President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and HIllary Clinton’s vice presidential nominee Virginia Senator Tim Kaine address the Democratic National Convention tonight. Supporters of Bernie Sanders may protest when Kaine delivers his speech. Some of them walked out of the convention hall and joined protests outside after Clinton’s formal presidential nomination yesterday. Pacifica’s live coverage … Continued
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Today we offer a collection of historical speeches by Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, Robert F. Kennedy, Bernie Sanders and many others.
Bernie Sanders closed the first night of the Democratic National Convention by warning about a Trump presidency and throwing his full-throated support behind Hillary Clinton. We talk to Carroll Fife about what’s happening inside the convention, then go to Joshua Holland for a reality check on the language, and the hype, surrounding the rift in … Continued
Bernie Sanders addresses the Democratic National Convention on its opening night. So does progressive favorite Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and Michelle Obama. Sanders supporters marched in the hot sun ahead of the convention’s opening, chanting protests against the Democratic National Committee and its outgoing chair, Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. The Sanders supporters are angry … Continued
Bernie Sanders announces his endorsement of Hillary Clinton in a joint appearance in New Hampshire, but says his political revolution will continue. President Obama speaks in Dallas at the interfaith memorial for the five slain police officers. On Capitol Hill, Republican lawmakers pepper Attorney General Loretta Lynch with questions about why she decided not to … Continued
As Sanders Endorses Clinton, How Far Left Has He Pushed the Democratic Party Platform? Filmmaker Josh Fox: Sanders Pushed Party Platform to Left, But We Failed on TPP, Medicare, Gaza; “Divergent” Star Shailene Woodley on Bernie Sanders, DNC Caravan & Speaking Out in Hollywood; Historian: “You Can’t Disconnect History of the 2nd Amendment From the … Continued
Bernie Sanders ran on his opposition to the Trans Pacific Partnership. Hillary Clinton came out against it during the campaign. So why did the Democratic Platform Drafting Committee kill a plank opposing it? We talk to John Nichols about the the politics of platforms, and the likelihood of floor fights at the Democratic National Convention. … Continued
Juan González to the Bernie or Bust Movement: Don’t Repeat the Mistakes of 1968 that Elected Nixon; “Our Dreams Don’t Fit on Your Ballots”: Naomi Klein on Next Steps for Pro-Bernie Sanders Movement; Rosario Dawson at People’s Summit: We Need to Stay the Course to Build a New Movement; Naomi Klein: There Would Be No … Continued
Juan González to the Bernie or Bust Movement: Don’t Repeat the Mistakes of 1968 that Elected Nixon; “Our Dreams Don’t Fit on Your Ballots”: Naomi Klein on Next Steps for Pro-Bernie Sanders Movement; Rosario Dawson at People’s Summit: We Need to Stay the Course to Build a New Movement; Naomi Klein: There Would Be No … Continued
How the Clinton-Trump contest works out is going revolve around a question that’s been central to the last two decades of politics here in California – can you get further by rallying votes from immigrants, or from people who hate and fear them? We’ll go over what the voter registration and exit polling data from … Continued
