{"id":45131,"date":"2025-11-16T13:17:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T21:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=45131"},"modified":"2025-11-16T13:17:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T21:17:39","slug":"time-to-clear-house-sunrise-movement-launches-major-primary-effort-against-corporate-dems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/11\/16\/time-to-clear-house-sunrise-movement-launches-major-primary-effort-against-corporate-dems\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Time to Clear House\u2019: Sunrise Movement Launches Major Primary Effort Against Corporate Dems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Members of Sunrise Movement protest Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in Washington, DC on March 14, 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo by Sunrise Movement\/X)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor far too long, Democratic leadership has failed to meet the moment,\u201d the leader of the youth-led climate movement said.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Brett Wilkins<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nov 13, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amid growing outrage over corporate Democrats\u2019 failure to meaningfully stand up against President Donald Trump\u2019s authoritarianism<\/a>, Sunrise Movement<\/a> on Thursday launched what it called it \u201cmost ambitious\u201d primary campaign to replace feckless incumbents with progressives<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor far too long, Democratic leadership has failed to meet the moment; it\u2019s time to clear house,\u201d Sunrise Movement executive director Aru Shiney-Ajay said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI\u2019m extremely excited about the crop of candidates running in 2026,\u201d Shiney-Ajay added. \u201cThis year, we have an unprecedented opportunity to elect a new generation of leaders who are challenging our broken political system and fighting for a livable and affordable country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like many progressive groups, Sunrise Movement has expressed its growing frustration with most congressional Democrats\u2019 acquiescence to Trump and Republicans<\/a>\u2019 growing authoritarianism. The youth-led, climate-focused organization was particularly incensed by Senate Democrats\u2019 recent capitulation<\/a> in the government shutdown fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy the hell would Democrats cave with nothing for the working people? When millions are losing healthcare<\/a>?\u201d Sunrise asked<\/a> last week. \u201cIf you cave now, you don\u2019t deserve to lead, you deserve to be replaced.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To that end, Sunrise says its new campaign \u201cwill include a nationwide field, protest<\/a>, and communications program targeting over a dozen congressional primaries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSunrise organizers and volunteers will mobilize thousands of young people to knock on doors, make calls, and take direct action to elect progressive champions ready to challenge the Democratic Party\u2019s complacency and reimagine what Democratic leadership can look like,\u201d the group continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the 2026 general election, Sunrise will lead one of the largest youth electoral efforts in the country, organizing students on campuses across the country to ensure young voters turn out to reject authoritarianism at the ballot box and are prepared to mobilize in defense of election results if Trump or his allies attempt to subvert democracy<\/a>,\u201d Sunrise added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new Sunrise campaign comes as progressive groups such as Indivisible, MoveOn, and Our Revolution and some Democratic House lawmakers including progressives\u00a0Ro Khanna<\/a>\u00a0(Calif.),\u00a0Mark Pocan<\/a>\u00a0(Wis.), and\u00a0Rashida Tlaib<\/a>\u00a0(Mich.) are\u00a0urging<\/a>\u00a0Senate Majority Leader\u00a0Chuck Schumer<\/a>\u00a0(D-NY) to step down in the wake of the shutdown surrender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brett Wilkins<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Members of Sunrise Movement protest Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in Washington, DC on March 14, 2025.  (Photo by Sunrise Movement\/X) \u201cFor far too long, Democratic leadership has failed to meet the moment,\u201d the leader of the youth-led climate movement said. Brett Wilkins Nov 13, 2025 (CommonDreams.org) Amid growing… Continue reading → <\/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":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45132,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45131\/revisions\/45132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}