Sanders to Vote No on Military Aid Package Over ‘Unconscionable’ $10 Billion for Israel

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks outside of the West Wing following a meeting with President Joe Biden on July 17, 2023.  (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) “Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children are literally starving to death because Netanyahu’s right-wing government is preventing desperately needed food and water… Continue reading

Sanders: If Netanyahu Says No to Palestinian State, US Must Say No to Netanyahu

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) delivers a speech on the Senate floor on Thursday, September 10, 2020.  (Photo: Sen. Bernie Sanders/YouTube Screengrab) “There must be no more U.S. military aid to Israel to continue Netanyahu’s war,” the senator said. OLIVIA ROSANE Jan 20, 2024 (CommonDreams.org) Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders said on Saturday… Continue reading

Sanders to Force Senate Vote on Probing Israeli War Crimes

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks at a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on May 4, 2023 in Washington, D.C.  (Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) “The United States Congress has got to act, because a lot of this destruction is being done with military weapons supplied by the United States of… Continue reading

US Will Be ‘Weimar Republic’ If Biden Doesn’t Lift Up Working Class and Defeat Trump: Sanders

Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and then-former Vice President Joe Biden speak during a break at the Democratic presidential primary debate at the Charleston Gaillard Center on February 25, 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina.  (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) “The challenge we face is to be able to… Continue reading

Sanders Resolution Aims to Have US ‘Reckon With Its Complicity’ in Gaza

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) presides over a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on November 14, 2023 in Washington, D.C.  (Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) “This is a humanitarian cataclysm, and it is being done with American bombs and money,” said the Vermont senator. “We need to face… Continue reading

‘We Are Complicit’: Sanders Urges Biden to Curb Israel Military Aid

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) talks with reporters after a Senate luncheon in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, November 28, 2023.  (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images) Israeli atrocities in Gaza are being carried out by “bombs and equipment produced and provided by the United States and heavily subsidized… Continue reading

Sanders Rejects $10 Billion in Aid for ‘Extremist Netanyahu Government’

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks to reporters after a Senate luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on November 28, 2023.  (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) “Israel’s indiscriminate approach is, in my view, offensive to most Americans, it is in violation of U.S. and international law, and it undermines… Continue reading

Sanders Blasts AIPAC After Group Thanks Him for Not Demanding Cease-Fire in Gaza

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks outside of the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 17, 2023.  (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) The senator—under progressive pressure to change his position on Israel’s war—noted that AIPAC “has supported dozens of GOP extremists who are undermining our democracy” and is… Continue reading

Sanders and AOC Unveil Resolution to Apologize for US Role in Chile Coup, Declassify Secret Docs

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speak at a press conference on June 24, 2019.  (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) “We must make clear that we regret our involvement and commit to supporting Chilean democracy,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. JAKE JOHNSON Sep 21, 2023 (CommonDreams.org) Sen. Bernie… Continue reading

Sanders Sends Message to Big Three CEOs: ‘Time for You to End Your Greed’

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks at a United Auto Workers rally on September 15, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan.  (Photo: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) “The CEOs of General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis and their major stockholders on Wall Street have got to understand: they cannot have it all,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders…. Continue reading