The Rest Is Politics: Leading

9: Bernie Sanders: A fight for equality

Mar 13, 2023
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INSIGHT

Anger Should Target The Billionaire Class

  • Sanders frames public anger as justified and channels it toward systemic targets: billionaire wealth, corporate profiteering, and political corruption.
  • He links inflation spikes and record corporate profits (ExxonMobil $200bn) to corporate greed rather than supply-chain causes.
ADVICE

Organize Across Identities Around Economics

  • Organize working people across race, gender, and orientation around an economic agenda that addresses wealth concentration and corporate power.
  • Prioritize mobilization and collective action rather than identity alone to win transformative change.
INSIGHT

Corporate Media Silences Class Discussion

  • Sanders argues consolidated corporate-owned media suppress class-based debates because owners have vested interests.
  • He notes eight conglomerates reach 90% of Americans, reducing coverage of working-class suffering and trade union issues.
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