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    Political and social revolutions that attempt to transform our society never end. They continue every day, every week and every month in the fight to create a nation of social and economic justice.

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  2. Jan 2

    The United States of America is the only -- only -- major country on Earth that does not provide paid family and medical leave. That must change.

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  3. Jan 1

    Every American, regardless of income, should have the opportunity to get the education they need to thrive. We must move to make public colleges and universities tuition-free across the nation.

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  4. Jan 1

    If we are serious about reducing income and wealth inequality and creating good paying jobs, we have to substantially increase the number of union jobs in this country. We must make it easier, not harder, for workers to join unions.

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  5. Jan 1

    We must end the absurdity of the United States having more people in jail than any other country on Earth. We must invest in jobs and education for our young people, not more jails and incarceration.

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  6. Jan 1

    As Frederick Douglass reminded us: "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." Real change will not come unless we take on the greed of Wall Street, the drug companies, the fossil fuel industry, the NRA, the military-industrial-complex and other special interests.

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  7. Jan 1

    When we talk about justice, we have to understand that there is no justice when the top 0.1 percent -- not 1 percent, the top 0.1 percent -- today in America owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent.

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  8. Jan 1

    Jane and I want to take this opportunity to wish you and yours a very healthy and happy New Year. Let us resolve to fight like we have never fought before for a government, a society and an economy that works for all of us, not just those on top.

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  9. Today, at a time of massive income and wealth inequality and an outrageous level of corporate greed, we must never forget the struggles and ideals of those who came before us. We must continue the fight for a government and an economy that works for all, and not just the few.

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  10. Health care is a right. The United States must join the rest of the industrialized world and guarantee health care to every man, woman, and child through a national Medicare for all, single-payer system.

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  11. Thanks to the movement, millions of low-wage workers across the country will see wage increases in 2019. We must raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

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  12. Enough is enough. It’s time for a political revolution that takes on the fossil fuel billionaires, accelerates our transition to clean energy, and finally puts people before the profits of polluters.

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  13. We must have the courage to take on the greed and ideology of the billionaire class and to fight for a world of economic, social, racial and environmental justice. Will this be an easy struggle? Certainly not. But it is a fight that we cannot avoid. The stakes are just too high.

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  14. No real change in American history—not the labor, civil rights, women’s, gay rights, environmental, nor any other movement for social justice—has ever succeeded without grassroots activism, without millions of people engaged in the struggle for justice.

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  15. Retweeted
    17 Dec 2018

    “The time is now for all working people, low-income people, senior citizens, young people, and all people of independent mind and spirit to organize, fight back and win for themselves what rightfully belongs to them.” — , 1974

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  16. The American people want comprehensive immigration reform and a criminal justice system that is based on justice, not racism or mass incarceration.

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  17. It is an international embarrassment that we have more people locked up in jail than any other country on earth. That has got to end. We must become the country in the world which invests in jobs and education, not in more jails and incarceration.

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  18. New research shows the movement to raise minimum wages directly led to a collective $68 billion raise for 22 million low-wage workers in cities and states across the country. We must raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

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  19. Retweeted
    27 Dec 2018

    Thanks to the Fight for $15, the minimum wage for 60,000 fast-food workers in New York City will rise to $15 on Jan. 1. That's a godsend to McDonald's worker Rosa Rivera, who was making $7.25 an hour when the began six years ago.

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  20. No one should have to work 120 hours a week or 5 jobs to be able to get the health care they need. We need a health care system that puts people before profits. We need a Medicare for all, single-payer system.

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    26 Dec 2018

    What made ⁦⁩ so valuable—and effective—in 2018 was the senator’s determination not just to resist Trump but to promote an alternative politics that challenges corporate power.

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