{"id":45366,"date":"2025-12-01T19:20:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T03:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=45366"},"modified":"2025-12-01T19:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T03:20:18","slug":"book-fight-oligarchy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/book-fight-oligarchy\/","title":{"rendered":"Book:  &#8220;Fight Oligarchy&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1756868316i\/239925198.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fight Oligarchy<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/102824.Bernie_Sanders\">Bernie Sanders<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cOligarchy is a system in which a small number of extremely wealthy individuals control the economic, political, and media life of a nation. It is a system in which ordinary people have very little power to determine the future of their country. If you\u2019re an American, it is the system in which you\u2019re living. That must change. In the wealthiest nation on earth we must build a political movement that creates a government that represents all Americans, not just a handful of billionaires.\u201d<\/strong><br><strong>\u2014Bernie Sanders<\/strong><br><br><strong>Senator Bernie Sanders breaks down the unprecedented crises we face today in Trump\u2019s America, as Trump undermines democracy at every turn\u2014and how we can effectively fight back.<\/strong><br><br>From the moment that Sanders began his Fighting Oligarchy tour in the early days of the Trump administration, it was clear that his message resonated with Americans across the political spectrum. Record-breaking crowds numbering in the tens of thousands showed up across the country. Large numbers of Americans, in red states and blue states, were prepared to stand up and fight back. In this book, he shows how we can continue that fight.<br><br>In a series of short, pointed chapters, Sanders explains how the United States today is an oligarchic society in which a small handful of multibillionaires exercise enormous economic and political power. He describes what it means when the very rich get much richer, while the majority of Americans struggle to pay the rent and put food on the table. And he observes how a corrupt campaign finance system allows billionaires in both parties to increasingly control our political system.<br><br>Sanders also discusses how, under Trump, we are rapidly moving toward authoritarianism\u2013with a president who is undermining our democracy as he attacks Congress, the courts, the media, and law firms and universities in search of more and more power for himself. With relentless optimism and focused energy, Sanders reminds readers that true power rests with the people\u2014and he presents a path forward to a reinvigorated democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the author<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45367\" srcset=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image.png 200w, http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/102824.Bernie_Sanders\">Bernie Sanders<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>48&nbsp;books1,531&nbsp;followersFollow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bernard &#8220;Bernie&#8221; Sanders is the senior United States Senator from Vermont, elected on November 7, 2006. Before becoming Senator, Sanders represented Vermont&#8217;s at-large district in the United States House of Representatives for 16 years. Sanders also served as mayor of Burlington, Vermont from 1981 through 1989.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fight Oligarchy Bernie Sanders \u201cOligarchy is a system in which a small number of extremely wealthy individuals control the economic, political, and media life of a nation. It is a system in which ordinary people have very little power to determine the future of their country. If you\u2019re an American,&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/book-fight-oligarchy\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45366"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45368,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45366\/revisions\/45368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}