Now that Bernie Sanders has officially withdrawn from the race, what lessons will be learned by his tens of thousands of supporters? For many of the 20+ year olds, it’s entirely understandable […]
Sanders withdraws: What next?
Sanders-Biden Debate: First and Last?
Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden debated each other one-on-one for the first, and possibly last, time last night. Despite the claims of the Sanders campaign, Biden more or less came out on […]
leaflet: What next for Sanders campaign?
I handed out this leaflet at the East Bay DSA meeting. There was some interest.
After Nevada: Perspectives for the Sanders campaign
The Wall St. Journal editors are worried. Following the Nevada caucus vote they wrote: “The other candidates… all offer some version of Bernie Lite, and none speak up for the private economy.… […]
Jesse Jackson, Bernie Sanders and DSA
By Mike Howells In 1988 “independent” socialist Bernie Sanders and the DSA both endorsed 1988 presidential candidate Jesse Jackson and his presidential Rainbow Coalition campaign. That an African American and well known […]
President Bernie Sanders?
A new opinion poll seems to strengthen Bernie Sanders’ claim that he’s the Democratic Party candidate most able to defeat Trump: Taken by Sanders campaign, it shows Sanders beating Trump in three […]
Bernie Sanders: Minority candidate in the Democratic primaries
Sanders supporters are bemoaning the planned “superdelegate coup” if Sanders doesn’t win an outright majority of delegates. What would happen is that if no candidate gets over 50% of the delegates in […]
Sanders single payer bill: “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice…”
Counterpunch has an article about Bernie Sanders new single payer bill. They claim that the reasons that many Democrats are signing on to it is due to pressure from the people plus […]
Bernie Sanders Keeping Hope Alive
Bernie Sanders said all the right things on CNN last night. He talked about Medicare for all. He criticized Trump’s plans to sabotage the ACA…. and he praised his “colleague” John McCain. […]
Bernie Sanders Lowers the Curtain
Bernie Sanders has lowered the curtain on the last act of the Bernie Sanders Show. He has done what was clearly in the works for weeks – issued a formal endorsement of Hillary Clinton. […]