| By C.J. Atkins\People’s World Photos: Wikimedia Commons CHICAGO—The task facing the people’s and democratic movements in the 2024 elections is clear, according to Sen. Bernie Sanders: Trump has to be beaten in order to block fascism. After that, it’s time to take on what he called “uber capitalism” and the big money oligarchy controlling the United States.  Vermont’s independent socialist senator brought that message to a meeting of progressive and labor movement activists in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention. Sanders was the keynote speaker Monday at Progressive Central, the left-wing hub hosted by Progressive Democrats of America at the Chicago Teachers Union building. “Where we are at this moment,” Sanders said, “is that Trump has to be defeated.” He told his audience that the threat from a Republican Party captured by its MAGA faction is too dangerous to ignore. If progressives are serious about making gains, he argued, they can neither sit this election out nor entertain third party vanity campaigns. “Trump has taken over and transformed the Republican Party” into a fascist party, according to Sanders. Referring to Trump’s recent claim that a full-capacity Kamala Harris rally was “AI,” Sanders said it “takes a certain chutzpah to tell people what they saw with their own eyes on live TV didn’t happen.” While many news commentators made light of Trump’s absurd allegation that Harris’ large crowds were all computer-generated, Sanders issued a warning….READ MORE >>  |
Sanders: Beat Trump’s Fascism In November, Then Tackle Capitalist Oligarchy
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