https://shadowproof.com/2016/03/13/sanders-multiracial-presidential-campaign/
Bernie Sanders won a huge
upset in Michigan last week. It helped position him to potentially win some of
the states with primaries this week, particularly Ohio, Missouri, and even
Illinois. Results also showed that he had convinced a higher percentage of
black voters to vote for him than in previous states. It showed the multi-racial
coalition of people, who are supporting his campaign.
All too often, the
establishment media, especially those with open bias toward supporting Hillary
Clinton, promote the idea that the Sanders campaign is just a campaign for
angry white men. The establishment media position it as a left-wing polar
opposite of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. This terrible equivalency is
not only misguided and flawed, but it outright erases the extent to which the
campaign has been able to make inroads with black millennials, black labor,
black intellectuals, black cultural producers, and other parts of the black
left.
What the Sanders campaign has
been building is a powerful campaign for economic justice and human rights for
poor and lower class Americans, which crosses all demographics particularly
among young people. The mobilization of people around his campaign has the
potential to be one of the greatest forces for countering the racist
presidential campaign of Trump, as it interlocks with grassroots organizations
which plan protests at his campaign rally, like what happened in Chicago.
Donna Murch, an associate
professor at Rutgers University, is our guest on the “Unauthorized Disclosure”
weekly podcast radio show this week. She reacts to activists who shut down
Donald Trump’s rally in Chicago. She responds to Hillary Clinton’s statement on
what happened, and how it relied upon coded language. We highlight the
Clintons’ records with African Americans.
The discussion expands into a
full assessment of the successes and struggles, which Bernie Sanders’
presidential campaign has had with black voters. Particular attention is paid
to the patronage networks, which greatly benefit the Clintons. Also, we talk
about the oft-raised question of whether Sanders knows how to talk to black
voters as well as what it means to be mounting an insurgent campaign from
within the Democratic Party.
Read (and listen) to the full
discussion at Shadowproof.
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Kevin Gosztola is managing
editor of Shadowproof Press. He also produces and co-hosts the weekly podcast, Unauthorized
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