February 2, 2016

African-Americans for Bernie Sanders 2016.

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February 2, 2016

Truly Awesome Video: BERNIE SANDERS & THE TURNING TIDE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SUPPORT

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February 2, 2016

Awesome video: BERNIE SANDERS & THE TURNING TIDE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SUPPORT

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February 2, 2016

People who've never heard of Bernie being asked what they think of his policies!

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February 2, 2016

We Asked People Who Have Never Heard Of Bernie Sanders What They Thought Of Bernie Sanders' Policies

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February 2, 2016

Black Voters DROP Hillary Clinton to Support Bernie Sanders & MLK's Legacy

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February 2, 2016

Black Voters DROP Hillary Clinton to Support Bernie Sanders & MLK's Legacy

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February 2, 2016

Democratic Socialism Has Deep Roots in American Life

The shock and disbelief with which many political pundits have responded to Bernie Sanders’s description of himself as a “democratic socialist”—a supporter of democratic control of the economy—provide a clear indication of how little they know about the popularity and influence of democratic socialism over the course of American history.


How else could they miss the existence of a thriving Socialist Party, led by Eugene Debs (one of the nation’s most famous union leaders) and Norman Thomas (a distinguished Presbyterian minister), during the early decades of the twentieth century? Or the democratic socialist administrations elected to govern Milwaukee, Bridgeport, Flint, Minneapolis, Schenectady, Racine, Davenport, Butte, Pasadena, and numerous other U.S. cities? Or the democratic socialists, such as Victor Berger, Meyer London, and Ron Dellums, elected to Congress? Or the programs long championed by democratic socialists that, eventually, were put into place by Republican and Democratic administrations—from the Pure Food and Drug Act to the income tax, from minimum wage laws to maximum hour laws, from unemployment insurance to public power, from Social Security to Medicare?

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Many well-known social reformers also joined the ranks of America’s democratic socialists, among them Elizabeth Cady Stanton (women’s rights crusader), John Dewey (educator), Helen Keller (author and lecturer), and Margaret Sanger (birth control pioneer). Within the civil rights movement, particularly, a very important role was played by democratic socialists, among them W.E.B. Du Bois, A. Philip Randolph, Bayard Rustin, and James Farmer.

In fact, although very few people know it, even Martin Luther King, Jr. was a democratic socialist. “I am much more socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic,” he wrote to Coretta Scott (soon to become his wife) on July 18, 1952. This belief system continued throughout his life, and, in the late 1960s, contributed to his shift from championing racial equality to championing economic equality. In a 1966 speech to his staff, King declared: “Something is wrong . . . with capitalism.” He added: “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all of God’s children.” Plans for the Poor People’s Campaign followed, as did his death while promoting the unionization of Memphis’s exploited sanitation workers.








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February 2, 2016

Martin Luther King "“I am much more socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic,”

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In fact, although very few people know it, even Martin Luther King, Jr. was a democratic socialist. “I am much more socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic,” he wrote to Coretta Scott (soon to become his wife) on July 18, 1952. This belief system continued throughout his life, and, in the late 1960s, contributed to his shift from championing racial equality to championing economic equality. In a 1966 speech to his staff, King declared: “Something is wrong . . . with capitalism.” He added: “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all of God’s children.” Plans for the Poor People’s Campaign followed, as did his death while promoting the unionization of Memphis’s exploited sanitation workers. -


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February 2, 2016

Financial Times: Bernie Sanders moves from fringe to zeitgeist

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In Mason City, Linda Ward and her husband Bill, both Republicans, said they had been impressed by Mr Sanders and his ideas. In Minneapolis, Nicole Reid, a 41 year-old business developer, said she was starting to have success convincing conservative friends to vote for Mr Sanders instead of Mr Trump with the argument that both men represented similar movements with the bonus that Mr Sanders “has experience?.?.?.?and is not insane”.

“I think there’s a lot to be angry about in both parties because both parties are subservient to their lobbyists,” said Tad Wolff, a San Diego small business owner who said he would be supporting Mr Sanders despite being a fiscal conservative. “The people aren’t getting what they want.”




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