Tag archives for Bernie Sanders
Joe Biden ought to listen to the Sunrise Movement on the Green New Deal
In November 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was first elected to Congress and the Sunrise Movement thrust the Green New Deal into the mainstream by occupying Nancy Pelosi’s office. The Presidential election…
For the Many, not the billionaires
Labour has started its election campaign with a bang before parliament has even dissolved. The Tories' only story of note - despite themselves calling for the election - is Boris…
This new think tank has radical ideas for transforming our economy
Image Credit: Chris Saltmarsh A new radical think tank has launched with the backing of leading politicians and social movement campaigners. Common Wealth aims to develop new models of democratic…
It’s time the Democrats offered a real alternative
Bernie Sanders. Photo: flickr user '350 Vermont' Creative Commons license Two weeks ago Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders introduced, for the first time, a ‘Medicare for All’ bill to…
Bright Green hero: Senator Bernie Sanders
Today we celebrate the 1 year anniversary of an eight-and-a-half hour filibuster by independent, socialist US Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Bernie's day-long speech, against extending Bush's tax cuts for…
Bernie Sanders on the US debt debacle.
As the US Congress debates whether to accept a plan to cut $ in spending over 10 years, and raise not one cent in taxes on the rich, let's hear…