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Bernie Sanders Update: Plan for Enormous D.C. Rally Gains Steam
Bernie Sanders Update: Plan for Enormous D.C. Rally Gains Steam
As RSVP's top 100,000, the Sanders campaign is seriously considering
By Brent Budowsky | 08/28/15 10:34am
Enough is Enough Rally Facebook group. (Photo: Screenshot/ Facebook)
Here is the latest news about the Facebook-driven grassroots movement proposing a huge march on Washington this fall to support the presidential candidacy of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.):
I wrote in a column on Monday that advocates for the D.C. rally planned to present the idea to the Sanders campaign when their Facebook page collecting RSVP’s for the event reached 100,000. The number of Sanders supporters who RSVP’d rose from 87,000 on Monday to 100,000 by mid-week and by Friday morning had climbed to 108,000.
The grassroots activists spearheading the D.C. rally proposal formally presented the idea to the Sanders presidential campaign in a conference call late Wednesday. After the conference call, Charlie Ryan, a leading organizer of the movement to hold the Washington rally, told me: “I thought the call went well. There was interest in learning what the vision for the event is, what benefits we see from such an event and enthusiasm for our efforts but they weren’t in a position to make any commitments.”
As this column is published Friday morning the Sanders campaign has not yet signed on to embrace the proposal but movement organizers are optimistic and the 100,000-plus people who have already RSVP’d to attend the rally have good reason to be excited. Attendance would almost certainly rise well into six figures which would make this rally the largest campaign event, by far, for any candidate running in 2016.
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To paint a portrait of what a progressive march on Washington by Sanders supporters might look like, and future progressive marches on Washington that I predict would attract one million progressives to the Washington Mall, let me end today by quoting in full one man’s well-stated version of a manifesto for the proposed Bernie Sanders rally, which can be found on the Facebook site promoting the idea, from Charlie Ryan:
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Read more at http://observer.com/2015/08/bernie-sanders-update-plan-for-enormous-d-c-rally-gains-steam/#ixzz3k8yi0gH6
As RSVP's top 100,000, the Sanders campaign is seriously considering
By Brent Budowsky | 08/28/15 10:34am
Enough is Enough Rally Facebook group. (Photo: Screenshot/ Facebook)
Here is the latest news about the Facebook-driven grassroots movement proposing a huge march on Washington this fall to support the presidential candidacy of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.):
I wrote in a column on Monday that advocates for the D.C. rally planned to present the idea to the Sanders campaign when their Facebook page collecting RSVP’s for the event reached 100,000. The number of Sanders supporters who RSVP’d rose from 87,000 on Monday to 100,000 by mid-week and by Friday morning had climbed to 108,000.
The grassroots activists spearheading the D.C. rally proposal formally presented the idea to the Sanders presidential campaign in a conference call late Wednesday. After the conference call, Charlie Ryan, a leading organizer of the movement to hold the Washington rally, told me: “I thought the call went well. There was interest in learning what the vision for the event is, what benefits we see from such an event and enthusiasm for our efforts but they weren’t in a position to make any commitments.”
As this column is published Friday morning the Sanders campaign has not yet signed on to embrace the proposal but movement organizers are optimistic and the 100,000-plus people who have already RSVP’d to attend the rally have good reason to be excited. Attendance would almost certainly rise well into six figures which would make this rally the largest campaign event, by far, for any candidate running in 2016.
...
To paint a portrait of what a progressive march on Washington by Sanders supporters might look like, and future progressive marches on Washington that I predict would attract one million progressives to the Washington Mall, let me end today by quoting in full one man’s well-stated version of a manifesto for the proposed Bernie Sanders rally, which can be found on the Facebook site promoting the idea, from Charlie Ryan:
When our African American brothers and sisters continue to be victims of institutional racism in America; we say-ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
When women still do not have pay equity in America; we say- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
When our soldiers and their families continue to suffer in perpetual, senseless wars; we say- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
When too many families live in fear of deportation, with no path to citizenship; we say- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
When Americans, regardless of their race, religion, disability or sexual orientation cannot realize the full promise of equality; we say- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
When we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country on earth; we say- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
When the top 0.01% own more wealth than the bottom 90%; we say- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
When so many young American families cannot afford quality, affordable childcare; we say- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
When billionaires are buying our government and our politicians; we say- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
When our banks continue to put our economy at risk; we say- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
When our infrastructure is crumbling around us; we say- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
When we have more of our people incarcerated than any other country on earth; we say- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
When we have American’s working for starvation wages; we say- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
When we have millions of Americans with substandard or NO health care; we say- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
When our citizens are being crushed by student loan debt; we say- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
When our seniors cannot afford to live out their lives in dignity and security; we say- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
When our young people are discouraged from higher education because their families can’t afford it; we say-ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
When our country and our planet are suffering from the effects of climate change; we say- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
When corporations get huge tax breaks while American children go hungry; we say- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
When cowardly politicians attempt to suppress our right to vote we say- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
These are just a few of the reasons we say- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
These are the reasons why we need YOU to help reclaim OUR country.
When we stand together there is Nothing, Nothing, NOTHING we cannot accomplish!
ARE YOU IN?
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Read more at http://observer.com/2015/08/bernie-sanders-update-plan-for-enormous-d-c-rally-gains-steam/#ixzz3k8yi0gH6
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I take care of pets (in-home) for a living and it's the best job I've ever had. 
I'll be there.
