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10,000+ Turn Out in Warren, Michigan to 'Fight Oligarchy' With Bernie Sanders (www.commondreams.org)

submitted 2 days ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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"We will not accept oligarchy, we will not accept authoritarianism, we will not accept kleptocracy," the democratic socialist senator said. "We're gonna fight back, and we're gonna win."

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[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 55 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Sanders was joined on stage by United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain, who wore a T-shirt reading "Eat the Rich" and told the audience that "billionaires don't have a right to exist."

careful now. I understand that kind of ultra violent rhetoric is illegal on reddit.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 days ago (3 children)

This isn't reddit.

[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

thankfully.

[–] takeda@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

It's still lemmy.world though

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

Earnestly, consistently, and collaboratively. Never retreat, never surrender.

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