Bernie Sanders

The Eugene V. Debs Museum: What It Spoke to Bill Walton, Larry Bird, and Me

What spoke to me on my visit to the Debs Museum? Although I have long known many of the facts of Debs’s life, including the violence directed at him by the U.S. ruling class and its lackeys in the U.S. government, hanging out in Deb’s former home provoked a more visceral experience of just how ugly the ruling-class bastards can be when they are threatened, and how effective their violence has been.

Bernie Sanders : « Nous refusons de vivre dans une oligarchie »

Bernie Sanders a pris la tête d’un rassemblement de l’United Auto Workers [UAW ou Union des travailleurs de l’automobile, NdT] à Detroit le premier jour de la grève, déclarant que « tous les travailleurs, qu’ils soient cols blancs ou cols bleus, doivent se tenir aux côtés de l’UAW dans leur lutte pour la justice. » […]

Bernie Sanders : « Les géants des combustibles fossiles doivent être traités par la Justice comme les menteurs qu’ils sont »

Il est grand temps que les autorités fédérales reconnaissent que l’industrie des combustibles fossiles enfreint « clairement » la loi, a déclaré Sanders. Source : Truthout, Sharon ZhankTraduit par les lecteurs du site Les-Crises Alors que les températures dépassent les 37 degrés Celsius en Amérique du Sud en plein hiver, le sénateur Bernie Sanders (Indépendant-Vermont) […]

Norman Finkelstein: A National Treasure?

Among the most dangerous people in the US are those who actually once fervently believed the foundational myths of the country’s social and political order. It’s the true believers — we who are schooled on republican virtues, democratic procedures, universal equality, and fair play that are said to be deeply embedded in the US experience […]

Inverted Corporate Capitalism: Blocking Their Owner-Shareholders

It is the season of annual shareholder meetings for giant corporations when CEOs go through the motions of elections for their Board of Directors and approval of other resolutions. People who own stock in General Motors (GM) receive the “GM Meeting Information” in an envelope emblazoned with this disingenuous message: “Your Voice/Your Vote/Be Heard. Every […]

Drug Price Showdown Time for Chairman Bernie Sanders

It is showdown time. Senator Bernie Sanders, new chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee versus Big Pharma. The self-described “democratic socialist” from a safe seat in Vermont has long been a Big Pharma nemesis. He has issued detailed critiques of what others have called a “Pay or Die” industry coddled by […]
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Bernie Sanders Buckles Under White House Pressure On Ending Yemen War

US Senator Bernie Sanders backed down from requesting a vote on a resolution to end US government support for the war in Yemen, disappointing supporters. Although the story has been focused on Bernie, this should serve as a moment to open up a new conversation about the brutal Saudi-coalition’s war in Yemen. Sen. Bernie Sanders Read More...

Yemen: End American Complicity

Recall your attention to the response from the US establishment after Russia was found to be using Iranian drones in the war in Ukraine. The extent of the outrage was so intense that the issue was brought to the UN Security Council, and the spokesman for the State Department briefed the press on the American […]
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