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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBernie Sanders Book Launch (Brooklyn)
Launch of Its OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
Co-presented by BAM and Greenlight Bookstore
Mon, Feb 20 at 8pm
$40, includes a hardcover copy of Its OK to Be Angry About Capitalism, to be picked up at the event
ON-SALE DATES
BAM Members and Patrons: Tue, Jan 24 at 12pm
General Public: Thu, Jan 26 at 12pm
Join Senator Bernie Sanders to celebrate the launch of his new book Its OK to Be Angry About Capitalism. Sanders is joined by Dr. Cornel West to discusses the tough questions he believes the American people must ask in these turbulent times, presenting his vision for democracy and what could be possible if the political revolution took place.
https://www.bam.org/talks/2023/senator-bernie-sanders
Drum
(9,161 posts)JohnSJ
(92,190 posts)getting elected
It is curious that Sanders hired Cornell West, Nina Turner, David Sirota, and Brihana Joy Gray for his 2016 campaign for president, and all those people encouraged others NOT to vote for Hillary in the general election in 2016
It is interesting that someone so concerned about capitalism has multiple homes. For most people, one house would be more than sufficient
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)he's been outstandingly helpful to the RW kleptocracy. He, and all the others whose actions show they're far more "angry" about DEMOCRATS, knew who they were helping. For why, check with the political scientists who study them.
JohnSJ
(92,190 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)No one who refused to vote for Democrats prioritized the lives they kept us from bettering.
Post-2016, people still trying to survive and even feed children on a minimum wage of $7.25 are now entering YEAR SEVEN that they're not earning $15/hour, with inflation increases.
2017 $7.25
2018 $7.25
2019 $7.25
2020 $7.25
2021 $7.25
2022 $7.25
2023
Yes, well meaning people who care SHOULD be angry!
Just A Box Of Rain
(5,104 posts)who are very antagonistic to the Democratic Party and the values of liberal democracy.
leftstreet
(36,108 posts)and he's galvanized many young people
Unfortunately he can't (or won't) use that influence and his movement to bring about change. Apparently he's old school and still believes in the current system.
But if bringing awareness to people is as far as he can go, let him do it!
FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)Most books are in the $20 to $25 range, it seems.
brooklynite
(94,561 posts)You're also paying to rent the hall for the book launch.
BlueCheeseAgain
(1,654 posts)Isn't it outrageous that a book that costs only about 50 cents to print is being sold for $40? When you consider that Penguin Random House, one of the world's largest publishers, earned over $4 billion in revenue last year. Not only that, the author of this book is being paid by taxpayers to write this, but the public isn't going to get a cent of the sales. When people are struggling to make ends meet, for our tax dollars to be used to enrich the already wealthy and big book sellers is unconscionable.
brooklynite
(94,561 posts)There's nothing in his responsibility as a Senator or his campaign goals that calls for writing a book.
This is why I tend to discount Common Dreams' opinions.