report that she "clinched" the
nomination was created on Saturday and labeled "Secret Winner."
Independents-what are known as No Party Preference (NPP) voters in
California-supported Sanders by thirty to forty more points than Clinton.
However, there was little information put out by the state or by the Sanders
campaign to ensure NPP voters were able to navigate the process in
California. Of 40 percent of vote-by-mail voters who wanted to vote for a
Democrat, only 15 percent requested a Democratic ballot, according to exit
polling by Political Data, Inc.
The Los Angeles Times reported many California voters encountered "broken
machines, polling sites that opened late, and incomplete voter rolls,
particularly in Los Angeles County." Polling place workers handed numerous
voters provisional ballots, which typically are not counted. Those voters,
who knew they should not accept a provisional ballot and demand they be able
to cast a vote that would be tallied, did so and sometimes prevailed. But
oftentimes it took an hour or more of struggle to avoid disenfranchisement.
Once again, as in states like New York and Arizona, there were numerous
claims of voter suppression in California. Add this to the media helping the
Clinton campaign attain the "magic number" of superdelegates to "clinch" the
nomination, and it is no wonder that most Sanders supporters are outraged.
The response of establishment pundits and politicians, especially those
within the Democratic Party, is not to investigate, verify, or confirm
whether claims of irregularities. Instead, Sanders supporters are
pathologized as wild-eyed conspiracy theorists who cry, "Rigged!" every time
Clinton wins a state. Pundits and politicians obnoxiously act offended when
supporters indicate they will never unify with Democrats and vote Clinton.
Yet, in the face of an establishment media and Democratic political
establishment furious with Sanders for refusing to quit, Sanders has won
more than twenty states. He is headed to the Democratic National Convention
in Philadelphia with about 45 percent of the pledged delegates, which is
incredibly impressive for a politician who describes himself as a democratic
socialist. His campaign will have a lot of power to frustrate and stymie
corporate politics at the Democratic elites' four-day corporate-sponsored
celebration.
A campaign that once polled in the single-digits nationally grew into a
powerful force that had the potential to defeat one of the most powerful
political families in the United States. It convinced people that social
democratic politics-some of which are fairly radical in the U.S. political
system-could win.
Widespread protest from Sanders supporters against the Democratic Party's
system of superdelegates has brought attention to how party insiders can
suffocate a popular campaign. They have made it exceptionally difficult to
defend this anti-democratic aspect of the Democratic presidential primary.
Washington, D.C. awards twenty pledged delegates on June 14 and is the last
primary contest. He plans to fight for all the votes he can get from D.C.
The calls for Sanders to halt his campaign have been steady in the press for
months, even though there were over twenty primaries left on the calendar.
So, supporters should not take the calls today any more seriously than they
did after previous primary days.
Establishment pundits only see the race in terms of winning and losing. The
very notion that Sanders would still campaign, even if he cannot win,
because it gives space to movements for social justice in the country is
baffling to them. It is the kind of thing that makes pundits across the
political spectrum turn red in the face while they bang out snarky tweets.
Yet, as Sanders put it, "What this movement is about is millions of people
from coast to coast looking around them and knowing we can do much, much
better as a nation." And, "Whether Wall Street likes it, whether corporate
America likes it, whether wealthy campaign contributors like it, whether the
corporate media likes it," the job of citizens is to "create a government
that works for us, not the one percent."
To achieve this goal, to realize a grand vision of social, economic, racial,
and environmental justice, the millions who support the Sanders campaign
must be willing to take on a long and arduous struggle that will be far more
grueling than the obscenely long primary process. They must be courageously
defiant because they have a core set of principles and values that cannot be
abandoned.
The vilification Sanders supporters have experienced from the establishment
will be even more intense when shaking the halls of power outside of the
electoral process. Nevertheless, all citizens who are part of the political
revolution should trudge onward without losing any edge whatsoever. The
massive uprising must remain a force the Clinton campaign and Donald Trump's
campaign has to reckon with throughout the next five months.
If one believes in the Sanders campaign's commitment to social, economic,
racial, and environmental justice, there must be an end to two-party
politics as usual. This requires the democratizing of elections. Make it
possible for parties other than the Democratic and Republican Parties to
debate and easier for candidates from other parties to have ballot access so
they may compete. Break the cycle and forgo support for the Democratic
Party, which views any grassroots effort to transform the party into a
populist party as a disease it must aggressively prevent from spreading.
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