Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumIf you want to see Bernie’s agenda come to fruition
Whether it is to have his back in the White House, or a Hillary nomination instead, if we want to continue Bernie Sanders agenda after the campaign, we have to build an organized democratic socialist presence in US politics.
Bernie Sanders is a democratic socialist, which means he believes that both the economy and society should be run democratically. Bernie has long championed public programs and democratic rights which empower working class people and lessen the power of Wall Street and the corporate elite.
At this time, most people in the United States do not classify themselves as "socialist" when asked to describe their politics. However, many of the things they value, particularly progressivesuniversal (single-payer) health care, equal pay for equal work, greater democracy in the workplace, and providing access to college for allare at the core of both Bernies agenda and the goals of democratic socialism.
Sanders believes, as do democratic socialists, that empowering working people through unions and workers cooperatives will overcome the obscene levels of wealth and income inequality in the United States.
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) supports Bernies agenda and thus his bid for the presidency, in order to help build a stronger progressive and multi-racial movement in this country, and to build the democratic socialist voice within that movement.
If you want to see Bernies agenda come to fruition, only a stronger democratic socialist organization as a component within that movement will change US politics over the long run. Having a stronger democratic socialist presence in American politics will legitimize the word socialism, and thus undermine the red-baiting of the Right, which has used that tactic for decades, to try to wreck even the most basic progressive reforms such as Social Security, Medicare, and the civil rights movement.
So, if you like Bernie, check out Democratic Socialists of America, at www.dsausa.org.
AllFieldsRequired
(489 posts)Regardless of where Mr. Sanders lands on election day, he will still be here and so will we.
One way or another what is needed is a movement, and that is what DSAUSA could organize.
We all know even if Mr. Sanders is elected president he will still need dozens of new house and senate members before he could get anything done.
This is the way to do that.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)I keep looking at what what the Tea Baggers have done (ya, it's super bad.)
But...why can't we do the same but on the Dem side.
It's WAY past time for us to be heard and get true change.
TBF
(32,067 posts)From their website this looks interesting (upcoming calendar): http://www.dsausa.org/calendar