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Where We Go from Here

Author : Bernie Sanders
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250163277
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Where We Go from Here written by Bernie Sanders and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiring national bestseller from the U. S. Senator and leading Democratic candidate for president—about the fierce fight for democracy and social justice, and what we need to do next. In Where We Go from Here, New York Times bestselling author Bernie Sanders reveals the blueprint for his 2020 presidential run by chronicling the day-by-day struggles that he and his progressive colleagues have waged over the last two years in the fight against Donald Trump's reactionary agenda and for a government that works for all, not just wealthy campaign contributors. At home, Sanders has helped lead the fight for Medicare for all, fought for workers desperate for higher wages, and supported immigrants in the DACA program and children affected by gun violence. He has stood with the people of Puerto Rico devastated by Hurricane Maria, as well as veterans, teachers, the incarcerated, the persecuted, and all those who are too often ignored by Washington. Abroad, his voice has been clear that we need a foreign policy that strives for peace—not war—and international cooperation to address the crisis of climate change. The good news is we're making progress. People all across America are standing up to the most dishonest and reactionary president in our history. They're taking on establishment politicians who've turned a blind eye to the concerns of everyday citizens. They're fighting back against the oligarchs of Wall Street, who would happily see our children do worse than their parents so long as the Dow does better. And the general public continually demonstrates that we are more united than the media would allow us to believe, and what we agree on are largely progressive ideals. Maintaining a vibrant democracy has never been easy, and in these dangerous and unprecedented times, it has been more difficult than ever. Bernie Sanders shows, however, that we can repair the damage Trump has done—and create a nation based on the principles of economic, social, racial, and environmental justice.

Bernie Sanders Is Running for President!

Author : Smerdloff
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781515279037
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Bernie Sanders Is Running for President! written by Smerdloff and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-29 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2016 Presidential campaign is underway, and with so many candidates to choose from, what better way to keep informed than with a coloring book? Yes, Bernie Sanders is running for President. But just who is this Bernie Sanders fellow? Where's he from? Where's he going? Where does Bernie stand on the issues? Does he love America? How much? Is Bernie Sanders really the guy we want to spend the next four years with? Do you want to have a beer with Bernie? And does Bernie want to have a beer with you? The 2016 Presidential Election Coloring Book Series features separate coloring book editions for every candidate. Collect them all!!!

Our Revolution

Author : Bernard Sanders
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250132924
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Our Revolution written by Bernard Sanders and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inside account of Sanders' extraordinary campaign—and a blueprint for future political action.

Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution

Author : Bernie Sanders
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250138914
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution written by Bernie Sanders and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution, Independent congressman, presidential candidate and activist Bernie Sanders continues his fight against the imbalances in the nation’s status quo, and shows you how to make a difference to effect the changes America—and the world—need to create a better tomorrow. Throughout the Presidential campaign, Senator Bernie Sanders promised voters a future to believe in through his progressive platform and a vision for America worth fighting for. This vision calls for an economic, environmental, health care, and social justice revolution beyond the stagnant agendas of Democrat and Republican politicians to build an equitable future for all Americans—especially the younger generation that will inherit the consequences of decisions made now. Inside this practical and inspiring guide to effecting change in today’s world, you’ll learn how to: · Understand and navigate the current system of policy and government · Work to change the system to reflect your values and to protect our society’s most vulnerable · Organize for the causes you care about most · Resources for further reading and organizations to get involved with With more than two decades of Washington D.C. insider knowledge and experience, Senator Sanders knows how to fight and change the system from within, a system desperately in need of reform in health care, immigration, taxes, higher education, climate change, and criminal justice. The political revolution is just beginning. What role will you play?

Outsider in the White House

Author : Senator Bernie Sanders
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1788737695
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (887 download)

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Download or read book Outsider in the White House written by Senator Bernie Sanders and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bernie Sanders’s political autobiography, with an updated afterword that brings his story up to the 2020 presidential campaign Explaining where he comes from and how his politics were formed, Senator Bernie Sanders describes in detail how, after cutting his teeth in the Civil Rights movement, he helped build an extraordinary grassroots political campaign in Vermont, making it possible for him to become the first independent elected to the US House of Representatives in forty years. He is now the longest-serving independent in US political history. An extensive afterword by the Nation’s National Affairs correspondent, John Nichols, continues the story with Sanders’s entrance into the Senate, the drama of the 2016 Democratic Primary, his ongoing resistance to Trump, and the thrilling launch of his 2020 bid for the White House. A new foreword by Nina Turner, former president of Our Revolution and co-chair of the Sanders for President campaign, provides a rare glimpse of Bernie as a person. Outsider in the White House is the story of a passionate and principled political life.

The Fighting Soul: On the Road with Bernie Sanders

Author : Ari Rabin-Havt
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1631498800
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book The Fighting Soul: On the Road with Bernie Sanders written by Ari Rabin-Havt and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unparalleled and intimate account of Bernie Sanders from one of his most trusted confidants. Bernie Sanders inspires fervent love and, even among his enemies, a measure of grudging respect—yet, curiously, we know little about who the man really is, with Sanders deliberately keeping the focus on his policies. Now, with The Fighting Soul, Ari Rabin-Havt takes us where no profiles or televised interviews have been able to go. As a close advisor and deputy campaign manager on Sanders’s most recent—and likely last—presidential campaign, the tireless Rabin-Havt spent more hours between 2017 and 2020 with the Vermont senator than anyone else. Traveling the country for rallies and to support striking workers, the two visited thirty-six states, drove tens of thousands of miles, and ate in countless chain restaurants. One result was a meteoric and galvanizing presidential campaign. Another is The Fighting Soul, an unforgettable chronicle of life on the road with Sanders and the first in-depth portrait of this fiercely independent, and famously private, left-wing firebrand. Sanders’s second bid for the presidency began in Rabin-Havt’s apartment in Washington DC in January 2018. From there, Rabin-Havt offers a behind-the-scenes account of Sanders’s run, including his heart attack in Las Vegas, his notorious debate encounter with fellow-progressive Elizabeth Warren, and a momentous conversation between Sanders and Barack Obama that has never been reported before. At every step, Rabin-Havt shows us Bernie Sanders when the cameras turn off: his dry sense of humor; his views of his young supporters; the pivotal role his wife, Jane, plays in every decision he makes; and more. Delving into Sanders’s life and career, with moving glimpses of his childhood in Brooklyn and first forays into politics in Burlington, Rabin-Havt discloses that Sanders is shocked by his ascent: “Ari, my parents would tell me I was crazy if I told them I would become a senator, much less could become president of the United States.” Though his campaign ended in abrupt and unexpected defeat, Sanders has pushed the Democratic Party to the left and helped remake American politics—as Rabin-Havt suggests, he has done more to shape our history than anyone else who has not reached the White House. Revelatory and heartfelt, The Fighting Soul depicts the rare politician motivated by principle, not power.

La guía de Bernie Sanders para la revolución política / Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution

Author : Bernie Sanders
Publisher : Square Fish
ISBN 13 : 1250790530
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book La guía de Bernie Sanders para la revolución política / Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution written by Bernie Sanders and published by Square Fish. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En este libro preciso y descarnado, Bernie Sanders, un político estadounidense de larga trayectoria progresista y senador independiente autodefinido como “socialista democrático," traza un diagnóstico de las calamidades sociales que afectan a Estados Unidos. Entre estas, Sanders delinea la creciente desigualdad de ingresos (el 1% más rico de los norteamericanos posee tanta riqueza como el 90% más pobre), la brutalidad policial, la inaccesibilidad a la educación superior, el racismo, los laberintos del sistema sanitario... Sanders deja enseñanzas para el resto del mundo: hay que transformar el sistema.

How Bernie Won

Author : Jeff Weaver
Publisher : Thomas Dunne Books
ISBN 13 : 1250144752
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book How Bernie Won written by Jeff Weaver and published by Thomas Dunne Books. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He vowed not to run a negative campaign; he would focus on policies; he would not be beholden to big money. And despite a media that thrived on negative campaigns, a party controlled by insiders, and a political system dependent on big money, Bernie Sanders became one of the most respected and well-known people in the world. Looking ahead to 2020, Weaver-- manager of Sanders' presidential campaign-- chronicles the birth of a revolution that didn't end in November 2016. It's only just begun. -- adapted from jacket

Meet the Candidates 2020: Bernie Sanders

Author : Scott Dworkin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510750339
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Meet the Candidates 2020: Bernie Sanders written by Scott Dworkin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is “democratic socialism?" Educate yourself on Bernie Sanders, the liberal independent from Vermont and the 2016 underdog turned 2020 Democratic favorite. Bernie Sanders shocked the establishment in 2016 with his self-described “political revolution,” mobilizing grassroots fundraising and campaigning to nearly secure the Democratic nomination over Hillary Clinton (even in the face of Democratic National Convention opposition). The Vermont senator and longest-serving independent in congressional history hopes to do the same with a better result in 2020. Meet the Candidates 2020: Bernie Sanders: A Voter’s Guide will help you decide if Sanders’s brand of democratic socialism is for you and if he is the right candidate to take on Donald Trump. A vocal critic of Donald Trump, Sanders advocates for sweeping reform: single-payer, universal health care, labor and economic inequality reform, taxes on the wealthy, the Green New Deal, marijuana legalization, free higher education. Sanders has had an undeniable influence on how campaigns are run and has moved the Democratic party to the left, but how will his liberal platforms play in a Democratic primary and against Trump in a general election? After reading Meet the Candidates 2020: Bernie Sanders: A Voter’s Guide you’ll be able to analyze those chances, explain his positions, and decide if they are what you believe is right for America. The Meet the Candidates 2020 series is the informed voter’s guide to making a decision in the 2020 Democratic primary and presidential election. Each book gives an unbiased, political insider’s analysis of each contender, featuring: candidate interviews; an introduction by campaign advisor, Democratic Coalition co-founder, and Dworkin Report host Scott Dworkin; and compilation and writing by Occupy Democrats Editor at Large Grant Stern. In two hours of reading, you’ll understand their defining characteristics, credentials, campaign issues, challenges, presidential chances, and everything else you need to know to decide who should challenge Donald Trump. Whether it’s for Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Julian Castro, Cory Booker, or another, Meet the Candidates is what you need to make an informed vote for president in 2020.

Outsider in the House

Author : Bernie Sanders
Publisher : Verso
ISBN 13 : 9781859841778
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book Outsider in the House written by Bernie Sanders and published by Verso. This book was released on 1998-09-17 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inside scoop on Washington from the only Independent in Congress.

How Bernie Won

Author : Jeff Weaver
Publisher : Thomas Dunne Books
ISBN 13 : 1250144760
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book How Bernie Won written by Jeff Weaver and published by Thomas Dunne Books. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brilliant manager of Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign shows how Bernie took on the entire establishment and changed modern American politics for good. When Jeff Weaver hopped in a car with Bernie Sanders in the summer of 1986, he had no idea the Vermont backroads would lead them all the way to the 2016 presidential campaign. In How Bernie Won, Weaver shows how Bernie sparked a movement that would sweep America and inspire millions. He vowed not to run a negative campaign. He would focus on policies, not personalities. He would not be beholden to big money. He would actually make America work for ordinary people. Weaver also shows how they overcame significant challenges: A media that thrived on negative campaigns. A party controlled by insiders. And a political system dependent on big money. Weaver explains how Bernie beat them all and, in doing so, went from having little national name recognition when he entered to the race to being one of the most respected and well-known people in the world by its end—because, Weaver argues, Bernie won the race. He moved the discussion from the concerns of the 1% to those of the 99%. He forced the Democrats to remember their populist roots. And he showed that an outsider with real ideas and ways to get them done could compete and win against the establishment’s hand-picked candidate. From holding bags of “Bernie buttons” and picket-stick signs, to managing thousands of campaign workers, to looking ahead to 2020, Weaver chronicles the birth of a revolution that didn’t end in November 2016. It’s only just begun.

Crashing the Party

Author : Heather Gautney
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1786634473
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (866 download)

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Download or read book Crashing the Party written by Heather Gautney and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Senator Bernie Sanders won 13 million votes and a majority of young voters in the 2016 Democratic primary, giving a consensus unbeatable party favorite, Hillary Clinton, a shockingly close challenge. He emerged from the presidential election as the most popular politician in the US, despite being a 75-year-old self-professed "democratic socialist." What lessons can be drawn from this surprising but-in the end-losing campaign, and what to make of the direction the Sanders movement has gone since the election? Vermont native Heather Gautney is a senior policy advisor to Bernie Sanders in his Washington, DC office and was a senior researcher on his presidential campaign. The author and editor of several books on social movements and American politics, she brings her scholarly expertise and left politics to bear on the scenes and conflicts she witnessed from inside the campaign and inside the Beltway. This is both an insider's sympathetic view of the Sanders phenomenon and a skeptical left scholar's view of its limitations. In reviewing what enabled Sanders to reach out to an unprecedented number of people with a socialist message, she draws lessons about the prospects and perils of building a leftist movement in the United States. Gautney's reflections on the role that race and class played in this election cycle and analysis of the prospects and perils of the Democratic Party will advance the passionate debate over how to build a progressive opposition to Trump and a lasting left movement in America.

Bernie Sanders...He Would Have Been Elected President 2016

Author : Dr. Jannay P. Valdez
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1387620800
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book Bernie Sanders...He Would Have Been Elected President 2016 written by Dr. Jannay P. Valdez and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bernie Sanders---the 45th President of the United States of America. Why did this NOT happen? How could he NOT be elected as President? There are many reasons, to be dealt with in this book. The assassination of President John F. Kennedy was the most significant, political event in modern American history. Today's students place little interest in the Viet Nam War, World War I, or World War II, etc., but, most are familiar with The Assassination. John F. Kennedy is still a household word, and most reasonable people do not accept the one bullet theory or the Warren Report. The Assassination of John F. Kennedy, the Kennedy family, and the Kennedy Curse are all dealt with in this fabulous story.

Bernie Sanders: a Biography of the Socialist Running for President

Author : Benjamin Southerland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781519300201
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Bernie Sanders: a Biography of the Socialist Running for President written by Benjamin Southerland and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-14 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the inspirational story of Bernie Sanders In Bernie Sanders: A Biography of the Socialist Running for President you will learn about the life, career, and ambitions of Bernie Sanders. In this biography you will read about Bernie Sanders' incredible life story. The Vermont senator has shaken up the race for the 2016 Democratic nomination for president, challenging the front-runner Hillary Clinton. Sanders has a long history of activism, dating back to his college years, when he was involved in the Civil Rights Movement. Sanders has drawn praise for his consistent positions and for standing up for the middle class. As an outsider, who has remained true to his progressive values, he has seen a surge of supporters for his candidacy. Read this biography to gain insight on the life and views of this potential next U.S. president. Here is a preview of this biography: An Introduction to Radicalism Vermont Politics The Socialist Mayor Mr. Socialist Goes to Washington A Socialist President Here is an excerpt from the book: This is the paradox of Bernie Sanders. From one angle, Sanders typifies an anti-establishment rabble-rouser. His hoarse voice complemented by a rumpled suit jacket and his unkempt hair gives the impression of an insurrectionist fresh off the barricades. From another angle, however, he epitomizes the establishment. He has been a Washington insider for a quarter of a century and held ranking positions on the Senate Budget Committee and Committee on Veterans' Affairs. How does such a paradox compute? Ironically, the same sky-is-falling attitude that propelled Sanders into a lefty circle of peaceniks and utopians is what whisked him off to the halls of Congress. Sanders proves that individuals can sail from the fringe to the upper echelons, from anonymity to superstar status, without being corrupted, without resorting to mealy-mouthed platitudes. He possesses a rare quality that most people, let alone politicians, lack, but that strikes others, especially voters, as unmistakable: authenticity. There are few words so loosely misapplied to so many as "authentic." Yet it is a quality that eludes analysis; it must be felt. The adjective has almost no place in our modern politics, which are dominated by sound bites, disingenuous shysters and dark money. Bernie Sanders challenges the narrative of a degenerate politics; his popularity is a case study on the premium the American electorate places on integrity. If nothing else, this socialist demands our attention for that reason alone. This is the story about how the loser became the winner by not letting the win spoil what once led him to lose.

The Essential Bernie Sanders and His Vision for America

Author : Jonathan Tasini
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603586687
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Essential Bernie Sanders and His Vision for America written by Jonathan Tasini and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-24 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the essential Bernie Sanders—an authentic and uncompromising champion of the people. Independent United States Senator Bernie Sanders—with a thirty-five-year career in public service, first as Burlington, Vermont’s mayor, then as Vermont’s sole representative to Congress, and currently as a United States senator—is now campaigning to become president of the United States. His goal is to build a movement to take back our country from the rich and powerful, and return it to its rightful owners—we, the American people. Sanders’ common sense, populist message is resonating with Democrats, Republicans, independents, as well as ordinary working- and middle-class Americans from all walks of life, including millennials, seniors, veterans, immigrants, environmentalists, union workers, and more. In this short, accessible book, author Jonathan Tasini draws heavily from Sanders’ ample public record of speeches, statements, and interviews, and couples his working-class spirit with specific legislation he has championed on a number of core proposals that comprise a broader people’s agenda for America, including: A national, single-payer health care system; Free public higher education; Taking on wealth and income inequality; Preserving Social Security; Caring for our veterans; Ensuring civil rights for all; Combatting climate change; Reforming Wall Street, and much more. The Essential Bernie Sanders and His Vision for America is a must-read for anyone who shares a vision for a forward-looking, sustainable, and more just United States of America, and is eager to change the course of history.

Where We Go from Here

Author : Bernie Sanders
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781785904677
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (46 download)

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The Speech

Author : Bernie Sanders
Publisher : Bold Type Books
ISBN 13 : 1568585543
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (685 download)

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Download or read book The Speech written by Bernie Sanders and published by Bold Type Books. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Friday, December 10, 2010, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders walked on to the floor of the United States Senate and began speaking. It turned out to be a very long speech, lasting over eight and a half hours. And it hit a nerve. Millions followed the speech online until the traffic crashed the Senate server. A huge, positive grassroots response tied up the phones in the senator's offices in Vermont and Washington. President Obama reportedly held an impromptu press conference with former President Clinton to deflect media attention away from Sanders' speech. Editorials and news coverage appeared throughout the world. In his speech, Sanders blasted the agreement that President Obama struck with Republicans, which extended the Bush tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, lowered estate tax rates for the very, very rich, and set a terrible precedent by establishing a "payroll tax holiday" diverting revenue away from the Social Security Trust Fund, threatening the fund's very future. But the speech was more than a critique of a particular piece of legislation. It was a dissection of the collapse of the American middle class and a well-researched attack on corporate greed and on public policy which, over the last several decades, has led to a huge growth in millionaires even as the United States has the highest rate of childhood poverty in the industrialized world. It was a plea for a fundamental change in national priorities, for government policy that reflects the needs of working families, and not just the wealthy and their lobbyists. Finally, Sanders' speech-published here in its entirety with a new introduction by the senator-is a call for action. It is a passionate statement informing us that the only people who will save the middle class of this country is the middle class itself, but only if it is informed, organized, and prepared to take on the enormously powerful special interests dominating Washington.