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'''Bernard Sanders''' is an Independent US senator from the state of Vermont and two-time failed presidential candidate who endorsed and campaigned for pro-establishment candidates Hillary Clinton<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/bernie-sanderss-hard-fight-for-hillary-clinton</ref> and Joe Biden<ref>https://www.c-span.org/video/?476591-1/senator-bernie-sanders-campaigns-joe-biden-hampshire</ref>. Bernie Sanders was promoted by the [[Democratic Socialists of America]]<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/21/democratic-socialists-of-america-bernie-sanders-2020</ref> which has pro-imperialist views<ref>https://www.dsausa.org/democratic-left/no-to-chinese-authoritarianism-no-to-yellow-peril/</ref>. | '''Bernard Sanders''' is an Independent US senator from the state of Vermont and two-time failed presidential candidate who endorsed and campaigned for pro-establishment candidates Hillary Clinton<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/bernie-sanderss-hard-fight-for-hillary-clinton</ref> and Joe Biden<ref>https://www.c-span.org/video/?476591-1/senator-bernie-sanders-campaigns-joe-biden-hampshire</ref>. Bernie Sanders was promoted by the [[Democratic Socialists of America]]<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/21/democratic-socialists-of-america-bernie-sanders-2020</ref> which has pro-imperialist views<ref>https://www.dsausa.org/democratic-left/no-to-chinese-authoritarianism-no-to-yellow-peril/</ref>. | ||
Bernie has a history of supporting US [[imperialism]], including the backing of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia<ref>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/06/23/bernie-sanders-foreign-policy-doctrine-227193/</ref>, calling Venezuela's socialist president Maduro a "vicious tyrant"<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-distances-himself-from-venezuela-president-nicolas-maduro-when-pressed-on-socialism-at-debate/</ref>, supporting the US-proxy state of Ukraine over the anti-imperialist state of Russia<ref>https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-statement-on-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/</ref>, and rejecting to call for a long-term ceasefire in the ongoing Gaza genocide by Israel<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/world/bernie-sanders-gaza-cease-fire-israel-palestine/</ref>. | Bernie has a history of supporting US [[imperialism]], including the backing of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia<ref>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/06/23/bernie-sanders-foreign-policy-doctrine-227193/</ref>, calling Venezuela's socialist president Maduro a "vicious tyrant"<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-distances-himself-from-venezuela-president-nicolas-maduro-when-pressed-on-socialism-at-debate/</ref>, supporting the US-proxy state of Ukraine over the anti-imperialist state of [[Russia]] in the Ukraine-Russian conflict<ref>https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-statement-on-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/</ref>, and rejecting to call for a long-term ceasefire in the ongoing Gaza genocide by Israel<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/world/bernie-sanders-gaza-cease-fire-israel-palestine/</ref>. | ||
The [[Infrared]] collective has made statements in which it believed Bernie's movement had potential to become a working class populist movement, but these efforts were thwarted by both liberal activists within his campaign and the democratic establishment who favored pro-establishment candidates. | The [[Infrared]] collective has made statements in which it believed Bernie's movement had potential to become a working class populist movement, but these efforts were thwarted by both liberal activists within his campaign and the democratic establishment who favored pro-establishment candidates. | ||
==== 2016 Presidential Run==== | ====2016 Presidential Run==== | ||
Bernie's movement started when he ran for president in the 2016 election as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]. He called himself a "Democratic socialist" of the Scandinavian model and his campaign slogan was to create a "political revolution". | Bernie's movement started when he ran for president in the 2016 election as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]. He called himself a "Democratic socialist" of the Scandinavian model and his campaign slogan was to create a "political revolution". | ||