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It was almost inevitable under current circumstances. Bernie Sanders announced that he drops nomination for the Democratic Party leadership, opening the road for another disastrous Trump term.
It was almost inevitable under current circumstances. Bernie Sanders announced that he drops nomination for the Democratic Party leadership, opening the road for another disastrous Trump term.
Furthermore, it seems that Bernie ignored the call from the Greens to join and lead the party, bringing on board the growing progressive movement that includes millions of his supporters. Howie Hawkins has offered Bernie Sanders the nomination for the Green Party to run in the Presidential race in 2020 against Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
One more time, the Greens called Bernie to take the lead, as Jill Stein also did, back in 2016. And this is a good indication that people in the Green Party are authentic progressives who put aside their personal political ambitions. And their first priority, as it seems, is to give a political platform to the progressive movement.
Yet, Bernie actually retreated again, as he did back in 2016, when he fully supported Hillary Clinton. And the DNC establishment declared another victory over progressives. But we know what finally happened in 2016: Trump.
As he said in his announcement:
Let me say this very emphatically. As you all know, we have never been just a campaign. We are a grass-roots, multiracial, multigenerational movement which has always believed that real change never comes from the top on down, but always from the bottom on up. We have taken on Wall Street, the insurance companies, the drug companies, the fossil fuel industry, the military-industrial complex, the prison-industrial complex, and the greed of the entire corporate elite. That struggle continues. [...] On a practical note, let me also say this: I will stay on the ballot in all remaining states and continue to gather delegates. While Vice President Biden will be the nominee, we must continue working to assemble as many delegates as possible at the Democratic convention, where we will be able to exert significant influence over the party platform and other functions.
Well, the reality is that the power of the movement got wasted when Bernie and the other progressives couldn't stand against the awful bill that has been passed, supposedly to deal with the pandemic crisis. Because what we saw again, was an insane amount of money given to the banking/corporate mafia and less than peanuts to the US working class.
In the midst of such a major crisis, when millions of Americans are losing their jobs and they don't know if they will be able to secure basics tomorrow, progressives didn't manage to bring any substantial change. The establishment imposed the "business as usual" agenda.
And it was inevitable. You can't bring any substantial change while being tied to the monstrous DNC machine. We were screaming about this at least since 2016, when it was revealed that the DNC played dirty against Bernie Sanders.
And now, to call progressives follow him again under these circumstances in order to support someone like Biden, is completely dishonest by Bernie. Because he knows (and everybody knows), that the neoliberal "dinosaur" Biden won't do anything to change things. And moreover, he knows (and everybody knows), that Biden will lose to Trump, hands down. If there was a doubt with Hillary back in 2016, now it is almost certain.
You can't have real change within the Democratic Party. The progressive movement should not get attached politically to it because eventually, the DNC monstrous mechanism will swallow it and digest it.
And if you don't believe us, check out what Bernie himself was saying in the past: "My own view, and has been my view for many, many years, is that what we need in this country, is what Jackson calls a 'Rainbow Coalition', but it has to be done outside of the Democratic Party."
We should thank Bernie for his significant contribution on strengthening the progressive movement, but the movement needs now an independent platform in order to survive politically. The only option right now, prior to the 2020 presidential election, is the Green Party. The Greens have made their invitation and progressive voters should join massively the party:
Yet, Bernie actually retreated again, as he did back in 2016, when he fully supported Hillary Clinton. And the DNC establishment declared another victory over progressives. But we know what finally happened in 2016: Trump.
As he said in his announcement:
Let me say this very emphatically. As you all know, we have never been just a campaign. We are a grass-roots, multiracial, multigenerational movement which has always believed that real change never comes from the top on down, but always from the bottom on up. We have taken on Wall Street, the insurance companies, the drug companies, the fossil fuel industry, the military-industrial complex, the prison-industrial complex, and the greed of the entire corporate elite. That struggle continues. [...] On a practical note, let me also say this: I will stay on the ballot in all remaining states and continue to gather delegates. While Vice President Biden will be the nominee, we must continue working to assemble as many delegates as possible at the Democratic convention, where we will be able to exert significant influence over the party platform and other functions.
Well, the reality is that the power of the movement got wasted when Bernie and the other progressives couldn't stand against the awful bill that has been passed, supposedly to deal with the pandemic crisis. Because what we saw again, was an insane amount of money given to the banking/corporate mafia and less than peanuts to the US working class.
In the midst of such a major crisis, when millions of Americans are losing their jobs and they don't know if they will be able to secure basics tomorrow, progressives didn't manage to bring any substantial change. The establishment imposed the "business as usual" agenda.
And it was inevitable. You can't bring any substantial change while being tied to the monstrous DNC machine. We were screaming about this at least since 2016, when it was revealed that the DNC played dirty against Bernie Sanders.
And now, to call progressives follow him again under these circumstances in order to support someone like Biden, is completely dishonest by Bernie. Because he knows (and everybody knows), that the neoliberal "dinosaur" Biden won't do anything to change things. And moreover, he knows (and everybody knows), that Biden will lose to Trump, hands down. If there was a doubt with Hillary back in 2016, now it is almost certain.
You can't have real change within the Democratic Party. The progressive movement should not get attached politically to it because eventually, the DNC monstrous mechanism will swallow it and digest it.
And if you don't believe us, check out what Bernie himself was saying in the past: "My own view, and has been my view for many, many years, is that what we need in this country, is what Jackson calls a 'Rainbow Coalition', but it has to be done outside of the Democratic Party."
We should thank Bernie for his significant contribution on strengthening the progressive movement, but the movement needs now an independent platform in order to survive politically. The only option right now, prior to the 2020 presidential election, is the Green Party. The Greens have made their invitation and progressive voters should join massively the party:
Bernie Sanders earned the support of millions by advancing socialist solutions: #Medicare4All, #GreenNewDeal, Economic Bill of Rights, & more. I invite his supporters to join my campaign to continue to fight for socialist solutions through the Nov election & beyond. #FeelTheBern pic.twitter.com/2eOSq6Ngab— Howie Hawkins (@HowieHawkins) April 8, 2020
And if the young progressives like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar really want to bring substantial change, should also join the Greens. In the end, they won't survive politically inside the DNC corporate snake-nest, anyway.
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