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Draft Bernie TownHall & People’s Convergence Conference STARTS TOMORROW! September 8-10 in Washington D.C. www.convergence2017.org
Join Cornel West, Kshama Sawant, Medea Benjamin and Dan la Botz to discuss the key burning questions of our movement:
What will it take to defeat Trump’s agenda and to win the progressive policies of Medicare for All, a federal $15 minimum wage, and free college education that Bernie Sanders campaigned for? With the 2018 mid-term elections looming, should working people continue the fight to reform the Democratic Party, or should we build something new?
The conference will bring together a mix of voices from the worlds of activism, labor, academia, independent political parties and independent media. Check out convergence2017.organd register to attend today!
This three-day event will cost over $20,000 to organize. Movement for the 99% and the other endorsing organizations do not have the deep pockets of the billionaires, but we have a more potent weapon: the collective power of supporters like you.
Draft Bernie for a People’s Party will also use the event to deliver over 50,000 petition signatures to Sanders’ Senate office! The petition calls on Sen. Sanders to continue the political revolution he started during his 2016 presidential run by launching a major new party that can challenge the corporate controlled politics of the Democratic Party leadership.
“This event is the important next step in bringing together working people, youth, people of color, activists and progressive leaders to discuss the most important questions facing our movement. How we can we continue the political revolution into the 2018 elections, as we go into battle against the right wing? How do we prepare the ground to launch a People’s Party, to represent the millions not the Billionaire Class?” said Kshama Sawant, Socialist Alternative Seattle City Councilmember.
The event is being hosted by a group of grassroots organizations: Draft Bernie for a People’s Party, the Progressive Independent Party, Socialist Alternative, and Movement for the 99%.
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