Add your name: Keith Ellison for DNC Chair 12NOV16

IT is time for the people to take the Democratic Party back from the dinos, the third way democrats, and the party officials who have more in common with ceos and executives of the bank-financial cabal, the military-industrial complex, and the 1% than us. It is not the time to try to start a third party, we do not have the time (it takes decades) or the resources. The Green Party and the Libertarian Party will never be able to offer a serious challenge to our political system. It is time to continue the political revolution +Senator Bernie Sanders started with his campaign for president (he would have defeated the drumpf/trump-pence ticket), the revolution that saw the ouster of the conniving debbie wasserman-schultz as chair of the DNC and incorporation of many of the Sanders proposals  to the Clinton-Kaine presidential platform. It is time to endorse, support financially and through activism, the Bold Progressive politics of the PCCC / Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Our Revolution and MoveOn.org. We must demand the DNC return the party to the people it was and is supposed to represent, protect and provide for, the poor, the working and middle classes, the retired, vets, students, families, all ethnic and religious groups, the 99%,  Americans one and all. Listen to the words of +Senator Elizabeth Warren just days after the election and become a member of the Elizabeth Warren Wing of the Democratic Party. With enough of us committed to the progressive ideals she champions the Elizabeth Warren Wing of the Democratic Party will be the Democratic Party! The first step is to determine the next chair of the DNC. Please sign this petition to the DNC for +Representative Keith Ellison D MN to be the next Chair of the DNC. And become members of the PCCC , Our Revolution and MoveOn.org!

The declining middle class is sick and tired of establishment economics, establishment politics, and the establishment media. People are tired of working longer hours for lower wages, of seeing decent paying jobs go to China and other low-wage countries, of billionaires not paying any federal income taxes, and of not being able to afford a college education for their kids – all while the very rich become much richer.

Voters know these problems — yet they chose Donald Trump as their next president. That means the Democratic Party needs to look itself in the mirror and work tirelessly to become once again the party that working people know will work for their interests.

That's why I believe that Rep. Keith Ellison is the right person to lead the Democratic National Committee.

Keith is one of the most progressive members of Congress, and he was an early supporter of our political revolution. He is a co-chair of the House Progressive Caucus, a strong believer in grassroots politics, and someone who would be enormously effective in leading the Democratic Party against President Donald Trump.

You cannot be a party which on one hand says we're in favor of working people, we're in favor of the needs of young people but we don't quite have the courage to take on Wall Street and the billionaire class. People do not believe that. You've got to decide which side you're on.

Keith Ellison knows the importance of rejecting the policies of the political establishment and wealthy campaign contributors. He is prepared to take on the billionaire class and all forms of bigotry. He vigorously supports a $15 minimum wage, opposes fracking and dangerous oil pipelines, and he wants to get big money out of politics.

I don't think the political establishment and the billionaire class would like Keith Ellison as the DNC chair. Good.

Keith also understands the stakes of what might happen under the Trump Administration. He knows just how dangerous it will be for Muslims, people of color, immigrants, our LGBT sisters and brothers, and so many others. His experience and perspective would be key to leading the fight against Trump.

I'm sure a lot of you have some feelings about the Democratic National Committee. The truth is that it is an important entity to build, support, and maintain if we are to have the chance to organize and win in the coming elections while Trump is president.

We must also do everything we can to elect Democrats to Congress in 2018, and to take back the White House in 2020. We need a Democratic National Committee led by a progressive who understand the dire need to listen to working families, not the political establishment or the billionaire class.

That is why I support Keith Ellison to be the next Chair of the Democratic National Committee, and why I hope you'll join me in advocating for him to lead the DNC.

PHOTO: BERNIE'S political revolution in NYC & Bernie Sanders rallies 27,000 in Manhattan 13APR16

BERNIE SANDERS had 27,000+ people, we the people, show up at a rally at Washington Square in New York City Wednesday night, 13 APR 16. This is what a non-violent American political revolution looks like. Click on Bernie 2016 below to go to his campaign website for his positions on the issues and remember, DEMOCRACY IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT, VOTE FOR BERNIE IN THE NEW YORK PRIMARY ON TUESDAY, 19 APR 16!!!!!

We had one of the most incredible moments of our campaign on Wednesday night. More than 27,000 people came out for our rally in New York City – it was HUGE.This is what a political revolution looks like. This is the momentum we need going into New York's primary on Tuesday. Let's make sure we win. If we stand together now, we can win the Democratic nomination and the White House. Let's go.

In solidarity,

Jeff Weaver
Campaign Manager
Bernie 2016

Bernie Sanders rallies 27,000 in Manhattan

By David Weigel and Philip Rucker April 13

NEW YORK -- It was one of the largest rallies in a campaign full of them, as what Sen. Bernie Sanders's campaign claimed to be more than 27,000 people crowded into Washington Square Park to hear the candidate speak. The presidential candidate, joined by his wife Jane, seemed taken by emotion when he saw the size of the gathering.

"Jane and I left New York City when we were kids – it is great to be back," said Sanders.

The venue, with the candidate framed under the iconic 124-year-old marble arch, resonated with the history of American protest. It had been packed before for gay rights rallies, anti-war marches, and protests after the death of a black Staten Island man named Eric Garner at the hands of the NYPD.

[360 video: Thousands rally for Sanders ahead of Iowa caucuses]

"I came to this park to protest the Vietnam War," said actor and director Tim Robbins, one of many celebrity guests who warmed up the crowd for Sanders.

Rival Hillary Clinton was far uptown and in a far different neighborhood Wednesday. She held a rally in Co-Op City, the huge 1970s cooperative housing development in the Bronx that is home to immigrants from nearly every continent. There were no famous faces apart from her own, and a public school chorus singing the national anthem was the only live entertainment.

“This is a borough of immigrants in a city of immigrants in a state of immigrants in a nation of immigrants,” Clinton said.

An overflow crowd in a community gymnasium cheered loudly as she tweaked Republicans Donald J. Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz. She did not directly mention Sanders, although she appeared to be referring to him when she said, to cheers, that “it’s better to have a president in the White House who actually knows where Co-Op City is.”

Eight years earlier, in a more truncated New York primary, Clinton had easily dispatched another challenger who rallied more than 20,000 people in Washington Square Park. "This is a tough race for us," Sanders said. "We are running against someone who was a senator from this state for eight years. We have a system here in New York where independents can't get involved in the Democratic primary."

A number of voters, some of whom having waited for hours in increasingly colder weather, said that they had failed to switch their registration. But all of them cheered a Sanders speech that laid out his agenda and a sustained progressive critique of Clinton. They booed the names of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, and booed again when reminded that Clinton had thanked Henry Kissinger for a compliment.

"In my view Henry Kissinger was one of the most destructive secretaries of state in the history of our country," said Sanders. 'I certainly would not welcome his praise."

As he's done across New York this week, Sanders also criticized Clinton for being slow to see the danger of hydraulic fracturing and not favoring an outright ban on the practice, a popular cause with progressives here.

"I believe that it is insane to be poisoning the water in our countries throughout the world through fracking," said Sanders. "Secretary Clinton – interestingly enough – as secretary of state she aggressively pushed for fracking around the world."

Paul Song, the executive chairman of the progressive Courage Campaign, told the crowd that his family was split between support for Clinton and Sanders. He then called on "corporate Democratic whores" to be defeated and replaced by "Berniecrats." Later, on Twitter, Song apologized for the impression that he was insulting Clinton.

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As the temperature fell closer to freezing, the crowd stayed with Sanders. It was quiet when he set up his criminal justice policy by saying most officers were good people. It roared when he got to the good stuff.

"If a police officer breaks the law, that officer has to be held accountable," said Sanders. "And the truth is, we've got to demilitarize our police. The truth is, we've got to rethink the so-called war on drugs."

"When we stand together – black and white and Latino and Asian American – when we do not allow the Donald Trumps of the world to divide us up, there is nothing we can’t accomplish," the Vermont senator said.

THIRD WAY / JELLYFISH DEMOCRATS NOT INTERESTED IN BERNIE VOTERS & Bernie Voters Not Very Interested in third way / jellyfish Democrats

+Mother Jones has a problem with Bernie Sanders. For some reason, the magazine that claims to "hold the candidates and the powerful accountable with relentless journalism" seems to be dedicated to seeing a third way democrat, someone who is being bought and paid for by the powerful, elected. Maybe the real reason Bernie's supporters didn't vote for JoAnne Kloppenburg in Wisconsin is that she ran her campaign to appeal to hillary clinton's supporters instead of appealing to the Wisconsin Democratic Party as a whole. Maybe Kloppenburg and the Democrats failed to learn the lesson of the 2014 Mid Term elections. Like many Sanders supporters, I am tired of voting for the lesser of two evils. I volunteered for and donated to Pres Obama's campaigns and feel betrayed. I never thought he would turn out to be the jellyfish democrat he has been. I have learned my lesson and will no longer compromise my vote. If hillary ends up being the Democratic candidate for president and wants my vote and the vote of many other Bernie supporters she is going to have to cut her ties to the 1%, corporate America, wall street funded super-pacs and start campaigning as a candidate running for the 99%, for all Americans, and not just those who can afford her. 

Bernie Voters Not Very Interested in Non-Bernie Democrats

—By Kevin Drum

| Thu Apr. 7, 2016 11:38 AM EDT

Dave Weigel notes that Wisconsin's Supreme Court race was yet another setback for Democrats:

They saw a decent chance to defeat Rebecca Bradley, a conservative justice appointed to the state Supreme Court by Walker. Her opponent, JoAnne Kloppenburg, nearly won a seat on the court in 2011.

…Bradley won the election, a surprise to Democrats. This morning, some progressives picked a culprit: voters who cast ballots for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) and left the rest of their ballots blank. According to exit polling conducted by the independent group DecisionDesk and BenchMark Politics, perhaps 15 percent of Sanders voters skipped the Bradley-Kloppenburg race; just 4 percent of Hillary Clinton voters did the same.

Bernie endorsed JoAnne Kloppenburg, so this isn't a matter of him refusing to play ball with anyone running on the Democratic ticket. Nonetheless, it's a serious issue, no matter what you think of Bernie versus Hillary on the issues. Bernie is basing a lot of his campaign not just on anti-Hillary sentiment, but on anti-Democratic-Party-establishment sentiment. That's fair enough, but like it or not, the Democratic Party is all we have to compete with Republicans.

Bernie has been asked before if, for example, he'd raise money for Democrats if he won the nomination, and he responded, "We'll see." That's really not going to cut it anymore. Bernie doesn't have to mindlessly support every Democrat on the ballot, but voters deserve to know what he'd do if he won the Democratic nomination. Would it be all Bernie all the time? Or does he become a fighter for all the down-ballot races Democrats need to win in order to pass all that revolutionary legislation we hear so much about?

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Tim Robbins acaba de dar el discurso más importante de las primarias demócratas, Listen Up America 7APR16

He estado diciendo a la gente durante casi un año para que creyendo, la plataforma de los que dicen que la campaña presidencial Bernie Sanders es pastel en el cielo, fantasía, irreal, imposible de conseguir, está entregando su deseo para un Estados Unidos mejor . Para pooh-bah planes de Bernie para una América mejor, sus planes para un país gobernado por el pueblo, un gobierno que trabaja para el mejor interés de la gente, sus planes para restaurar la república americana a una democracia, para salvarnos de convertirse en una plutocracia teocrática , a pooh-pooh la campaña de Bernie está cediendo a la codicia y la corrupción de la oligarquía 1%, las empresas estadounidenses, la cábala bancaria-financiera , el complejo militar-industrial. El pueblo estadounidense merece mejor y si nos unimos y salir a votar para Bernie Sanders de que pueden recuperar nuestro país . Aquí está el enlace a la web de la campaña de Bernie . Y me siento orgulloso de decir que yo era uno de la minoría que protestaron en contra de George W ilegal e inmoral guerra de Bush en Irak en las calles de Washington DC y presionado al Congreso con llamadas telefónicas y correos electrónicos a votar en contra de la guerra. Considere esto desde   + El Huffington Post , a continuación, la transcripción completa del discurso de la página facebook Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins acaba de dar el discurso más importante de las primarias demócratas, Listen Up America

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"Pragmatismo político" es un término que nunca ha sido claramente definido y se utiliza a menudo en los medios de comunicación de enfoques muy diferentes políticas. En los días del "New Deal" de Roosevelt que significaba la búsqueda de la recuperación económica y ayudar a la gente salir de la pobreza mediante la adopción de enfoques innovadores e idiosincrásicas. El pragmatismo aquí se explica mejor como descartando la sabiduría convencional y directrices existentes para las políticas que va a hacer el trabajo. En estos días los medios de comunicación tratan de hacernos creer que el pragmatismo político está trabajando dentro de las reglas del establecimiento y no teniendo la cabeza de status quo en. El razonamiento detrás de esto es que ésta diera lugar a un estancamiento político o, políticas desastrosas peores que daría lugar a un gasto excesivo y destruir las entidades empresariales viables. Este pragmatismo se ha lanzado a los votantes estadounidenses desde el comienzo del proceso de primarias presidenciales.

La semana pasada en Wisconsin actor y activista social Tim Robbins dio la acusación más brillante y contundente de esta marca de "pragmatismo político." Este discurso ha recibido poca cobertura y gran parte de ella, que no sea en los blogs de noticias progresistas, ha sido negativa. Es mi opinión de que el discurso del Sr. Robbin merece convertirse en el discurso más importante de las primarias demócratas, ya que no sólo es increíblemente elocuente sino que destruye el argumento pragmatismo político a la candidatura de Hillary Clinton como ninguna otra cosa por escrito o dicho en el curso de esta campaña.

Estoy insertando aquí la parte del discurso que contiene el núcleo de la misma de sustancia. Estas son palabras que merecen ser ampliamente difundido y asimilado por el pueblo estadounidense:

"Ahora entiendo la resistencia de nuestros amigos de Bernie Sanders. Se les ha dicho en repetidas ocasiones por los principales medios de comunicación de que Bernie no importa, que es inelegible. Bien, estoy aquí hoy para animar a nuestros amigos demócratas que quieren todo grande que ocurra el cambio todavía no creen que es posible, a nuestros amigos que creen que no son dignos de los sueños grandes, nuestros amigos que han entregado sus ideales de política pragmatismo, que de alguna manera creen que el cambio va a pasar por la elección de un candidato totalmente afianzado en la disfunción del pasado.

Hay momentos en la historia en que el pragmatismo político puede conducir al desastre, donde los futuros ambiciones de un político ponen en peligro la seguridad y la seguridad de sus electores. Estos son los momentos que definen el hombre o la mujer. Será ese individuo en riesgo su futuro político a causa de sus creencias? Van a correr el riesgo de ser marginados como radicales y extremistas?

Todos los que se opuso a la guerra de Irak fueron marginados. Fuimos llamados radicales. Fuimos llamados extremistas, partidarios de los terroristas, por exigir evidencia de armas de destrucción masiva antes de que invadimos. ¿Cómo fue que los radicales? Nos gritamos por los medios de comunicación. Fuimos amenazados y algunos fueron intimidados en el silencio o el cumplimiento. No Bernie.

Bernie se enfrentó a la misma intimidación y se mantuvo firme, y las que hizo lo políticamente conveniente, que no pelos de punta en un intento de permanecer dentro del status quo, en un intento de mantener sus posiciones de poder, estas personas fueron recompensados. En los medios de comunicación, que se promovieron. En política, fueron reelegidos. Algunos incluso recibieron medallas por hacerlo mal. No había disculpas. No había ningún ajuste de cuentas. No hubo rendición de cuentas. Este fue un momento decisivo para nuestro país.

La buena noticia es que hay millones de pensamiento, sensación de personas en este país, que a pesar de la propaganda masiva que boyas de este fracaso, todavía se aferran a la verdad. Y que la verdad es la guerra de Irak es y fue un referente. Cómo votó en esta verdaderamente importa porque nos aliento hasta en un pantano tales. Este fue un momento de nuestra historia, donde el pragmatismo político condujo a un desastre masivo, un desastre para nuestra economía, un desastre para nuestra posición mundial, un desastre en la pérdida de vidas en esta guerra fabricada. No podemos darnos el lujo de ir por ese camino otra vez ".

Dentro de estas palabras el Sr. Robbins ha encapsulado los crímenes inexcusables de comisión y omisión cometido contra el pueblo de los Estados Unidos, especialmente aquellos que expresan su patriotismo no a través de consignas huecas, sino por tratar de guiar al país que aman y apreciar hacia una mayor compasión y social justicia.

Si alguna vez hubo un momento en que los estadounidenses tenían que dejar de escuchar a los principales puntos de vista de los medios y examinar la realidad del cuerpo político estadounidense, que es ahora; la posibilidad de una presidencia Bernie Sanders no puede surgir de nuevo.

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TRANSCRIPCIÓN DE TIM ROBBINS DISCURSO EN LA REUNIÓN EN WISCONSIN Sanders 4APR16

 

Tim Robbins

5 de abril a 15:01  · 

Esta es la transcripción de ayer mi discurso en el  Bernie Sanders de rally en Wisconsin 4.4.16

Pragmatismo vs idealismo
estoy aquí hoy para hablar con nuestros amigos en el Partido Demócrata que se sienten en sus corazones Bernie, pero están apoyando a Hillary con sus cerebros pragmáticos. Estas no son malas personas. Temen que la división radical y peligrosa republicanos al igual que nosotros.
Todos hemos sido alimentados con una corriente constante de la propaganda simplista de que promueve la narrativa de la creación. Que Hillary es el presunto candidato. Esta narrativa es fuerte y persuasiva. Se ha promulgado durante meses por la CNN, por el New York Times, y oh tan muchos en los medios de comunicación. Y si fuéramos ovejas, si nos habíamos conseguido en la línea, no habría ningún problema ahora. Los medios de comunicación y los fantasmas del DLC se habrían salido con la suya y el gobierno podría continuar como lo ha hecho durante los últimos 30 años. Figuras de la clase conseguirían elegido y reelegido sin ninguna responsabilidad por sus malas decisiones.Candidatos de afuera como Bernie Sanders serían marginados y tolerado por algunos primarias antes de caer en línea con la estructura de poder del Partido Demócrata.
Pero el DNC y los Clinton tienen un gran problema. Los tiempos han cambiado. Bernie no es Howard Dean. Bernie no es la progresiva obligatoria que mantendrá a la izquierda en la línea hasta que surja el candidato moderado presuntiva. Bernie no es la información privilegiada Partido Demócrata que se inclinarán a los deseos de la élite del partido. Hemos terminado con el que el patriarcado. Hemos terminado con comprometer nuestros ideales. Hemos terminado con la política de triangulación y el miedo a base.
Entiendo la resistencia de nuestro amigo de Bernie Sanders. Se les ha dicho en repetidas ocasiones por los principales medios de comunicación de que Bernie no importa, que es inelegible.
Estoy aquí hoy para animar a nuestros amigos demócratas que quieren todo grande que ocurra el cambio todavía no creen que es posible.Nuestros amigos que creen que no son dignos de los sueños grandes, nuestros amigos que han entregado sus ideales al pragmatismo político, que de alguna manera creen que el cambio va a pasar por la elección de un candidato totalmente afianzado en la disfunción del pasado.
Hay ciertos momentos de la historia donde el pragmatismo político puede conducir al desastre, donde los futuros ambiciones de un político ponen en peligro la seguridad y la seguridad de sus constituyentes. Estos son los momentos que definen al hombre o mujer. Será ese individuo en riesgo su futuro político a causa de sus creencias? Van a correr el riesgo de ser marginados como radicales y extremistas?
Todos los que se opuso a la guerra de Irak fueron marginados. Fuimos llamados radicales, extremistas, partidarios terroristas para exigir evidencia de armas de destrucción masiva antes de que invadimos. Nos gritamos por medios convencionales. Fuimos amenazados, algunos fueron intimidados en el silencio o el cumplimiento.
No Bernie. Bernie se enfrentó al mismo intimidación y se mantuvo firme. Y los que hicieron lo políticamente conveniente, que no pelos de punta en un intento de permanecer dentro del status quo, en un intento de conservar su posición de poder, estas personas fueron recompensados. En los medios de comunicación que se promovieron, en la política que se confirmó su estatus, incluso algunas medallas recibidas para hacerlo mal. No había disculpas, no hubo ajuste de cuentas, no hubo rendición de cuentas. Este fue un momento decisivo para nuestro país.
La buena noticia es que hay millones de pensar, sentir la gente en este país que a pesar de la propaganda masiva que boyas de estos fracasos, todavía se aferran a la verdad. Y que la verdad es que la guerra de Irak es un referente. Cómo votó en esta verdaderamente importa porque nos aliento hasta en un pantano tales. Este fue un momento de nuestra historia, donde el pragmatismo político condujo a un desastre masivo. Un desastre para nuestra economía, un desastre para nuestro mundo de pie, un desastre en las vidas perdidas de esta guerra fabricada. No podemos darnos el lujo de ir por ese camino otra vez.
No, la CNN. Debido a que usted no hace caso Bernie no hace que se vaya. The New York Times puede pasar por alto en su página de victorias frente de Bernie en Washington Hawai y Alaska. Ya no estamos sorprendidos. Lo entendemos. ¿Quieres Bernie se vaya. Usted quiere que su candidato ungido para ganar. Después de las primarias del sur hubiera llamado a la elección. Y quién está engañando a quién? Ganadora de Carolina del Sur en una primaria democrática es casi tan importante como ganar Guam. Ningún demócrata va a ganar Carolina del Sur en las elecciones generales. ¿Por qué estas victorias tienen tanta importancia?
¿Quién está ganando entre los independientes? No Hillary. ¿Quién está ganando el voto joven que va a hacer el trabajo duro a la lona y organizar y convertirse en el voto? No Hillary. ¿Quién ha ganado los últimos seis de los siete concursos y tiene claramente el impulso de su lado? No Hillary. ¿Y quién va a ganar en Wisconsin mañana?
Tal vez la gente de este país están votando de esta manera, porque ya no están dispuestos a recompensar a los fracasos de la guerra y pragmáticos de apoyo demócratas. Tal vez la gente de este país quieren líderes que pueden ver con claridad y tomar la decisión correcta, independientemente de la forma en que sopla el viento. Tal vez los votantes quieren un candidato con Integridad.
Con esta estación primaria estamos una vez más en un momento en la historia donde el pragmatismo político puede conducir al desastre.Este concepto de que Hillary es el presunto candidato ha irritado a una masa crítica de personas. No, ellos están diciendo que esta unción.No. Ellos no quieren que se les diga en una democracia libre y abierta a quién votar. No. Ellos no serán intimidados por los moderados en el partido demócrata que han estado en el lado equivocado de la historia.
Para el Partido Demócrata: Se toma este movimiento de los votantes Bernie por sentado a su propio riesgo. Estas personas han tenido todas las oportunidades para abrazar a su presunto candidato. Han recibido su flujo constante de la publicidad que sugiere Hillary está su ungido.Se les ha dado el mensaje como todo el mundo y han rechazado abrumadoramente esta noción. No, dicen, este es el candidato de un partido Democrática DLC que nos ha traído la moderación cuando necesitamos una acción audaz. Este es el ala del partido que nos ha traído la guerra, y los rescates bancarios y el encarcelamiento en masa. Si Hillary había sido en el lado derecho de estas cuestiones no estaríamos hoy aquí. Hoy estamos aquí porque queremos más fuera de nuestro grupo. Para empezar, nos gustaría un partido de oposición.Un partido que es verdad para el hombre y la mujer trabajadores, un partido que ayuda a sus electores con la política actual, el servicio no sólo palabras cada ciclo electoral que se ocupa más con el miedo de los republicanos que cualquier cambio real.
Somos los que se manifestaron en contra de la guerra de Irak que votó por Hillary. Nosotros somos los que se han opuesto durante años el futuro del medio ambiente suicida que los políticos como Hillary han sancionado con el apoyo de las industrias de combustibles fósiles.Nosotros somos los que marcharon en contra del TLC. Nosotros somos los que estaban indignados de que las políticas del Partido Demócrata adoptaron una nueva estrategia de Bill Clinton que demonizado madres de bienestar y apoyó la legislación que de manera desproporcionada a los afroamericanos en prisión en la guerra contra las drogas. Nosotros somos los que se opusieron a la tubería de arenas de alquitrán que Hillary apoyó inicialmente hasta que se dio cuenta de que sería políticamente conveniente para que ella se opone.
Estamos apoyando a un candidato que se quedó con nosotros, que votó en contra de la guerra de Irak, que se opone a la fractura hidráulica , que votó en contra del TLC, que se opone a la pena de muerte. Estamos apoyando a un candidato que tiene que a lo largo de su carrera se puso de pie para la gente que trabaja, que ha defendido a los veteranos, a los parados, para los pobres, por el derecho al aborto de los derechos LGBT. Estamos apoyando a un candidato que ha tenido posiciones de principio cuando otros han comprometido. Estamos apoyando a un candidato que ha abogado por los derechos civiles a lo largo de su vida, un hombre que marchó con Martin Luther King, un hombre que defiende a los sin voz. Estamos apoyando a un candidato que ha arriesgado su política momento en el futuro y otra vez por ser fiel a un fuerte compromiso moral con la paz y la justicia.
Entendemos lo que la buena gente de la gran estado de Vermont entienden, que han mantenido a Bernie en el cargo porque es una voz genuina, una voz honesta, un hombre de principios que se mantiene firme y vota su conciencia. La buena gente de Vermont pueden no estar de acuerdo con él en todas sus posturas, pero reconocen Bernie como un hombre íntegro y coherente volver a elegirlo.
Lo que un concepto radical. Un político que tiene una línea de fondo moral, un político que no está influido por las encuestas o la ambición imprudente o pragmatismo interna del partido.
Podría Bernie Sanders nos dirigirá hacia un nuevo paradigma? Un paradigma donde queridos acciones anteriores en realidad son relevantes para las campaña actual?
Un tiempo en el que la rendición de cuentas que realmente importa, donde los políticos son responsables de sus malas decisiones de política?
Un tiempo en el expediente y pragmática dentro de la clase política y los medios de comunicación ya no son recompensados ​​por su cumplimiento y la subordinación a los intereses corporativos y la política de partidos.
Estamos en un nuevo tiempo y que aquí, en esta sala, en este día en Wisconsin nos están llevando hacia un nuevo futuro. Te das cuenta de lo importante que es esta elección. Ustedes son los visionarios que se dan cuenta de que el tiempo es AHORA.
Ahora es el momento de la verdad.
Ahora es el momento para la tolerancia.
Ahora es el tiempo para el amor
Ahora es el momento para el idealismo desenfrenado.
Ahora es el momento de soñar en grande.
Ahora es el momento de creer que podemos lograr grandes cosas más allá de la esfera aceptada de posibilidad.
Ahora es el momento de elegir a un líder que nos conducirá en un futuro de prosperidad, la paz y el cambio progresivo.
Ahora es el momento de que Bernie Sanders.

-TR

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Tim Robbins Just Gave the Most Important Speech of the Democratic Primaries, Listen Up America 7APR16

I have been telling people for almost a year that believing the those who say Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign platform is pie in the sky, fantasy, unrealistic, unobtainable, is surrendering your desire for a better America. To pooh-pooh Bernie's plans for a better America, his plans for a country governed for the people, a government that works for the best interest of the people, his plans to restore the American Republic to a democracy, to save us from becoming a theocratic plutocracy, to pooh-pooh Bernie's campaign is giving in to the greed and corruption of the 1% oligarchy, corporate America, the bank-financial cabal, the military-industrial complex. The American people deserve better and if we unite and come out and vote for Bernie Sander's we can take our country back.  Here's the link to Bernie's campaign website. And I am proud to say that I was one of the vocal minority who protested against george w bush's illegal and immoral Iraq war on the streets of D.C. and  lobbied congress with phone calls and e mails to vote against the war. Consider this from  +The Huffington Post, then the full transcript of the speech from Tim Robbins facebook page

Tim Robbins Just Gave the Most Important Speech of the Democratic Primaries, Listen Up America

04/07/2016 03:21 pm ET | Updated 22 minutes ago

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“Political pragmatism” is a term that has never been clearly defined and is often used in the media for very different political approaches. In the days of Roosevelt’s “New Deal” it meant pursuing economic recovery and helping people overcome poverty by taking innovative and idiosyncratic approaches. The pragmatism here is best explained as discarding conventional wisdom and existing guidelines for policies that will get the job done. These days the media would have you believe that political pragmatism is working within the rules of the establishment and not taking the status quo head on. The reasoning behind this is that doing so would lead to a political stalemate or worse, disastrous policies that would lead to overspending and destroy viable corporate entities. This pragmatism has been pitched to American voters from the very beginning of the presidential primary process.

Last week in Wisconsin actor and social activist Tim Robbins gave the most brilliant and damning indictment of this brand of “political pragmatism.” This speech has received little coverage and much of it, other than on progressive news blogs, has been negative. It is my view that Mr. Robbin’s speech deserves to become the most important speech of the Democratic primaries as it is not only breathtakingly eloquent but destroys the political pragmatism argument for Hillary Clinton’s candidacy like nothing else written or said in the course of this campaign.

I am inserting here the portion of the speech that contains the core of it’s substance. These are words that deserve to be widely circulated and imbibed by the American people:

“Now I understand our friends’ resistance to Bernie Sanders. They’ve been told repeatedly by the mainstream media that Bernie doesn’t matter, that he’s unelectable. Well, I’m here today to encourage our Democratic friends that want big change to happen yet don’t believe that it is possible, our friends that believe that they are not worthy of dreaming big, our friends that have surrendered their ideals to political pragmatism, that somehow believe that change will happen by choosing a candidate entirely entrenched in the dysfunction of the past.

There are moments in history when political pragmatism can lead to disaster, where a politician’s future ambitions compromise their constituents’ safety and security. These are the moments that define the man or the woman. Will that individual risk their political future because of their beliefs? Will they risk being marginalized as radicals and extremists?

All of us that opposed the Iraq War were marginalized. We were called radicals. We were called extremists, terrorist supporters, for demanding evidence of weapons of mass destruction before we invaded. How radical was that? We were shouted down by the mainstream media. We were threatened and some were intimidated into silence or compliance. Not Bernie.

Bernie faced that same intimidation and remained steadfast, and those that did the politically expedient thing, that didn’t ruffle feathers in an attempt to remain within the status quo, in attempt to retain their positions of power, these people were rewarded. In the media, they were promoted. In politics, they were re-elected. Some even received medals for getting it wrong. There were no apologies. There was no reckoning. There was no accountability. This was a defining moment for our country.

The good news is that there are millions of thinking, feeling people in this country, that despite the massive propaganda that buoys up this failure, still hold on to the truth. And that truth is the Iraq War is and was a bellwether. How you voted on this truly matters because it winded us up in such a morass. This was a time in our history where political pragmatism led to a massive disaster, a disaster to our economy, a disaster to our world standing, a disaster in the lives lost in this manufactured war. We cannot afford to go down that road again.”

Within these words Mr. Robbins has encapsulated the inexcusable crimes of commission and omission committed against the people of the United States, especially those that express their patriotism not through hollow slogans but by trying to guide the country they love and cherish towards greater compassion and social justice.

If there was ever a time when Americans needed to stop listening to mainstream media views and examine the reality of the American body politic, it is now; the chance for a Bernie Sanders presidency may not arise again.

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TRANSCRIPT OF TIM ROBBINS SPEECH AT SANDERS RALLY IN WISCONSIN 4APR16

Tim Robbins

April 5 at 3:01pm · 

This is the transcript from my speech yesterday at the Bernie Sandersrally in Wisconsin 4.4.16

Pragmatism vs. Idealism
I’m here today to talk to our friends in the Democratic Party that feel Bernie in their hearts but are supporting Hillary with their pragmatic brains. These are not bad people. They fear the Republicans radical and dangerous divisiveness just like we do.
We have all been fed a steady stream of simplistic propaganda that furthers the establishment’s narrative. That Hillary is the presumptive nominee. This narrative is strong and persuasive. It has been promulgated for months by CNN, by the NY Times, and by oh so many in the mainstream media. And if we were sheep, if we had gotten in line, there would be no problem now. The media and the ghosts of the DLC would have had their way and government would carry on as it has for the past 30 years. Establishment figures would get elected and re-elected without any accountability for their bad decisions. Outsider candidates like Bernie Sanders would be marginalized and tolerated for a few primaries before falling in line with the Democratic Party power structure.
But the DNC and the Clintons have a big problem. Times have changed. Bernie is not Howard Dean. Bernie is not the obligatory progressive that will keep the left in line until the presumptive moderate nominee emerges. Bernie is not the Democratic Party insider that will bow down to the wishes of the elite of the party. We are done with that patriarchy. We are done with compromising our ideals. We are done with triangulation and fear based politics.
I understand our friend’s resistance to Bernie Sanders. They have been told repeatedly by the mainstream media that Bernie doesn’t matter, that he is unelectable.
I am here today to encourage our Democratic friends that want big change to happen yet don’t believe that it is possible. Our friends that believe that they are not worthy of dreaming big, our friends that have surrendered their ideals to political pragmatism, that somehow believe that change will happen by choosing a candidate entirely entrenched in the dysfunction of the past.
There are certain moments in history where political pragmatism can lead to disaster, where a politician’s future ambitions compromise their constituent’s safety and security. These are the moments that define the man or woman. Will that individual risk their political future because of their beliefs? Will they risk being marginalized as radicals and extremists?
All of us that opposed the Iraq war were marginalized. We were called radicals, extremists, terrorist supporters for demanding evidence of weapons of mass destruction before we invaded. We were shouted down by mainstream media. We were threatened, some were intimidated into silence or compliance.
Not Bernie. Bernie faced the same intimidation and remained steadfast. And those that did the politically expedient thing, that didn’t ruffle feathers in an attempt to remain within the status quo, in an attempt to retain their position of power, these people were rewarded. In the media they were promoted, in politics they were re elected, some even received medals for getting it wrong. There were no apologies, there was no reckoning, there was no accountability. This was a defining moment for our country.
The good news is that there are millions of thinking, feeling people in this country that despite the massive propaganda that buoys up these failures, still hold onto the truth. And that truth is that the Iraq war is a bellwether. How you voted on this truly matters because it winded us up in such a morass. This was a time in our history where political pragmatism led to a massive disaster. A disaster to our economy, a disaster to our world standing, a disaster in the lives lost to this manufactured war. We cannot afford to go down that road again.
No, CNN. Because you ignore Bernie doesn’t make him go away. The New York Times can ignore on its front page Bernie’s victories in Washington Hawaii and Alaska. We are no longer surprised. We get it. You want Bernie to go away. You want your anointed candidate to win. After the southern primaries you had called the election. And who is fooling who? Winning South Carolina in a democratic primary is about as significant as winning Guam. No Democrat is going to win South Carolina in the general election. Why did these victories have so much significance?
Who is winning among independents? Not Hillary. Who is winning the young vote that will do the hard work to canvas and organize and turn out the vote? Not Hillary. Who has won the last six out of seven contests and clearly has momentum on their side? Not Hillary. And who is going to win in Wisconsin tomorrow?
Perhaps the people of this country are voting this way because they are no longer willing to reward the failures of pragmatists and war supporting Democrats. Perhaps the people of this country want leaders that can see clearly and make the right decision regardless of the way the wind blows. Perhaps the voters want a candidate with Integrity.
With this primary season we are once again at a moment in history where political pragmatism can lead to disaster. This concept that Hillary is the presumptive nominee has rankled a critical mass of people. No, they are saying to this anointing. No. They do not want to be told in a free and open democracy who to vote for. No. They will not be intimidated by moderates in the Democratic party who have been on the wrong side of history.
To the Democratic Party: You take this movement of Bernie voters for granted at your own peril. These people have had every opportunity to embrace your presumptive nominee. They have received your constant stream of publicity suggesting Hillary is their anointed. They have been given the message like everyone else and they have overwhelmingly rejected this notion. No, they say, this is the candidate of a DLC Democratic party that has brought us moderation when we needed bold action. This is the wing of the party that has brought us war, and bank bailouts and mass incarceration. If Hillary had been on the right side of these issues we would not be here today. We are here today because we want more out of our party. To start with we would like an opposition party. A party that is truly for the working man and woman, a party that helps their constituents with actual policy, not just lip service every election cycle that deals more with fear of the Republicans than any actual change.
We are the ones that marched against the Iraq war that Hillary voted for. We are the ones that have opposed for years the suicidal environmental future that politicians like Hillary have sanctioned with their support of the fossil fuel industries. We are the ones that marched against NAFTA. We are the ones that were outraged that the Democratic Party policies embraced a new strategy under Bill Clinton that demonized welfare mothers and supported legislation that disproportionately incarcerated African Americans in the war on drugs. We are the ones that opposed the tar sands pipeline that Hillary originally supported until she realized that it would be politically expedient for her to oppose.
We are supporting a candidate that stood with us, that voted against the Iraq war, that is opposed to fracking, that voted against NAFTA, that is opposed to the death penalty. We are supporting a candidate that that has throughout his career stood up for working people, that has stood up for veterans, for the unemployed, for the poor, for abortion rights for LGBT rights. We are supporting a candidate that has taken principled positions when others have compromised. We are supporting a candidate that has advocated for civil rights throughout his life, a man that marched with Martin Luther King, a man that advocates for those without a voice. We are supporting a candidate that has risked his political future time and again by remaining true to a strong moral commitment to peace and justice.
We understand what the good people of the great state of Vermont understand, that have kept Bernie in office because he is a genuine voice, an honest voice, a principled man that stands his ground and votes his conscience. The good people of Vermont may not agree with him on all of his stances, but they recognize Bernie as a man of integrity and consistently re elect him.
What a radical concept. A politician that has a moral bottom line, a politician that is not swayed by polls or reckless ambition or inner party pragmatism.
Could Bernie Sanders be leading us into a new paradigm? A paradigm where ones previous actions actually are relevant to ones current campaign?
A time where accountability actually matters, where politicians are held responsible for their bad policy decisions?
A time where the expedient and pragmatic within the political and media establishment are no longer rewarded for their compliance and subservience to corporate interests and party politics.
We are in a new time and you here in this hall, on this day in Wisconsin are leading us into a new future. You realize how important this election is. You are the visionaries that realize that the time is NOW.
Now is the time for the truth.
Now is the time for tolerance.
Now is the time for love
Now is the time for unbridled idealism.
Now is the time to dream big.
Now is the time to believe that we can accomplish great things beyond the accepted realm of possibility.
Now is the time to elect a leader that will lead us into a future of prosperity, peace and progressive change.
Now is the time for Bernie Sanders.

-TR