9/25-26 Weekend Open Thread
Bernie spoke to The World Transformed conference via Zoom today. Here’s a clip from it.
"We are now taking on everybody:
The billionaire class
The healthcare industry
The fossil fuel industry
The drug companiesThese people are very religious. Their religion is greed, and they're prepared to destroy the planet in order to make a few $ more." @BernieSanders #twt21 pic.twitter.com/ypebtNp0lh
— People for Bernie (@People4Bernie) September 25, 2021
This is from the Mirror UK. There is a little bit of reporting but not much.
Bernie Sanders urged Keir Starmer to follow Joe Biden’s example of embracing the left of his party.
The US Senator spoke to former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell via video link at The World Transformed festival, on the fringe of Labour Party Conference in Brighton.
Mr McDonnell asked Senator Sanders, a prominent socialist on the left of the Democratic Party, how he’d managed to build a relationship with a “centrist leader” and convince the President to adopt a “radical programme”.
“I want to let you into a secret,” Mr McDonnell said. “We have a centrist leader as well, but we’re having problems in ensuring that we have a working relationship from the left with that relationship.”
Senator Sanders, who campaigned against President Biden for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, said Mr Biden had embraced the passionate youth movement the left had energised in the US.
“You’re quite right,” Senator Sanders said.
“[Biden’s] history is one of being a moderate centrist, but he is a very decent human being.
“I know him quite well and I say that without hesitation. He does not like to see suffering, racism or sexism around him.”
He said: “To his credit, and I think he deserves enormous credit, he looked around him and he saw the kind of movement that we helped develop … and the excitement of young people in wanting transformative change.”
He added: “We still have differences, but to his credit he was prepared to think big not small – and he understood that the only way that we bring people into the political process is by talking about the pain that they are now experiencing.”
The World Transformed is a festival organised by the Jeremy Corbyn-backing Momentum campaign group to coincide with Labour Party Conference.
Speaking at the end of the session, Mr McDonnell told the audience that when Mr Starmer was elected, he and Mr Corbyn “took the view that we wouldn’t support doing to him what they did to us – which was every day the personal attacks and abuse.”
He said the pair had been “providing a critique of the mistakes and errors that have been going on at the moment – but we’ve not done that through personal attacks…we’ve done it through political analysis.”
“It’s not the left that are undermining Starmer,” he said.
“It’s Starmer that is undermining Starmer.”
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Cheers, weather kind in Central IL. Have a beer! And post your news!
Farm Aid annual festival is on tonight. It’s being held in Hartford, and looks to be a very nice day.
You can watch for free on Peacock by selecting Channels, then look for Circle Channel. It will start broadcasting at 8ET. Global Citizen is also on, but I believe ABC is the one hosting this time.
from The Hill:
Man, Pelousy looks old and bad, almost like she crawled out of a crypt.
And Biden? How does he look?
always run crying to mommy.
I have nothing but respect for this congresswoman. Fight on AOC. I’ve been listening to a lot of Albert Camus lately and feeling down. But AOC, and a few others, give me hope.
I’m sick to death of the damned Israelis. They can afford to fund their own Iron Dome.
i don’t agree with her “present” vote. still love her.
There was a trade of sorts. I hope it pays off for her constituents.
What was the trade?
That’s not known at present. It will reveal itself if all of this gets through without a bloodbath.
Grifters gotta grift and take bribes. I admire AOC very much as she’s honest. If somehow, something gets passed that’s halfway decent and not the usual neoliberal BS, she will deserve some credit!
Water Protectors Challenge Minnesota AG Keith Ellison’s Silence on Line 3 Pipeline
“I’m supposed to be able to trust you,” they told Ellison, who replied, “I didn’t ask you to trust me.”
yes, you did, when you asked to represent them and us.
Wow, I’m disappointed in Keith. I was a big supporter when he ran to head the DNC and I’ve supported him as AG in Minnesota. I’m through. He sounds like Buttigeig (sp?) responding to criticisms from his black constituents when he was mayor. He told them he didn’t ask for their vote.
I’m more optimistic.
One ugly fact we Nesters have to face: the pollution industries have been running the business energy show for around 150 years. They have been running scot free with no regulation. No wonder they’ve got plenty of bribe coin and clout. It will take a massive assault by We the People to break their stranglehold on our political system.
hoping he remembers who he is.
T and R x 2, Ms. Benny!! 🙂 Hubster has been watching the international Global Citizen Music Fest off and on for the last few hours. It’s a 21st century Live Aid type deal focusing on Covid, poverty and Climate Chaos. Some of the concerts have been in Paris, NYC, LA, Mumbai, Lagos, Nigeria, etc. He said YouTube has been carrying it. It’s been interesting.
About time. 😂😂😂😂💩
that’s great. would be cool to be an ex-racehorse vet.
👏👏👏👏
https://twitter.com/davidsirota/status/1441864676564877313?s=20
and t&r, benny!!!!! :o)