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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumKshama Sawant: What's Next For Our Movement
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/06/06/party-crashing-and-political-revolution-with-the-dnc-just-weeks-away-whats-next-for-our-movement/Bernie Sanders recently stated: The Democratic Party has a choice. It can open its doors and welcome into the party people who are prepared to fight for real economic and social change people who are willing to take on Wall Street, corporate greed and a fossil fuel industry which is destroying this planet. Or the party can choose to maintain its status quo structure, remain dependent on big-money campaign contributions and be a party with limited participation and limited energy.
While I completely agree with Sanders description of the Democratic Party as it is, what is deeply unfortunate is that he seems to have concluded that the way forward is for working people yet again to attempt to reform this completely undemocratic party. In this vein, he has committed repeatedly to support Hillary Clinton if she wins the nomination.
I hope we can convince him otherwise, or barring that, that we can win over as many Sanders supporters as possible away from this political dead end.
Thats why Movement4Bernie and I have launched a petition calling on Bernie Sanders to continue running all the way through November as an independent or on the Green Party ticket with Jill Stein. In the weeks since it was launched, we have collected over 35,000 signatures. Please sign it, share it, spread it around. The more momentum we can build for an alternative, the harder we will make it for the Clintonites to undermine our moveme
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Kshama Sawant: What's Next For Our Movement (Original Post)
grasswire
Jun 2016
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I dunno. I am uneasy with what both Stein and Sawant have been doing vis a vis Bernie.
merrily
Jun 2016
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puffy socks
(1,473 posts)1. Like most movements
it will be flushed down the toilet, that is unless you go out into the woods
merrily
(45,251 posts)2. I dunno. I am uneasy with what both Stein and Sawant have been doing vis a vis Bernie.
Unless they are coordinating this stuff with him behind the scenes, I think they should stop deciding what Bernie should do next and focus on what they should do next no matter what Bernie does or does not do next. JMO
JI7
(89,283 posts)3. online petition "activism"
JI7
(89,283 posts)4. why doesn't she run for senate or some other higher office ?
Jitter65
(3,089 posts)5. That's too hard. Sideline posturing is much easier and can spoil so many other things. nt
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)6. Nope.
That's way past where i get off the bus. I'm a Democrat, and I will support the Democrat in November.