Hi,
I'm Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the longest-serving
independent in American history.
I'm an independent
progressive for a reason. Actually, for many reasons. Here are
a few: The American middle class is under threat of
extinction. Wars are waged for the profits of security
contractors and weapons manufacturers. The bank lobby, the
insurance companies and the drug companies practically run the
House and Senate. I could go on.
These are problems
with solutions. But not the kind of market-based, incremental
solutions that many of my colleagues favor. As a matter of
fact, my colleagues and I aren't going to solve any of them;
these are problems that require strong grass-roots movements
to solve. The simple truth is that if millions of people stand
together, there is very little that can't be accomplished.
That's why I've partnered with my friends at Brave New
Films to bring you a weekly show in which I can speak directly
to you - unfiltered. Citizen to citizen. That's how we make
change.
"Senator Sanders
Unfiltered" is the name of the show.
Watch the first
episode. The idea behind it is to
use all of this wonderful new media technology to democratize
the way Senators like me communicate with the public. Get my
weekly show delivered to you how you want:
Facebook,
Twitter, or
email.
At a time when
our country is struggling with the most serious set of
problems since the Great Depression, I'm extremely excited
about using this dynamic new medium to give you my unfiltered
views on the economy, health care, global warming and the
environment, foreign policy and a hundred other critical
issues.
Yours,
Senator Bernie Sanders and the
Brave New Films
P.S. Tune in today to watch Robert
Greenwald talk about
Sick for
Profit, on MSNBC's
The Ed
Show and also his interview with
David
Shuster this
afternoon!
