Instead of presuming everyone coming to this website already understands all there is to know about Senator Bernie Sanders, we think it’s important to provide some background. What follows are online resources, articles and three videos including his talk at Georgetown University explaining democratic socialism. In the coming months, we may change these or add more videos. Share what you wish with the people misinformed by a corporate, mainstream media that smears Sanders and routinely distorts the truth.
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“Four numbers that scream ‘Vote for Bernie!’,” Paul Buchheit, Nation of Change, March 3, 2020.
“Bernie’s old. So what?” Benjamin Y Fong, Jacobin.
“How to respond to ‘Bernie Sanders hasn’t really done anything’ “, Meryl Ann Butler, Op Ed News
“I Was Bernie’s Biggest Critic in 2016—I’ve Changed My Mind,” by Peter Daou, The Nation, April 23, 2019
“Bernie Sanders Is Everything Joe Biden Is Not,” by Norman Soloman, Truthdig, May 2, 2019
“A ‘Democratic Socialist’ Agenda Is Appealing. No Wonder Trump Attacks It,” by Joseph E. Stiglitz, The Washington Post, May 10, 2019
“Bernie Sanders’ Democratic Socialism Speech Was a Landmark,” KEEANGA-YAMAHTTA TAYLOR, Jacobin, June 18, 2019
Senator Sanders on Democratic Socialism, June 12, 2019
“The Best Chance. The Last Chance,” Justin Boone, Medium, August 18, 2019.
“Bernie’s Gun Control Critics Are Wrong—His Stance Has Been Consistent for Decades,” by Stephen Rosenfeld, Alternet, Oct. 7, 2015.
“One of the Most Important Differences Between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton: It all comes down to Wall Street,” by Robert Reich, Oct. 13, 2015.
“Bernie Gets It Done: Sanders’ Record of Pushing Through Major Reforms Will Surprise You,” by Zaid Jilani, Alternet, Oct. 16, 2015.
“Why Bernie Sanders Is Starting to Attract Conservative Voters,” by Rick Perlstein, Alternet, Oct. 19, 2015.
“Vets For Bernie: Why the Most Anti-War Candidate Has Many Military Supporters,” by Zaid Jilani, Alternet, Oct. 22, 2015.
“Unlike Marco Rubio, Bernie Sanders Refuses To Rip Off Taxpayers By Not Showing Up For Work,” by Jason Easley, Politicusa, Nov. 3, 2015.
“Americans Love Their Socialism: Bernie Sanders Voted The Most Popular Senator In The US,” by Jason Easley, Politicusa, Nov. 24, 2015.
“The Lifelong Republicans Who Love Bernie Sanders,” by Clare Foran, The Atlantic, Nov. 24, 2015.
“On ‘the Preponderance of the Evidence,’ Bernie Sanders Is a Democrat,” by John Nichols, The Nation, Nov. 25, 2015.
“Bernie Sanders’s refreshingly sane foreign policy,” by Sean Illing, Salon, Nov. 25, 2015.
“15 Things You Didn’t Know About Bernie Sanders,”by HumanOfEarth, Daily Kos, Dec. 10, 2015.
“Sanders is more than a rebel,” by Eliza Webb, The Hill, 1/04/2016.
“10 Powerful Reasons Why Bernie Scares Wall Street,” by Stephen Rosenfeld, Alternet, Jan. 6, 2016.
“170 Economists Endorse Bernie Sanders’ Plan To Reform Wall St. And Rein In Greed,” by Jason Easley, Politicusa, Jan. 14, 2016.
“Six Responses to Bernie Skeptics,” by Robert Reich, Nation of Change, Jan. 18, 2016.
“War, Peace, and Bernie Sanders,” by Robert C Koehler, Common Dreams, 3/03/2016.
“Bernie Sanders Is Not a One-Issue Candidate,” by Steven Cohen, New Republic, 3/09/2016.
“Bernie Sanders Will Make the Economy Great Again,” by Robert Pollin, The Nation, 3/29/2016.
Two-sided flyer from the Sanders’ campaign on woman’s issues here.
Bernie Sanders explains democratic socialism at Georgetown University:
Via Vox, interview with Ezra Klien
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Tim Black tells the truth about Bernie Sanders’ civil rights history
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