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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Throws a Nationwide House Party for Over 100,000 Would-Be Foot Soldiers [View all]LWolf
(46,179 posts)40. The organizational structure
of a political revolution, which isn't funded by the 1%, has taken off.
So they borrowed a method from the labor movement and tried to structure the volunteer movement into a sort of campaign staff, from door knockers and phone bank callers to event organizers and even some computer programmers. Its not an accident Larry Cohen is here, Mr. Sanders said, referring to the former president of the Communications Workers of America, whose remarks closed the broadcast.
At this particular party, Mr. Sanders drew a diverse crowd with equally diverse reasons for attending. There was Joe Kennedy, 61, who belongs to a spiritual group called the Network of Light and came clad in a Vermont tie-dye shirt and toting a wooden flute. He grabbed Mr. Sanders at the end of the party and offered to help in any way he could, as well as get him a tie-dye.
Chara Espera, a 37-year-old living in Washington who had never before volunteered for a campaign, said she was moved by Mr. Sanderss message.
I wish he was president when I was pregnant, she said, noting Mr. Sanderss policy on maternity leave.
The hosts, Manisha Sharma and Miguel Marcelino Herrera, were also newcomers to the political organizing game. They said that they were religious conservatives who follow the messages of St. Francis to help the poor and that Mr. Sanderss message resonated with them. After reading about the organizing day in a newspaper, they decided to offer to host a party, being told only a few days ago that their party would be the one Mr. Sanders attended.
At this particular party, Mr. Sanders drew a diverse crowd with equally diverse reasons for attending. There was Joe Kennedy, 61, who belongs to a spiritual group called the Network of Light and came clad in a Vermont tie-dye shirt and toting a wooden flute. He grabbed Mr. Sanders at the end of the party and offered to help in any way he could, as well as get him a tie-dye.
Chara Espera, a 37-year-old living in Washington who had never before volunteered for a campaign, said she was moved by Mr. Sanderss message.
I wish he was president when I was pregnant, she said, noting Mr. Sanderss policy on maternity leave.
The hosts, Manisha Sharma and Miguel Marcelino Herrera, were also newcomers to the political organizing game. They said that they were religious conservatives who follow the messages of St. Francis to help the poor and that Mr. Sanderss message resonated with them. After reading about the organizing day in a newspaper, they decided to offer to host a party, being told only a few days ago that their party would be the one Mr. Sanders attended.
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Bernie Sanders Throws a Nationwide House Party for Over 100,000 Would-Be Foot Soldiers [View all]
Capt. Obvious
Jul 2015
OP
Two Corporate Candidates Selected By Two Corporate Controlled Parties, Different Outcomes Not Likely
cantbeserious
Jul 2015
#29
For The Things That Matter To Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks - Truly, Very Little Difference
cantbeserious
Jul 2015
#36
No Gurantees That Any Corporate Benefacted President Will Make A Good Choice
cantbeserious
Jul 2015
#44
Thats Becuase The Oligrachs, Corporations And Banks Did Not Care About Those Issues
cantbeserious
Jul 2015
#49
HRC - A Patron Of Wall Street - A Patron Of Corporations - The 99% - Not So Much
cantbeserious
Jul 2015
#30
Some of us feel that nows is the time to draw the line and go for it. I am all in for Bernie.
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#46
I've got the BERN.........................about 100 at our place.....................
turbinetree
Jul 2015
#23
I am in Washington the State and familiar with that site. I have signed up to volunteer.
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#54