Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Puts Forward a Program That Could Split the Democratic Party

December 10, 2018 UNAC Editor Political Corruption, Socio-Economic Struggles, The War at Home

by Glen Ford, from Black Agenda Report, November 28, 2018 Bernie Sanders has opened his 2020 campaign with a 10-point program that could bust the Democratic Party wide open – which would be best thing Bernie could do for the world. “Every step closer Sanders gets to the nomination brings the Democratic Party nearer to the split that is necessary.” Bernie[…]

Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders praise McCain: An object lesson in the politics of the pseudo-left

August 31, 2018 UNAC Editor Political Analysis, Socialism

by Joseph Kishore, originally published on World Socialist Website, August 28, 2018 Amidst the outpouring of praise from all sections of the political establishment for Republican Senator John McCain, who died on Saturday, two statements stand out. The first was from Vermont senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who tweeted: “John McCain was an American hero, a man of[…]

John McCain: A Reactionary Bigot to the End

August 31, 2018 UNAC Editor Militarism, Propaganda

by Steve Xavier, originally published on Socialist Action, August 27, 2018 John McCain, the right-wing U.S. Senator, and war criminal, from Arizona, has died after a struggle with brain cancer. More recently, McCain has been a thorn in the side of Donald Trump’s presidency on certain aspects of policy. Predictably, liberals and social democrats have joined with conservatives and centrists[…]