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The Preventing Oligarchy tour will likely be heading west this weekend and can kick off with a giant occasion in Los Angeles that can function Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Neil Younger, and Joan Baez.
Sen. Sanders has introduced that AOC will likely be becoming a member of him on all the stops on the West Coast swing:
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) right this moment introduced that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) will be a part of the senator for all six stops of the upcoming Western swing of his Preventing Oligarchy tour, which kicks off this weekend.
The primary rally, in L.A.’s Grand Park, will function performances by Neil Younger, Maggie Rogers, Joan Baez, Indigo de Souza, Soiled Projectors Jeff Rosenstock, The Crimson Pears, and the Elevate Gospel Choir. Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), in addition to California Labor Federation President Lorena Gonzalez and SEIU President April Verrett can even make particular appearances.
From Los Angeles, Bernie and AOC will take off on a five-day tour throughout 4 states, touching down in Utah, Idaho, and Montana, the place they are going to be joined by Worldwide President of AFA-CWA Sara Nelson. The swing particularly targets contested and Republican-held districts, making stops in areas the place Democrats hardly ever marketing campaign.
To accommodate a bigger than anticipated crowd, the third California cease was moved from Auburn to Folsom.
New musical expertise has additionally been added to the tour, together with:
Sen. Sanders was already drawing over-capacity crowds on his personal for the Preventing Oligarchy tour, however the size of the crowds went to a new level when Ocasio-Cortez joined the tour.
Sanders stated, “The American individuals, whether or not they’re Democrats, Republicans or Independents, don’t need billionaires to regulate our authorities or purchase our elections. They don’t need Republicans to decimate Social Safety and the Veterans Administration. They don’t need large tax breaks for the wealthiest individuals within the nation paid for by large cuts to Medicaid and different applications that working households depend on. That’s the reason I will likely be visiting Republican-held districts all around the Western United States. After we are organized and combat again, we will defeat oligarchy.”
Over 107,000 individuals have attended Preventing Oligarchy rallies in seven states to this point. Over 5 million individuals have watched the livestreams.
A giant crowd is predicted in Los Angeles at 1 PM on Saturday. The combat in opposition to Trump and his oligarchs goes to coast to coast and equally as essential is the mobilization of individuals that’s occurring to presumably flip the Home and make Trump the lamest of the lame geese within the 2026 midterm election.
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