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May 8, 2015
Sanders, an independent from Vermont, drew support from 13% of likely Democratic primary voters, according to the poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center before Sanders' announced his candidacy for president last month. The senator's support doubled from a February poll by the same group that found 6% of Democratic primary voters supported the independent.
Clinton is still the overwhelming favorite in the state with 51% support. And despite repeatedly saying she isn't running for president, Sen. Elizabeth Warren garnered 20% support from those polled.
Sanders' campaign aides have confidently said that their candidate can play in all early nominating states, but are wide-eyed about the fact that because of his politics and geographical connection Sanders' best state will likely be New Hampshire.
After announcing his candidacy last week, Sanders visited New Hampshire for a series of events over the weekend. The visit was Sanders' 10th trip to New Hampshire since 2014.
The more people get to know him, the more they love him.
He has a mountain to climb. All that Corporate Money, Billions of dollars pouring into this one race.
But as Bernie has stated:
And in just one week he has received tens of thousands of small donations from the PEOPLE, keeping his promise that at least he will not be beholden to Corporations or Wall St.
Keep up the good work!
We are off to a great start!
Bernie Sanders' Poll Numbers have been steadily rising since January
Pollsters began including Bernie in polls last October. First polls showed him to be at approximately 1%, which was not a surprise since most Americans had not yet come to know him at all.
By January his numbers had risen to approximately 3% as more people had a chance to hear him speak on the issues.
By April in various polls his numbers averaged between approximately 7.1% and in some polls up to 10%.
One week ago Bernie announced his candidacy for the WH.
And more people got to hear him speak.
Poll: Bernie Sanders gains ground in New Hampshire
Sanders, an independent from Vermont, drew support from 13% of likely Democratic primary voters, according to the poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center before Sanders' announced his candidacy for president last month. The senator's support doubled from a February poll by the same group that found 6% of Democratic primary voters supported the independent.
Clinton is still the overwhelming favorite in the state with 51% support. And despite repeatedly saying she isn't running for president, Sen. Elizabeth Warren garnered 20% support from those polled.
Sanders' campaign aides have confidently said that their candidate can play in all early nominating states, but are wide-eyed about the fact that because of his politics and geographical connection Sanders' best state will likely be New Hampshire.
After announcing his candidacy last week, Sanders visited New Hampshire for a series of events over the weekend. The visit was Sanders' 10th trip to New Hampshire since 2014.
The more people get to know him, the more they love him.
To know, know, know him is to love, love, love him
And we do, and we do, and we do!
And we do, and we do, and we do!
He has a mountain to climb. All that Corporate Money, Billions of dollars pouring into this one race.
But as Bernie has stated:
"We will not accept a society in which the Koch brothers and other billionaires are able to undermine our Democratic Foundation by buying candidates and elections!"
And in just one week he has received tens of thousands of small donations from the PEOPLE, keeping his promise that at least he will not be beholden to Corporations or Wall St.
Keep up the good work!
We are off to a great start!
May 6, 2015
10 Great Campaign Songs
Bill Clinton's was Fleetwood Mac's: 'Don't Stop Thinkin' about Tomorrow'
I kind of like 'High Hopes' for Bernie:
Read more at http://www.songlyrics.com/frank-sinatra/high-hopes-lyrics/#6VGx1qbLxmqAOohA.99
Oops, just saw that JFK used High Hopes.
So, I guess that takes care of that.
What would you suggest for Bernie's Campaign Song.
Just for fun! What should Bernie's Campaign Song be?
Here are a few from past elections:
Editing to include Pete Seeger's 'Which Side Are you On'
10 Great Campaign Songs
Bill Clinton's was Fleetwood Mac's: 'Don't Stop Thinkin' about Tomorrow'
I kind of like 'High Hopes' for Bernie:
Just what makes that little old ant
Think he'll move that rubber tree plant
Anyone knows an ant, can't
Move a rubber tree plant
But he's got high hopes
He's got high hopes
He's got high apple pie
In the sky hopes
So any time your gettin' low
'Stead of lettin' go
Just remember that ant
Oops, there goes another rubber tree plant
Oops, there goes another rubber tree plant
Oops, there goes another rubber tree plant
When troubles call
And your back's to the wall
There a lot to be learned
That wall could fall
Once there was a silly old ram
Thought he'd punch a hole in a dam
No one could make that ram, scram
He kept buttin' that dam
'Cause he had high hopes
He had high hopes
He had high apple pie
In the sky hopes
So any time your feelin' bad
'Stead of feelin' sad
Just remember that ram
Oops, there goes a billion kilowatt dam
Oops, there goes a billion kilowatt dam
Oops, there goes a billion kilowatt dam
All problems just a toy balloon
They'll be bursted soon
They're just bound to go pop
Oops, there goes another problem kerplop
Oops, there goes another problem kerplop
Oops, there goes another problem kerplop, kerplop
Think he'll move that rubber tree plant
Anyone knows an ant, can't
Move a rubber tree plant
But he's got high hopes
He's got high hopes
He's got high apple pie
In the sky hopes
So any time your gettin' low
'Stead of lettin' go
Just remember that ant
Oops, there goes another rubber tree plant
Oops, there goes another rubber tree plant
Oops, there goes another rubber tree plant
When troubles call
And your back's to the wall
There a lot to be learned
That wall could fall
Once there was a silly old ram
Thought he'd punch a hole in a dam
No one could make that ram, scram
He kept buttin' that dam
'Cause he had high hopes
He had high hopes
He had high apple pie
In the sky hopes
So any time your feelin' bad
'Stead of feelin' sad
Just remember that ram
Oops, there goes a billion kilowatt dam
Oops, there goes a billion kilowatt dam
Oops, there goes a billion kilowatt dam
All problems just a toy balloon
They'll be bursted soon
They're just bound to go pop
Oops, there goes another problem kerplop
Oops, there goes another problem kerplop
Oops, there goes another problem kerplop, kerplop
Read more at http://www.songlyrics.com/frank-sinatra/high-hopes-lyrics/#6VGx1qbLxmqAOohA.99
Oops, just saw that JFK used High Hopes.
So, I guess that takes care of that.
What would you suggest for Bernie's Campaign Song.
May 6, 2015
According to Gallop, at least 5% of the base of the Dem Party left the party and registered as Independents over the past number of years.
I think Bernie can attract those voters back in order to help him win.
DUer 'sadoldgirl' posted a thread in this group to remind people that in some states people will have to change their registration if they want to vote for Bernie.
Her thread is Just a reminder, though it may not be needed
"I'm returning to the Democratic Party to Support Bernie Sanders"
I'm Returning to the Democratic Party to Support Bernie SandersI'm moving to a different part of Brooklyn in two weeks and when I change my voter registration I will, for the first time since 1996, register as a Democrat. I've been a Green since I first registered to vote in the city in 1996. While I've often voted for Democrats on the local, state and national level during the last 19 years, there have been none that I've been particularly enthused about [with the exception of mayor de Blasio - but even there I didn't see a reason to change my registration]. With the announcement that Bernie Sanders will run as a Democrat, it's time for me to put away my issues with the horrific leadership of both the state and national party and return as well. Too much is at stake with the direction of the party and the country for me to passively scowl at the backroom machinations of party politics. I will finally roll up my sleeves and work. Senator Sanders is the man to take back the party from the corporate assholes that have screwed up the world and I will be there to support him in every way I can.
I've already donated to his campaign and signed up on his mailing list. I would very much like to get involved with his organization in Brooklyn. I'm happy to canvas. I even have experience doing fundraising for political parties as one of my first jobs in the city was as a fundraiser for a small progressive party called the New Party back in 1994/95. While I'm terribly busy, it's just too important not to set aside time to do this. Our country cannot stand another four years of neo-liberal economics as we slide into a neo-feudal nightmare. Our world cannot take another four years of complete denial that both our economic system and energy infrastructure must drastically change to avoid environmental catastrophe. And while I'm considerably to the left of Bernie Sanders, his policy positions, honesty and moral exactitude are precisely what this country needs to start down the path to sustainable economic principles and social and environmental justice.
I've already donated to his campaign and signed up on his mailing list. I would very much like to get involved with his organization in Brooklyn. I'm happy to canvas. I even have experience doing fundraising for political parties as one of my first jobs in the city was as a fundraiser for a small progressive party called the New Party back in 1994/95. While I'm terribly busy, it's just too important not to set aside time to do this. Our country cannot stand another four years of neo-liberal economics as we slide into a neo-feudal nightmare. Our world cannot take another four years of complete denial that both our economic system and energy infrastructure must drastically change to avoid environmental catastrophe. And while I'm considerably to the left of Bernie Sanders, his policy positions, honesty and moral exactitude are precisely what this country needs to start down the path to sustainable economic principles and social and environmental justice.
According to Gallop, at least 5% of the base of the Dem Party left the party and registered as Independents over the past number of years.
I think Bernie can attract those voters back in order to help him win.
DUer 'sadoldgirl' posted a thread in this group to remind people that in some states people will have to change their registration if they want to vote for Bernie.
Her thread is Just a reminder, though it may not be needed
May 5, 2015
Sen. Bernie Sanders is in this race to WIN IT!
(cross-posted from GD with a few edits)
Every vote for Sen. Sanders is a vote AGAINST Citizens United!
Anyone who thinks he is not serious about WINNING this election, hasn't been paying attention to this candidate.
He promised us that if we wanted him in this race, he would run!
We told him we did and he has kept that promise
He promised us that he would not enter this race as a spoiler!
He has kept that promise also. He is running as a Democrat
Bernie KNOWS that if you have to drag someone to the Left, they were not there to begin with and will not remain there should they win an election.
He is way too smart a man to take on a campaign such as this to have as a goal something so utterly ridiculous.
So to those who are attributing such a useless goal to someone as smart as Bernie Sanders, I would like to know what has led them to believe such a thing?
It also implies that other Democratic candidates in the race are not on the Left.
Let's HOPE that is not the case.
Democrats ARE the Left, and no Democrat should need to be 'dragged to the Left'.
He has issued a challenge to We The People who have railed against Citizens United to put our actions where our 'outrage' has been.
He is providing us with the opportunity to strike what could be a fatal blow against Citizens United to elect a Candidate who is supported by the PEOPLE.
Bernie is running to WIN THIS RACE!
There is no question about that!
Until HE tells us 'I am just trying to drag the party to the Left' that particular notion is one of the most ridiculous notions regarding this exciting candidacy so far.
Who has supported Bernie's Political career for so long?
See for yourself:
EVERY VOTE FOR BERNIE IS A VOTE AGAINST CITIZENS UNITED!
May 5, 2015
Over $2 Million in small donations and 175,000 volunteers signed up in just a few days! Go Bernie!
I just watched Bernie on Rachel's Show.
He was great as always.
He said he has had 175,000 people sign up to volunteer for his campaign already.
That's a small army and likely to increase.
Off to a great start!
May 4, 2015
Every vote for Sen. Sanders is a vote AGAINST Citizens United!
Anyone who thinks he is not serious about WINNING this election, hasn't been paying attention to this candidate.
He promised us that if we wanted him in this race, he would run!
We told him we did and he has kept that promise
He promised us that he would not enter this race as a spoiler!
He has kept that promise also. He is running as a Democrat
Bernie KNOWS that if you have to drag someone to the Left, they were not there to begin with and will not remain there should they win an election.
He is way too smart a man to take on a campaign such as this to have as a goal something so utterly ridiculous.
So to those who are attributing such a useless goal to someone as smart as Bernie Sanders, I would like to know what has led them to believe such a thing?
It also implies that other Democratic candidates in the race are not on the Left.
Let's HOPE that is not the case.
Democrats ARE the Left, and no Democrat should need to be 'dragged to the Left'.
He has issued a challenge to We The People who have railed against Citizens United to put our actions where our 'outrage' has been.
He is providing us with the opportunity to strike what could be a fatal blow against Citizens United to elect a Candidate who is supported by the PEOPLE.
Bernie is running to WIN THIS RACE!
There is no question about that!
Until HE tells us 'I am just trying to drag the party to the Left' that particular notion is one of the most ridiculous notions regarding this exciting candidacies so far.
Who has supported Bernie's Political career for so long?
See for yourself:
.
A VOTE FOR BERNIE IS A VOTE AGAINST THE CORROSIVE EFFECT OF MONEY ON OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM!
Sen. Bernie Sanders is in this race to WIN IT!
Every vote for Sen. Sanders is a vote AGAINST Citizens United!
Anyone who thinks he is not serious about WINNING this election, hasn't been paying attention to this candidate.
He promised us that if we wanted him in this race, he would run!
We told him we did and he has kept that promise
He promised us that he would not enter this race as a spoiler!
He has kept that promise also. He is running as a Democrat
Bernie KNOWS that if you have to drag someone to the Left, they were not there to begin with and will not remain there should they win an election.
He is way too smart a man to take on a campaign such as this to have as a goal something so utterly ridiculous.
So to those who are attributing such a useless goal to someone as smart as Bernie Sanders, I would like to know what has led them to believe such a thing?
It also implies that other Democratic candidates in the race are not on the Left.
Let's HOPE that is not the case.
Democrats ARE the Left, and no Democrat should need to be 'dragged to the Left'.
He has issued a challenge to We The People who have railed against Citizens United to put our actions where our 'outrage' has been.
He is providing us with the opportunity to strike what could be a fatal blow against Citizens United to elect a Candidate who is supported by the PEOPLE.
Bernie is running to WIN THIS RACE!
There is no question about that!
Until HE tells us 'I am just trying to drag the party to the Left' that particular notion is one of the most ridiculous notions regarding this exciting candidacies so far.
Who has supported Bernie's Political career for so long?
See for yourself:
.
Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union $95,000 $0 $95,000
Teamsters Union $83,700 $700 $83,000
United Auto Workers $75,400 $500 $74,900
National Education Assn $69,850 $1,850 $68,000
Communications Workers of America $65,607 $1,250 $64,357
United Food & Commercial Workers Union $65,500 $0 $65,500
Laborers Union $63,250 $0 $63,250
Carpenters & Joiners Union $61,500 $0 $61,500
American Assn for Justice $60,500 $500 $60,000
American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees $59,198 $1,200 $57,998
National Assn of Letter Carriers $52,000 $0 $52,000
Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $48,500 $0 $48,500
United Transportation Union $48,500 $0 $48,500
Sheet Metal Workers Union $46,000 $0 $46,000
Operating Engineers Union $45,100 $0 $45,100
United Steelworkers $42,250 $750 $41,500
UNITE HERE $41,875 $3,250 $38,625
Service Employees International Union $41,382 $5,500 $35,882
American Postal Workers Union $36,200 $0 $36,200
American Federation of Teachers $35,567 $200 $35,367
This table lists the top donors to this candidate in 1989-2016. The organizations themselves d
Teamsters Union $83,700 $700 $83,000
United Auto Workers $75,400 $500 $74,900
National Education Assn $69,850 $1,850 $68,000
Communications Workers of America $65,607 $1,250 $64,357
United Food & Commercial Workers Union $65,500 $0 $65,500
Laborers Union $63,250 $0 $63,250
Carpenters & Joiners Union $61,500 $0 $61,500
American Assn for Justice $60,500 $500 $60,000
American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees $59,198 $1,200 $57,998
National Assn of Letter Carriers $52,000 $0 $52,000
Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $48,500 $0 $48,500
United Transportation Union $48,500 $0 $48,500
Sheet Metal Workers Union $46,000 $0 $46,000
Operating Engineers Union $45,100 $0 $45,100
United Steelworkers $42,250 $750 $41,500
UNITE HERE $41,875 $3,250 $38,625
Service Employees International Union $41,382 $5,500 $35,882
American Postal Workers Union $36,200 $0 $36,200
American Federation of Teachers $35,567 $200 $35,367
This table lists the top donors to this candidate in 1989-2016. The organizations themselves d
A VOTE FOR BERNIE IS A VOTE AGAINST THE CORROSIVE EFFECT OF MONEY ON OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM!
May 3, 2015
It's enormously freeing for an elected official NOT to be dependent on Corporate Funding.
They are free to actually represent the people who elected them.
90% of Americans WANT their foods labeled.
Yet they cannot get their government to listen
64 other countries have this right, but the US does not.
There is a bill in Congress right now that is a Monstanto Dream Come True.
It is called the 'Dark Act'. It would make it illegal TO label foods.
Congress is being pressured by Monsanto Lobbyists to deny the American people the right to know what they are eating.
If anything highlights the corrupt influence of Money in Politics, it is the stark difference between those who are NOT corporate funded and those who ARE.
Bernie represents the people. And is not afraid to say so.
Get this poisonous money out of our Electoral System.
I have a feeling Bernie will be making it a huge issue in this campaign.
Bernie Sanders Speaks for the People on GMO Food Labeling
It's enormously freeing for an elected official NOT to be dependent on Corporate Funding.
They are free to actually represent the people who elected them.
90% of Americans WANT their foods labeled.
Yet they cannot get their government to listen
64 other countries have this right, but the US does not.
There is a bill in Congress right now that is a Monstanto Dream Come True.
It is called the 'Dark Act'. It would make it illegal TO label foods.
Congress is being pressured by Monsanto Lobbyists to deny the American people the right to know what they are eating.
If anything highlights the corrupt influence of Money in Politics, it is the stark difference between those who are NOT corporate funded and those who ARE.
Bernie represents the people. And is not afraid to say so.
Get this poisonous money out of our Electoral System.
I have a feeling Bernie will be making it a huge issue in this campaign.
May 2, 2015
At the bottom of the above article you can vote to support Bernie
There was some confusion about an OWS endorsement reported by Thom Harmann which was reported in this OP by DUer Bvar Thom Hartmann: Occupy Movement Has Endorsed Bernie
The confusion stems from the fact that Occupy has avoided endorsing Political Candidates and also because many who are part of the Movement, had not yet heard of the endorsement, such decisions are usually made in General Assemblies and rarely nationally.
Here is the site where those questions are answered and OWS members and other groups and individuals are hungry for real change across the country can sign up with this grassroots movement started by some of the original organizers of OWS, in their first endorsement of a Political Candidate, Bernie Sanders:
THE PEOPLE FOR BERNIE SANDERS
We Are People for Bernie
We are activists and organizers trying to build a broad, effective movement for democratic change. We come from different backgrounds, and were inspired by different issues and fights for peace, rights and the planet. Our goal is a government that carries out the will of the people, and not serve to increase the profits of the 1% at the expense of the rest of us.
To that end we support Bernie Sanders in his bid to become the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. We stand firmly behind Senator Sanders as the strongest progressive possibility in the race right now. His commitment to our values is one of long standing commitment. Sanders is the bold alternative.
As a truly progressive candidate for the Democratic Party nomination, Senator Sanders has the chance to inspire millions of Americans with policy proposals that put the interests of the 99%, front and center.
Franklin D. Roosevelt called out the “economic royalists” of his day. Senator Sanders is picking up the banner. He answers to “We the People” and not to the corporate and financial sectors. Bernie brings the kind of leadership that is necessary to building a real, living democracy.
The initiators of this letter are veteran grassroots organizers of Occupy Wall Street, and are joined by many energized brothers and sisters we have met along the way. In September 2011, our efforts changed the narrative of American politics, helping to focus it on the issues of our time: inequality, surrender to the power of concentrated wealth, the corruption of our democracy by moneyed interests, and the need for solutions as radical as our problems.
We are signing as individuals hoping to kickstart a small ‘d’ democratic movement. People For Bernie won’t be a corporate-style, staff-driven, controlled-message, top-down enterprise. It will reflect diverse constituencies from a broad range of movements, which in many cases haven’t seen the Democratic Party as a home for their deepest aspirations. It will reflect our commitment to fundamental change, not just a change of faces at the top of the political pyramid. People for Bernie it will reflect the urgency of more and fiercer grassroots political activity at the base.
We call on all other progressive forces to unite behind Sanders so we can have a united front in this important campaign.
Grassroots for Bernie!
Thanks Occupy!
Edited to add (thanks Cali) Bernie's website where we can donate and sign up to help him win this race:
https://berniesanders.com/
I like his notation: Paid for by Bernie 2016/not the billionaires!
Why Bernie Sanders just picked up a historical endorsement from Occupy Wall St
Crossposting from GD, as requested. Thanks Autumn!
Why Occupy is Endorsing Bernie Sanders
On Thursday, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders became the second candidate to officially launch a 2016 bid for the Democratic nomination for president. Sanders, who is an Independent in the Senate who caucuses with Democrats, is the first to directly challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination. Sanders formally announced his candidacy with an email to supporters and the media, and he later held a press conference
......
Though Occupy Wall Street has political aspirations -- such as campaign finance reform and solving the student loan debt crisis -- the group has so far been wary of directly engaging in the electoral process. "Unlike their Tea Party counterparts, activists from Occupy Wall Street largely wrote off electoral politics as a means for effecting change, rejecting partisan politics as hopelessly corrupt," the New Republic explained.
The endorsement, then, not only shows there is some grassroots support for Sanders, which could potentially force Hillary Clinton further left, but it is also marks a shift in Occupy to a more organized progressive movement.
"We are activists and organizers trying to build a broad, effective movement for democratic change," People For Bernie reads. "We come from different backgrounds, and were inspired by different issues and fights for peace, rights and the planet. Our goal is a government that carries out the will of the people, and not serve to increase the profits of the 1 percent at the expense of the rest of us."
"To that end we support Bernie Sanders in his bid to become the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party," it continues. "We stand firmly behind Senator Sanders as the strongest progressive challenger to Hillary Clinton in the race right now - the bold alternative."
......
Though Occupy Wall Street has political aspirations -- such as campaign finance reform and solving the student loan debt crisis -- the group has so far been wary of directly engaging in the electoral process. "Unlike their Tea Party counterparts, activists from Occupy Wall Street largely wrote off electoral politics as a means for effecting change, rejecting partisan politics as hopelessly corrupt," the New Republic explained.
The endorsement, then, not only shows there is some grassroots support for Sanders, which could potentially force Hillary Clinton further left, but it is also marks a shift in Occupy to a more organized progressive movement.
"We are activists and organizers trying to build a broad, effective movement for democratic change," People For Bernie reads. "We come from different backgrounds, and were inspired by different issues and fights for peace, rights and the planet. Our goal is a government that carries out the will of the people, and not serve to increase the profits of the 1 percent at the expense of the rest of us."
"To that end we support Bernie Sanders in his bid to become the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party," it continues. "We stand firmly behind Senator Sanders as the strongest progressive challenger to Hillary Clinton in the race right now - the bold alternative."
At the bottom of the above article you can vote to support Bernie
There was some confusion about an OWS endorsement reported by Thom Harmann which was reported in this OP by DUer Bvar Thom Hartmann: Occupy Movement Has Endorsed Bernie
The confusion stems from the fact that Occupy has avoided endorsing Political Candidates and also because many who are part of the Movement, had not yet heard of the endorsement, such decisions are usually made in General Assemblies and rarely nationally.
Here is the site where those questions are answered and OWS members and other groups and individuals are hungry for real change across the country can sign up with this grassroots movement started by some of the original organizers of OWS, in their first endorsement of a Political Candidate, Bernie Sanders:
THE PEOPLE FOR BERNIE SANDERS
We Are People for Bernie
We are activists and organizers trying to build a broad, effective movement for democratic change. We come from different backgrounds, and were inspired by different issues and fights for peace, rights and the planet. Our goal is a government that carries out the will of the people, and not serve to increase the profits of the 1% at the expense of the rest of us.
To that end we support Bernie Sanders in his bid to become the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. We stand firmly behind Senator Sanders as the strongest progressive possibility in the race right now. His commitment to our values is one of long standing commitment. Sanders is the bold alternative.
As a truly progressive candidate for the Democratic Party nomination, Senator Sanders has the chance to inspire millions of Americans with policy proposals that put the interests of the 99%, front and center.
Franklin D. Roosevelt called out the “economic royalists” of his day. Senator Sanders is picking up the banner. He answers to “We the People” and not to the corporate and financial sectors. Bernie brings the kind of leadership that is necessary to building a real, living democracy.
The initiators of this letter are veteran grassroots organizers of Occupy Wall Street, and are joined by many energized brothers and sisters we have met along the way. In September 2011, our efforts changed the narrative of American politics, helping to focus it on the issues of our time: inequality, surrender to the power of concentrated wealth, the corruption of our democracy by moneyed interests, and the need for solutions as radical as our problems.
We are signing as individuals hoping to kickstart a small ‘d’ democratic movement. People For Bernie won’t be a corporate-style, staff-driven, controlled-message, top-down enterprise. It will reflect diverse constituencies from a broad range of movements, which in many cases haven’t seen the Democratic Party as a home for their deepest aspirations. It will reflect our commitment to fundamental change, not just a change of faces at the top of the political pyramid. People for Bernie it will reflect the urgency of more and fiercer grassroots political activity at the base.
We call on all other progressive forces to unite behind Sanders so we can have a united front in this important campaign.
Grassroots for Bernie!
Thanks Occupy!
Edited to add (thanks Cali) Bernie's website where we can donate and sign up to help him win this race:
https://berniesanders.com/
I like his notation: Paid for by Bernie 2016/not the billionaires!
May 2, 2015
Bernie is in this to WIN. He is not in it to 'drag other candidates to the Left'.
History shows that when we need someone to come along just when it looks like all is lost, currently the fact that Corporate Money is buying our elections, our politicians, writing our laws, running our media, controlling the 'message', destroying the middle class, oppressing minorities, denying the people the right to participate in their democracy, someone comes along just when they are needed.
FDR was one such person.
Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Public School Education, Job Creation, are still among the most popular programs and policies in this country today, across the political divide.
Sen. Bernie Sanders imo, is the right person at the right time to carry on FDR's legacy. And he can and will be the next President of the United States
Job Creation!
Education!
Health Care
Women's Rights
It takes courage to stand up against the Powerful Corporations that control so much and own so much of this country.
I'm just grateful that Bernie Sanders has done so.
Bernie has answered those questions.
He can win this election.
All we have to do is vote for him.
Bernie's in. Are you in for Bernie?
The Next President of the United States!
Bernie is in this to WIN. He is not in it to 'drag other candidates to the Left'.
History shows that when we need someone to come along just when it looks like all is lost, currently the fact that Corporate Money is buying our elections, our politicians, writing our laws, running our media, controlling the 'message', destroying the middle class, oppressing minorities, denying the people the right to participate in their democracy, someone comes along just when they are needed.
FDR was one such person.
Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Public School Education, Job Creation, are still among the most popular programs and policies in this country today, across the political divide.
Sen. Bernie Sanders imo, is the right person at the right time to carry on FDR's legacy. And he can and will be the next President of the United States
Job Creation!
Education!
Health Care
Women's Rights
It takes courage to stand up against the Powerful Corporations that control so much and own so much of this country.
I'm just grateful that Bernie Sanders has done so.
Bernie has answered those questions.
He can win this election.
All we have to do is vote for him.
Bernie's in. Are you in for Bernie?
May 1, 2015
Why Occupy is Endorsing Bernie Sanders
At the bottom of the above article you can vote to support Bernie
There was some confusion about an OWS endorsement reported by Thom Harmann which was reported in this OP by DUer Bvar Thom Hartmann: Occupy Movement Has Endorsed Bernie
The confusion stems from the fact that Occupy has avoided endorsing Political Candidates and also because many who are part of the Movement, had not yet heard of the endorsement, such decisions are usually made in General Assemblies and rarely nationally.
Here is the site where those questions are answered and OWS members and other groups and individuals are hungry for real change across the country can sign up with this grassroots movement started by some of the original organizers of OWS, in their first endorsement of a Political Candidate, Bernie Sanders:
THE PEOPLE FOR BERNIE SANDERS
We Are People for Bernie
We are activists and organizers trying to build a broad, effective movement for democratic change. We come from different backgrounds, and were inspired by different issues and fights for peace, rights and the planet. Our goal is a government that carries out the will of the people, and not serve to increase the profits of the 1% at the expense of the rest of us.
To that end we support Bernie Sanders in his bid to become the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. We stand firmly behind Senator Sanders as the strongest progressive possibility in the race right now. His commitment to our values is one of long standing commitment. Sanders is the bold alternative.
As a truly progressive candidate for the Democratic Party nomination, Senator Sanders has the chance to inspire millions of Americans with policy proposals that put the interests of the 99%, front and center.
Franklin D. Roosevelt called out the “economic royalists” of his day. Senator Sanders is picking up the banner. He answers to “We the People” and not to the corporate and financial sectors. Bernie brings the kind of leadership that is necessary to building a real, living democracy.
The initiators of this letter are veteran grassroots organizers of Occupy Wall Street, and are joined by many energized brothers and sisters we have met along the way. In September 2011, our efforts changed the narrative of American politics, helping to focus it on the issues of our time: inequality, surrender to the power of concentrated wealth, the corruption of our democracy by moneyed interests, and the need for solutions as radical as our problems.
We are signing as individuals hoping to kickstart a small ‘d’ democratic movement. People For Bernie won’t be a corporate-style, staff-driven, controlled-message, top-down enterprise. It will reflect diverse constituencies from a broad range of movements, which in many cases haven’t seen the Democratic Party as a home for their deepest aspirations. It will reflect our commitment to fundamental change, not just a change of faces at the top of the political pyramid. People for Bernie it will reflect the urgency of more and fiercer grassroots political activity at the base.
We call on all other progressive forces to unite behind Sanders so we can have a united front in this important campaign.
Grassroots for Bernie!
Thanks Occupy!
Edited to add (thanks Cali) Bernie's website where we can donate and sign up to help him win this race:
https://berniesanders.com/
I like his notation: Paid for by Bernie 2016/not the billionaires!
Why Bernie Sanders just picked up a historical endorsement from Occupy Wall St
Why Occupy is Endorsing Bernie Sanders
On Thursday, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders became the second candidate to officially launch a 2016 bid for the Democratic nomination for president. Sanders, who is an Independent in the Senate who caucuses with Democrats, is the first to directly challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination. Sanders formally announced his candidacy with an email to supporters and the media, and he later held a press conference
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Though Occupy Wall Street has political aspirations -- such as campaign finance reform and solving the student loan debt crisis -- the group has so far been wary of directly engaging in the electoral process. "Unlike their Tea Party counterparts, activists from Occupy Wall Street largely wrote off electoral politics as a means for effecting change, rejecting partisan politics as hopelessly corrupt," the New Republic explained.
The endorsement, then, not only shows there is some grassroots support for Sanders, which could potentially force Hillary Clinton further left, but it is also marks a shift in Occupy to a more organized progressive movement.
"We are activists and organizers trying to build a broad, effective movement for democratic change," People For Bernie reads. "We come from different backgrounds, and were inspired by different issues and fights for peace, rights and the planet. Our goal is a government that carries out the will of the people, and not serve to increase the profits of the 1 percent at the expense of the rest of us."
"To that end we support Bernie Sanders in his bid to become the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party," it continues. "We stand firmly behind Senator Sanders as the strongest progressive challenger to Hillary Clinton in the race right now - the bold alternative."
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Though Occupy Wall Street has political aspirations -- such as campaign finance reform and solving the student loan debt crisis -- the group has so far been wary of directly engaging in the electoral process. "Unlike their Tea Party counterparts, activists from Occupy Wall Street largely wrote off electoral politics as a means for effecting change, rejecting partisan politics as hopelessly corrupt," the New Republic explained.
The endorsement, then, not only shows there is some grassroots support for Sanders, which could potentially force Hillary Clinton further left, but it is also marks a shift in Occupy to a more organized progressive movement.
"We are activists and organizers trying to build a broad, effective movement for democratic change," People For Bernie reads. "We come from different backgrounds, and were inspired by different issues and fights for peace, rights and the planet. Our goal is a government that carries out the will of the people, and not serve to increase the profits of the 1 percent at the expense of the rest of us."
"To that end we support Bernie Sanders in his bid to become the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party," it continues. "We stand firmly behind Senator Sanders as the strongest progressive challenger to Hillary Clinton in the race right now - the bold alternative."
At the bottom of the above article you can vote to support Bernie
There was some confusion about an OWS endorsement reported by Thom Harmann which was reported in this OP by DUer Bvar Thom Hartmann: Occupy Movement Has Endorsed Bernie
The confusion stems from the fact that Occupy has avoided endorsing Political Candidates and also because many who are part of the Movement, had not yet heard of the endorsement, such decisions are usually made in General Assemblies and rarely nationally.
Here is the site where those questions are answered and OWS members and other groups and individuals are hungry for real change across the country can sign up with this grassroots movement started by some of the original organizers of OWS, in their first endorsement of a Political Candidate, Bernie Sanders:
THE PEOPLE FOR BERNIE SANDERS
We Are People for Bernie
We are activists and organizers trying to build a broad, effective movement for democratic change. We come from different backgrounds, and were inspired by different issues and fights for peace, rights and the planet. Our goal is a government that carries out the will of the people, and not serve to increase the profits of the 1% at the expense of the rest of us.
To that end we support Bernie Sanders in his bid to become the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. We stand firmly behind Senator Sanders as the strongest progressive possibility in the race right now. His commitment to our values is one of long standing commitment. Sanders is the bold alternative.
As a truly progressive candidate for the Democratic Party nomination, Senator Sanders has the chance to inspire millions of Americans with policy proposals that put the interests of the 99%, front and center.
Franklin D. Roosevelt called out the “economic royalists” of his day. Senator Sanders is picking up the banner. He answers to “We the People” and not to the corporate and financial sectors. Bernie brings the kind of leadership that is necessary to building a real, living democracy.
The initiators of this letter are veteran grassroots organizers of Occupy Wall Street, and are joined by many energized brothers and sisters we have met along the way. In September 2011, our efforts changed the narrative of American politics, helping to focus it on the issues of our time: inequality, surrender to the power of concentrated wealth, the corruption of our democracy by moneyed interests, and the need for solutions as radical as our problems.
We are signing as individuals hoping to kickstart a small ‘d’ democratic movement. People For Bernie won’t be a corporate-style, staff-driven, controlled-message, top-down enterprise. It will reflect diverse constituencies from a broad range of movements, which in many cases haven’t seen the Democratic Party as a home for their deepest aspirations. It will reflect our commitment to fundamental change, not just a change of faces at the top of the political pyramid. People for Bernie it will reflect the urgency of more and fiercer grassroots political activity at the base.
We call on all other progressive forces to unite behind Sanders so we can have a united front in this important campaign.
Grassroots for Bernie!
Thanks Occupy!
Edited to add (thanks Cali) Bernie's website where we can donate and sign up to help him win this race:
https://berniesanders.com/
I like his notation: Paid for by Bernie 2016/not the billionaires!
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