Bernie Sanders aims to inspire revolution among young adult readers

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Former presidential candidate’s Guide to Political Revolution is written for ‘the smartest, most idealistic and least prejudiced generation in modern US history’


Friday 4 August 2017 07.58 EDT

In a foreword, Sanders points out that, in his campaign for president, he received more votes from young people than Donald Trump’s and Hilary Clinton’s combined, and that “in virtually every state primary and caucus, we won the overwhelming majority of young people – black, white, Latino, Asian American, and Native American”.

“It is my observation that the current generation of young people is the smartest, most idealistic, and least prejudiced generation in the modern history of the United States,” writes Sanders in the guide, an adaptation for young people of his bestselling adult book, Our Revolution. “This is a generation that is prepared to think big and move this country in a very different direction than we have been traveling for years. It is especially prepared to reject the value system espoused by Donald Trump and the rightwing reactionaries in Congress who support his ideas.”

Sanders told Teen Vogue that his book would expose young people to “an unusual political campaign, the excitement of politics and what being a progressive is all about”, adding that “they have a responsibility to participate in our democracy and to help create a government that works for all, rather than just the few”.


https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/04/bernie-sanders-aims-for-young-adult-readers-bernie-sanders-guide-to-political-revolution