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The following is lifted from hightowerlowdown.org.
"Brand New Congress. What if progressive organizers and volunteers joined forces [with rank and file Republicans] to run a nationwide campaign to replace today's corporate-owned Congress--all at once? Yes, one sweeping campaign to oust all incumbents of either party who owe their jobs to (and do the bidding of ) the Big Moneyh powers. Those congress critters, feeling snug in their gerrymandered rabbit holes, could be outed by hundreds of coordinated, Brand New Congress campaigns running simultaneously in every state. Each local campaign would back locally recruited grassroots candidates publicly pledged to fight for an agenda of economic, social, environmental, and political justice. An honest, accountable Congress that works for all!
Impossible? Not in the fertile minds of Zach Exley, Becky Bond, and other former Sanders staffers who conceived and implemented his campaign's successful grassroots model that Exley calls "distributed organizing." Essentially, they trained and empowered tens of thousands of far-flung volunteers to be autonomous organizers, digitally linked into a nationwide network. This strategy eliminated theneed (and cost) of a rigid hierachy of "leaders" to boss volunteers, recognizing instead that volunteers themselves are leaders (in churches, clubs, workplaces, community groups, etc.), and with basic training and a few inexpensive tools, can be trusted to orchestrate area campaigns. Now they're applying this model to Brand New Congress campaigns that carry the message of authentic populism and a shared agenda of populist policy proposals.
BNC is to be a true bipartisan effort, running Dems in blue districts, Repubs in solid red ones, and independents wherever that makes sense. But wait--how can BNC get Republican candidates to run on progressive values? By recognizing that true populism is neither a left or right theory, but a top-versus-bottom reality that even middle-class and lower-class Republicans can relate to. ..."
Bernie's supporters are moving right ahead with the real revolution, despite his failure to overcome Hillary as presidential candidate. The facts are, Bernie's campaign began a movement that's continuing no matter who wins the presidency. And that's very good news for us all!
Whoops. I should have proclaimed it to be good news for all but the 1% and their corporate lackeys. Reality!
"Brand New Congress. What if progressive organizers and volunteers joined forces [with rank and file Republicans] to run a nationwide campaign to replace today's corporate-owned Congress--all at once? Yes, one sweeping campaign to oust all incumbents of either party who owe their jobs to (and do the bidding of ) the Big Moneyh powers. Those congress critters, feeling snug in their gerrymandered rabbit holes, could be outed by hundreds of coordinated, Brand New Congress campaigns running simultaneously in every state. Each local campaign would back locally recruited grassroots candidates publicly pledged to fight for an agenda of economic, social, environmental, and political justice. An honest, accountable Congress that works for all!
Impossible? Not in the fertile minds of Zach Exley, Becky Bond, and other former Sanders staffers who conceived and implemented his campaign's successful grassroots model that Exley calls "distributed organizing." Essentially, they trained and empowered tens of thousands of far-flung volunteers to be autonomous organizers, digitally linked into a nationwide network. This strategy eliminated theneed (and cost) of a rigid hierachy of "leaders" to boss volunteers, recognizing instead that volunteers themselves are leaders (in churches, clubs, workplaces, community groups, etc.), and with basic training and a few inexpensive tools, can be trusted to orchestrate area campaigns. Now they're applying this model to Brand New Congress campaigns that carry the message of authentic populism and a shared agenda of populist policy proposals.
BNC is to be a true bipartisan effort, running Dems in blue districts, Repubs in solid red ones, and independents wherever that makes sense. But wait--how can BNC get Republican candidates to run on progressive values? By recognizing that true populism is neither a left or right theory, but a top-versus-bottom reality that even middle-class and lower-class Republicans can relate to. ..."
Bernie's supporters are moving right ahead with the real revolution, despite his failure to overcome Hillary as presidential candidate. The facts are, Bernie's campaign began a movement that's continuing no matter who wins the presidency. And that's very good news for us all!
Whoops. I should have proclaimed it to be good news for all but the 1% and their corporate lackeys. Reality!
