Archive for August 2018
IVN: Feeling ‘Berned’: Party Officials Who Rigged 2016 Primary Decide New Rules for 2020
In the latest episode of In Full Color, Shawn Griffiths talks with Nick Brana, who was the national outreach coordinator for Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign in 2016. Nick returns to the podcast to talk about new DNC rules he says offer Sanders supporters “crumbs” while hurting candidates like Sanders, who want to run, but aren’t…
Read MoreDNC Kills Caucuses, Keeps Superdelegates, Retains Joint Fundraising Agreements, and Expands Control Over 2020 Primary
Contact: Carol Ehrle | carol.ehrle@gmail.com MPP Media | media@ForAPeoplesParty.org DNC Kills Caucuses, Keeps Superdelegates, Retains Joint Fundraising Agreements, and Expands Control Over 2020 Primary Los Angeles — The DNC took several steps to expand and consolidate its power over the 2020 presidential primary at its summer meeting in Chicago this weekend. The party reduced…
Read MoreNick Brana on the Jimmy Dore Show talking about working with labor to form a new party
Nick Brana of Movement for a Peoples’ Party is in California meeting with Labor Unions. They are all seeing the need for a new third party.
Read MoreNick Brana on the Jimmy Dore Show, discussing Bernie’s change in thinking on third parties
Jimmy and Nick Brana discuss how Bernie has changed his position on the need to start a new party. What Happened?
Read MoreMPP National Conference Call – 8/23/2018
Our August national call featured two guests. First up was Alan Benjamin, editor of The Organizer Newspaper, delegate and past president to the San Francisco Labor Council. Alan discussed the San Francisco and Sacramento labor forums which his organization co-hosted with MPP. Tim Canova, who is running for Congress against Debbie Wasserman-Schultz in Florida’s CD…
Read MoreSo, How’s That Major-Party Election Madness Working for Us? – Truthdig
Paul Street writes an incisive piece about the systemic ills of America’s two corporate parties. Read the whole piece at the link below. So, How’s That Major-Party Election Madness Working for Us?
Read MoreChris Hedges interviews MPP’s Nick Braña on On Contact
Nick Brana, founder & executive director of Movement for a People’s Party, talks with journalist Chris Hedges about the USA’s two political party system, the need for third and fourth parties and his experience campaigning for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential election.
Read MorePress Release: Study Finds Democrats Cheating Progressives Out of Almost Every Congressional Primary
Contact: Carol Ehrle | carol.ehrle@gmail.com MPP Media | media@ForAPeoplesParty.org Through a Barrage of Corrupt Tactics, the Democratic Establishment is Winning Almost Every Congressional Primary Washington D.C. — Progressives have charged into the Democratic Party and run for dozens of congressional seats this year. But the first comprehensive study of the results reveals that…
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