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:“Unfortunately, I remain one of the poorer members of the [[United States Senate]], and that’s what that will show. I am going to release all of the transcripts of the speeches that I gave on Wall Street behind closed doors, not for $225,000, not for $2,000, not for 2 cents. There were no speeches.”<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/hillary-clinton-still-won-t-release-her-wall-street-speech-transcripts-a6985136.html "Hillary Clinton still won’t release her Wall Street speech transcripts"]</ref> | :“Unfortunately, I remain one of the poorer members of the [[United States Senate]], and that’s what that will show. I am going to release all of the transcripts of the speeches that I gave on Wall Street behind closed doors, not for $225,000, not for $2,000, not for 2 cents. There were no speeches.”<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/hillary-clinton-still-won-t-release-her-wall-street-speech-transcripts-a6985136.html "Hillary Clinton still won’t release her Wall Street speech transcripts"]</ref> | ||
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At an April 2016 Bernie Sanders campaign rally, attended by more than 16,000 people at St Mary’s Park in the South Bronx, actress [[Rosario Dawson]] explained to ''[[Democracy Now!]]'' why she supports Sanders for President over Clinton: | At an April 2016 Bernie Sanders campaign rally, attended by more than 16,000 people at St Mary’s Park in the South Bronx, actress [[Rosario Dawson]] explained to ''[[Democracy Now!]]'' why she supports Sanders for President over Clinton: | ||
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<blockquote>'Like, millions of people marched against the [[Iraq War]] before it happened. That’s historical. Millions of people marched against the bailout. Millions of people, students, walked out in 2006 against immigration reform. They texted each other and walked out of their high school classrooms. Like, we keep seeing these mass movements of people going, 'This is not the way things should be done,' and it gets ignored. The thousands of people who have been marching across America for Bernie, that doesn’t get any press coverage, because, Gil Scott-Heron said, 'The revolution will not be televised.' But it’s time for it to be televised. And thank you so much for televising it, because we need people to know how beautiful this moment is. No matter what, look at this. This is incredible. And we have a [[Jewish]] man who’s talking about [[Palestine]]. Like, do you know what I’m saying? Like, this is a really, really remarkable, huge moment, and we cannot gloss it over. You’re doing a disservice to people by doing so. This is something really beautiful. I’m doing this because love trumps hate, not because I need to vote against somebody, but because love trumps hate. This is a love movement. I’m so excited!<ref>[http://www.democracynow.org/2016/4/1/its_a_revolution_actress_rosario_dawson "'It's a Revolution': Actress Rosario Dawson on Why She Supports Sanders for President Over Clinton"]</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>'Like, millions of people marched against the [[Iraq War]] before it happened. That’s historical. Millions of people marched against the bailout. Millions of people, students, walked out in 2006 against immigration reform. They texted each other and walked out of their high school classrooms. Like, we keep seeing these mass movements of people going, 'This is not the way things should be done,' and it gets ignored. The thousands of people who have been marching across America for Bernie, that doesn’t get any press coverage, because, Gil Scott-Heron said, 'The revolution will not be televised.' But it’s time for it to be televised. And thank you so much for televising it, because we need people to know how beautiful this moment is. No matter what, look at this. This is incredible. And we have a [[Jewish]] man who’s talking about [[Palestine]]. Like, do you know what I’m saying? Like, this is a really, really remarkable, huge moment, and we cannot gloss it over. You’re doing a disservice to people by doing so. This is something really beautiful. I’m doing this because love trumps hate, not because I need to vote against somebody, but because love trumps hate. This is a love movement. I’m so excited!<ref>[http://www.democracynow.org/2016/4/1/its_a_revolution_actress_rosario_dawson "'It's a Revolution': Actress Rosario Dawson on Why She Supports Sanders for President Over Clinton"]</ref></blockquote> | ||
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Born | Bernard Sanders 8 September 1941 Brooklyn, New York City | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Brooklyn College, University of Chicago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Religion | Jew | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parents | Eli Sanders (1904–1962) Dorothy Glassberg (1913–1960) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | • 1 • 3 step-children • 7 grand-children | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Deborah Shiling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Party | Liberty Union, Independent, Democratic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bernard "Bernie" Sanders (born 8 September 1941) is an American politician and US Senator from Vermont, and is a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination in the 2016 US presidential election.
On 8 April 2016, speaking at a waterside rally near to where he was born in Brooklyn, Bernie Sanders called on New Yorkers to vote for him in great numbers and stage nothing less than a grassroots political revolution.[2] Sanders' victory in the Wyoming caucus the following day marked his 7th consecutive win over frontrunner Hillary Clinton.[3] His winning streak was halted by a 58% to 42% defeat in the New York primary on 19 April 2016[4], making his path to secure the Democratic nomination more difficult but not impossible.[5]
Speaking at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on 30 April 2016, President Obama quipped:
- "We've got the bright new face of the Democratic Party here tonight: Mr Bernie Sanders. Bernie, you look like a million bucks. Or to put it in terms you'll understand: 37,000 donations of $27 each."[6]
After defeating Hillary Clinton in Indiana on 3 May 2016, Bernie Sanders said:
- "I sense some great victories coming, and I think while the path is narrow — and I do not deny that for a moment — I think we can pull off one of the great political upsets in the history of the United States and in fact become the nominee for the Democratic Party. And once we secure that position, I have absolute confidence that we are gonna defeat Donald Trump in the general election."[7]
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Independent politician
Bernie Sanders became a member of the Democratic Party in 2015, having been the longest-serving independent in US congressional history, though his caucusing with the Democrats entitled him to committee assignments and at times gave Democrats a majority. Sanders became the ranking minority member on the Senate Budget Committee in January 2015 and had previously served for two years as chair of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee.
Social Democrat
Sanders favours policies similar to those of social democratic parties in Europe, particularly those of the Nordic countries, and has built a reputation as a leading progressive voice on issues such as campaign finance reform, corporate welfare, global warming, income inequality, LGBT rights, parental leave, and universal healthcare. Sanders has long been critical of US foreign policy and was an early and outspoken opponent of the Iraq War. He is also outspoken on civil liberties and civil rights, particularly criticising racial discrimination in the criminal justice system as well as advocating for privacy rights against mass surveillance policies such as the US Patriot Act and the NSA surveillance operations.[8]
Tax evasion
Hillary Clinton pushed through the 2011 Panama Free Trade Agreement but Bernie Sanders was strongly opposed, warning that it would strictly limit the government’s ability to clamp down on tax evasion by wealthy Americans and large corporations stashing their cash in offshore tax havens. Now with the release of the Panama Papers it appears Sanders was right. They show that over 214,000 offshore companies are using Panama to evade taxes. That is unacceptable, and that has got to change.[9]
On 6 April 2016, The Independent reported: "The longer this scandal is kept alive the more beneficial will be for Sanders. And if any more skeletons in the Clinton closet see the light, it will parachute Bernie Sanders into the White House."[10]
In the course of their televised debate in Brooklyn on 14 April 2016, Bernie Sanders accused Hillary Clinton of being in hock to big finance and receiving $225,000 each time she speaks to Wall Street banks.[11] When the CNN’s Dana Bash asked why she hadn't released transcripts from her speeches to Goldman Sachs, Clinton replied:
- “There are certain expectations when you run for president. This is a new one but I will tell you this, there is a longstanding expectation that everybody running release their tax returns.”
Sanders responded by offering to take the first step and release his “very boring” tax returns from 2014:
- “Unfortunately, I remain one of the poorer members of the United States Senate, and that’s what that will show. I am going to release all of the transcripts of the speeches that I gave on Wall Street behind closed doors, not for $225,000, not for $2,000, not for 2 cents. There were no speeches.”[12]
Love Trumps Hate
At an April 2016 Bernie Sanders campaign rally, attended by more than 16,000 people at St Mary’s Park in the South Bronx, actress Rosario Dawson explained to Democracy Now! why she supports Sanders for President over Clinton:
'Like, millions of people marched against the Iraq War before it happened. That’s historical. Millions of people marched against the bailout. Millions of people, students, walked out in 2006 against immigration reform. They texted each other and walked out of their high school classrooms. Like, we keep seeing these mass movements of people going, 'This is not the way things should be done,' and it gets ignored. The thousands of people who have been marching across America for Bernie, that doesn’t get any press coverage, because, Gil Scott-Heron said, 'The revolution will not be televised.' But it’s time for it to be televised. And thank you so much for televising it, because we need people to know how beautiful this moment is. No matter what, look at this. This is incredible. And we have a Jewish man who’s talking about Palestine. Like, do you know what I’m saying? Like, this is a really, really remarkable, huge moment, and we cannot gloss it over. You’re doing a disservice to people by doing so. This is something really beautiful. I’m doing this because love trumps hate, not because I need to vote against somebody, but because love trumps hate. This is a love movement. I’m so excited![13]
Related Quotation
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Simon Bracey-Lane | “Currently runs the IfS “Integrity Initiative” network communications and network development process; deep experience in democratic election campaign processes in UK and especially in USA, viz: Regional Campaign Organiser: John Wisniewski for Governor of New Jersey, USA. January - May 2017; Statewide Campaign Organiser: Bernie Sanders for President 2016, USA. Sept 2015 – May 2016; special study of Russian interference in the US electoral process.” | Simon Bracey-Lane | 2018 |
Related Documents
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:Anatomy of a Scandal: Israel Crucifies Corbyn | Article | 14 August 2014 | Michael W. Howard | "Tom Watson has it backward: the 'eternal shame and embarrassment' come when Labour, swallowing whatever pride it has left, meekly submits to being harassed and blackmailed by a foreign power and its vulgar propagandists. Jeremy Corbyn, it seems, is gearing up to do just that. Chalk one up for Goebbels." |
Document:Internalised Danger | blog post | 6 November 2020 | Craig Murray | America urgently needs a radical dose of social and economic reform as championed by Bernie Sanders. It needs the Green New Deal, and the world needs a real commitment in Washington to environmentalism. |
Document:Libya: Fine, but why Britain | article | 20 March 2011 | Brian Barder | David Cameron seemingly Gung Ho on toppling the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, while Barack Obama takes a back seat |
Document:The American Jewish scholar behind Labour's "antisemitism" scandal breaks his silence | Interview | 3 May 2016 | Norman Finkelstein Jamie Stern-Weiner | Norman G. Finkelstein is clear: "It’s time to put a stop to this periodic charade, because it ends up besmirching the victims of the Nazi holocaust, diverting from the real suffering of the Palestinian people, and poisoning relations between the Jewish and Muslim communities. You just had an antisemitism hysteria last year, and it was a farce. And now again? Another inquiry? Another investigation? No." |
Document:The left’s Trump card - weekly briefing | Article | 15 November 2020 | Lindsey German | The Populist Right has had a bad week. Dominic Cummings left Downing Street on Friday after his relationship with Boris Johnson, according to reports, ‘fell off a cliff’. Donald Trump may still be refusing to acknowledge his election defeat, but he is on his way out of the US presidency. The Left still has everything to play for. |
Document:There is no future for Labour in bureaucratic centrism | Article | 11 November 2020 | Ian Lavery | Whilst many in the media and party establishments are keen to turn back the clock to the bureaucratic centrism, progressives energised on both sides of the Atlantic, whether by Corbyn or Sanders, will define our future politics. |
Document:Why Isn’t Everyone In Favour of Taxing Financial Speculation? | report | 19 April 2016 | Robert Reich | Bernie Sanders wants to tax stock trades at a rate of 0.5 percent (a trade of $1,000 would cost $5), and bond trades at 0.1 percent. The tax would reduce incentives for high-speed trading, insider deal-making, and short-term financial betting. Sanders’ 0.5 percent tax could thereby finance public investments that enlarge the economic pie rather than merely rearrange its slices – like tuition-free public education. |
References
- ↑ "Bernie Sanders upstaged by a bird in Portland"
- ↑ "Bernie Sanders Holds Rally in Greenpoint, Brooklyn"
- ↑ "Bernie Sanders Wins Delegate-Rich Wisconsin: He Has Now Defeated Clinton in 7 of the Last 8 Delegate Battles"
- ↑ "Can Bernie Sanders Win New York?" The Young Turks, 18 April 2016
- ↑ "Another Path to Victory for Bernie Sanders"
- ↑ "Obama gives shoutout to Sanders at correspondents' dinner"
- ↑ "Sanders: I will upset Clinton and defeat Trump in November"
- ↑ "Bernie Sanders Biography"
- ↑ "Bernie Sanders on tax havens"
- ↑ "The Panama Papers could hand Bernie Sanders the White House"
- ↑ "Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton turn Brooklyn debate into slugfest"
- ↑ "Hillary Clinton still won’t release her Wall Street speech transcripts"
- ↑ "'It's a Revolution': Actress Rosario Dawson on Why She Supports Sanders for President Over Clinton"