Bernie & the Sandernistas
Subtitle: field notes from a failed revolution
By: Jeffrey S. Clair
Publisher: CouterPunch
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Petrolia, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9781539032724
Subjects: Presidents; Election; Politics and government; Democratic Party (U.S.)
Other titles: Field notes from a failed revolution; Bernie and the Sandernistas
Description: "Bernie Sanders promised a Revolution, a promise that was seized upon with an almost religious fervor by a new generation of political activists, a generation raised with smart phones and terror alerts, a generation burdened by debt and facing dim economic prospects. Jeffrey St. Clair, editor of the political journal CounterPunch, called Bernie's raucous band of followers The Sandernistas, as they pitched themselves for battle against one of the most brutal political operations of the modern era, the Clinton machine. Ridiculed by the media and dismissed as a nuisance by the political establishment, the Sanders campaign shocked Clinton in a state after state, exposing the deep structural fissures in the American electorate. Ultimately the Sanders campaign faltered, undone by the missteps of its leader and by sabotage from the elites of the Democratic Party. By the time the Senator gave his humiliating concession speech at the convention in Philadelphia, even his most ardent supporters jeered him in disgust and walked out, taking their protests back to the streets. This turbulent year of mass revolt and defeat is recounted here, as it happened, by one of America's fiercest and funniest journalists."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: You say you want a revolution, well, you know...; title: Season of the witch : on the campaign trail; title: A public Berning : improvised notes from the Democratic Convention; title: The end, of our elaborate plans, the end.