Bigger Than Bernie: How We Can Win Democratic Socialism in Our Time

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The political ambitions of the movement behind Bernie Sanders have never been limited to winning the White House. Since Bernie first entered the presidential primaries in 2016, his supporters have worked to organize a revolution intended to encourage the active participation of millions of ordinary people in political life. In Bigger than Bernie, activist writers Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht give us an intimate map of this movement to remake American politics top to bottom, profiling the grassroots organizers who are building something bigger, and more ambitious, than the career of any one candidate. As participants themselves, Day and Uetricht provide a serious analysis of the prospects for long-term change, offering a strategy for making political revolution more than just a campaign slogan. They provide a road map for how to entrench democratic socialism in the halls of power and in our own lives. This new edition offers unmatched insights into the people behind the most unique campaign in modern American history and explores how the political revolution has been re-tooled for a time of economic crisis and pandemic.

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An indispensable guide to twenty-first-century socialism from the viewpoint of clear-eyed,
sharp-witted, smart, funny authors . They give me hope! -- Jane McAlevey, author of A Collective Bargain
"Part history lesson, part guidebook; this is a love letter to the everyday people and movements
who transformed this country. Bigger than Bernie isn't just about the man who's spent the
majority of his political career on the fringes. It's about fighters. It's about thinkers. It's about
love. It's about us." -- Phillip Agnew, Cofounder of the Dream Defenders
An exhilarating account of what we'll be doing in the coming years. Anyone who thinks, with
dread or relief, that the work comes to an end after Election Day in 2020 will think again. I'm
going to keep coming back to them and their book -- Corey Robin, author of The Enigma of Clarence Thomas
Bigger than Bernie is a comprehensive and necessary read . an essential roadmap for
achieving permanent change, and an energizing account that brings socialism into the present
tense. -- RoseAnn DeMoro, former Executive Director of National Nurses United
Urgent and essential . no one could better capture the promise and perils of this once-in-a-
generation moment. I try never to miss a word that they write, and you shouldn't either. -- Krystal Ball, cohost of Rising on HillTV
Day and Uetricht are two of the most brilliant and courageous intellectuals of the Sanders
movement. This indispensable book is a powerful, pioneering analysis of these new radical
times and a compelling vision of where it all might be going -- Cornel West, author of Race Matters

Author Bio

Micah Uetricht is the managing editor of Jacobin magazine. He is the host of the Jacobin Radio podcast The Vast Majority and has written for the Guardian, the Intercept, the Nation, and elsewhere. He is the author of Strike for America. Meagan Day is a staff writer at Jacobin magazine. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, and elsewhere.