– Hundreds of international progressive leaders gathered in Burlington, Vermont, last weekend for an event hosted by The Sanders Institute. While there, Amy Goodman sat down with independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders to discuss his efforts to pass a Green New Deal, raise the minimum wage and protect Social Security. He also spoke about last week’s historic Senate vote to advance a resolution he co-sponsored to end military support for the Saudi-led, U.S.-backed war in Yemen.
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I have to say something. I did not vote for that man in DC and I truly can’t stand the sight of him. However, that statement you made is pure Trump. We, meaning all of us need to be better than this. Those “inbreeds” have a right to their vote and their opinion. There are those who will never see the light but becoming part of the pack does not advance us, it hinders us. Please think about that. Thank you for listening
DEATH TO bernie.
yes! next lets pull out of the illegal israeli occupation
+Sharon Rinkiewicz Make war not for profit, problem solved.
+Ana Sanchez The problem goes back further than that read up the history of latin america and united fruit.
+Spyrit2011 I know USA has a long involvement in Latin America. The fruit company’s exploit the central America.. And the USA removed a democratically elected president of Honduras because he want to buy cheap oil from Venezuela
DEATH TO bernie.
+Shah Suri If you’ve seen the Oliver Stone film JFK, Stone postulated a theory that the reason why Kennedy was assassinated was because Kennedy was planning on commencing negotiations with Khruschev to withdraw all nuclear weapons (at this time, the USA and the USSR were the only two nuclear powers in the world) but because weapons manufacturers would have lost around $80 billion in government contracts if this happened and they had some very powerful friends in the government, they were ultimately behind the Kennedy assassination. I’m not saying that I believe this theory – though it’s the most plausible one I’ve heard – but the fact remains that as long as these companies can reap huge profits from wars then our government will always support them.
Gotta love Bernie. He is amazing.
He sold out for that Adrenochrome vampire HRC
+Shah Suri .Who killed Seth.Rich.?
Never heard a single original idea out of the guy, nor any fight. Just a bunch of talk. What’s so amazing?
DEATH TO bernie.
Listening to trump lie and brag everyday is a suffering tape everyday
Triggered. Grow a sense of humor.
@Ptolomy
no u
Will we ever address the biggest elephant in the climate change room? If we don’t address animal agriculture we are only putting a band aid on a bullet wound
+scasey1960 that’s low and just the beginning of the impact. 90% of the Amazon has been cut down for meat.
Cowspiracy.com
How about a comprehensive approach.
It’s not just about climate change. Millions of people in the United States have water coming into their homes that makes them sick. Air that makes them sick. Earth that is being poisoned and getting into our food and our bloodstreams.
Larry Rundle You’re right.. Animal agriculture is one of the major causes of environmental damage…
+Jack Jammen I agree with a comprehensive approach. and a large part of the poisoning of the water, air and food has to do with animal agriculture. So.. let’s get on it too, and seriously.
“Another day in the life of a pathological liar (who is the president of the united states)” Love ya Bernie
#Bernie2020
Why is this guy not President? He has it all.
+Sohaib A These seem liabilities. After working in a legislature, I came to the conclusion that it is difficult to judge a decision by a politician without knowing what they were up against or what they traded. I have seen cases where I thought of someone as a sellout and then found out that it was a trade for something far more critical. Of course, this is not always the case.
Dishonest? You mean like serial liar in the White House right now?
+Trick Q I was not thinking of Trump in this category. I have an impression that what we see is often an inability to remember facts. He seems amoral, and that is at least somewhat predictable. I meant good politicians.
+ymmij388 https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/04/01/bernie_sanders_on_gaza_clashes_i_do_not_accept_israeli_governments_explanation_palestinians_engaged_in_nonviolence.html . Inconsistent? His voting record speaks for itself, he has not changed his ideals for the entirety of his political career, 40 years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU3NKvvxcSs. And he is known as the most honest politician in D.C. . You are extremely uninformed, or a paid shill which is it?
A brilliant man and should have been the true democrat nominee and president of the United States. He was the only candidate with a clear, honest and reasoned vision for what’s best for America and its place in the world. It boggles the mind why the democratic party would have sabotaged him every step of the way. If they had simply got behind him and done the right thing we would be forming a very different kind of world now I think.
It actually doesn’t boggle the mind. Corporate dems are basically moderate Republicans. Controlled opposition tasked with acting as a foil against the progressive movement.
+MrSanman28 “Marxism, in the name of the oppressed, always leads to Genocide.” Not true. There are many examples of communistic experiments that have not led to genocide. For example, the first ever communist revolution, the Paris Commune (destroyed by outside forces), then there’s Revolutionary Catalonia (defeated by outside forces, among which the Soviet Union). A more contemporary example is Rojava.
Point is, abolishing/reforming capitalism does not always lead to totalitarian governments.
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The Democratic ‘leadership’ did a similar thing to the popular George A. Wallace at their 1944 convention. It was a conspiracy ot the top people in the Democratic Party who did it back then. In 2016 they wallaced Bernie!
DEATH TO bernie.
Bernie should have been President! Bernie 2020!
Weekend at Bernies…do you know a good ventriloquist?
DEATH TO bernie.
You should tell that to the DNC.
NO.
Love Bernie Sanders. I hope he runs again.
DEATH TO bernie.
A true patriot
Too bad pelosi won’t allow a vote on Medicare for all. She is the biggest opposition for this bill
BERNIE is the man. 2020
Thanks, Amy! Great interview with Bernie.
#Bernie2020
omg he should be President what a great man
Bernie 2020.