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by tomaidh | Politics | 2043 Views

This one ought to be easy.

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  • Submitted by tomaidh on February 20, 2016 at 3:51 pm

    More info

    A Chicago Tribune archival photo of a young man being arrested in 1963 at a South Side protest

    • Submitted by tirebiter on February 20, 2016 at 4:11 pm

      Bernie Sanders Being Arrested

      Bernie Sanders being arrested in 1963 at a Civil Rights demonstration, a school segregation protest, in southside Chicago. He was 22.

      https://vimeo.com/155411363

      • Submitted by tomaidh on February 20, 2016 at 4:59 pm

        Bingo!

        The Tribune arrest photo was taken in August 1963 near South 73rd Street and Lowe Avenue, which is in the Englewood neighborhood.

        In the mid-1960s, protests over segregation in the Englewood area raged over mobile classrooms dubbed “Willis Wagons,” named for then-Chicago Schools Superintendent Benjamin Willis.

        Sanders was arrested Aug. 12, 1963, and charged with resisting arrest. He was found guilty and fined $25.

        • Submitted by cgrotke on February 21, 2016 at 7:31 am

          Chi-raq

          Quite an era… when people were standing up for important issues. Now we “like” things intensely, and tweet with passion.

          (I was born about a year after this photo, and then was moved to Chicago for a couple of years. Just missed him!)

          Being raised in the Civil Rights era, my generation feels very ripped off by what’s happened since, oh, about 1980 when we all tried to enter the job market. At that time, (hold your laughter) we thought we could go get jobs like our parents, work a lifetime at a company, get retirement benefits, buy a house and a car, and live slightly better than our parents in a world that was even slightly more fair and just.

          It was a lie. It took us until the mid-80’s to realize we weren’t being dealt the same deck, and the rules had changed. And then the generation before us told us we were making bad choices, and that it was our fault for not succeeding as they did.

  • Submitted by spinoza on February 22, 2016 at 3:09 pm

    Lenin or Lennon?

    Interesting to see that today the major lefty rags (Huffpo, Daily Beast) pretty much wrote post-mortems on Sanders’ campaign. Their tilt is towards Hillary, no doubt. But it does seem in my view, accurate to say Bernie hasn’t really chosen whether he is the socialist reformer who really believes he can instigate an American Bolshevism, or a stoop shouldered poet with a set of pipes that howl. He plays either/both in the campaign, but he’s neither ultimately. He’s a longstanding incumbent, who articulates positions within a tradition that has been around at least since Socrates.

    If I were Bernie, I’d put effort into bringing forward a team; VP, potential cabinet members- people who are mature, vibrant, and represent demonstrable experience that speaks to an informed upcoming populace. He needs to back off the celebrity showcase, get real about the dynamics of the race.

    • Submitted by Will Stomp on February 22, 2016 at 4:13 pm

      Sophocles or Sotheby's?

      Socrates isn’t quite sure what to make of Bernie, Spinoza.
      Or Trump.

      • Submitted by spinoza on February 23, 2016 at 7:20 pm

        Know thyselves

        If I imagined Socrates’ take on this electoral circus, he’d be chiding Bernie for his excessive sophistry, and he’d have a field day with Trump, unraveling his arrogance by use of the Socratic Method.

    • Submitted by cgrotke on February 24, 2016 at 7:27 am

      team comes later

      It would be nice to hear what all the candidates plan for cabinet and other appointments, but it is a bit early for that. It usually comes after conventions and deal-making. The only certainties at this point are who might be the First Lady.

      I’d like to read Clinton’s (and any other candidate’s) speeches to Wall Street, too.

      I can’t find a news source that is sympathetic to Sanders. All wanted to call this for Clinton after she sorta tied in Iowa and lost in NH, and tied again in NV. Of course they wrote post mortems after 3 states. They’ll do the same on Super Tuesday and try to say Sanders is over. Clinton’s team has friends in the media to pound this narrative, and hope that those who can’t count or read will just listen and absorb. I fully expect him to have the money and support to go all the way to the convention, despite the major media’s best efforts.

      Sanders had already built up some serious political capital that others (let’s say Dean and Nader) never came close to, and has given permission to enormous numbers of people to think these “radical” thoughts and not be called un-American. Big accomplishment already, and I’m thankful. Much more of this center-right status quo and I was going to pop.

      • Submitted by Lise on February 24, 2016 at 8:08 am

        Media

        Reading the press stories dismissing Sanders on just about anything they can find to discredit him with makes you wonder whose side these people are on. Does being a “member of the press” create arrogance in and of itself? I guess having a healthy income doesn’t hurt either. Why would I want to change the status quo if the status quo is good for me personally? Still, it isn’t very democratic. And then why do people, especially lower income people, fall for the media’s line when it’s patently not in their interest?

        I always thought the media was supposed to be on the side of regular people but today, they seem to be on the side of the rich, powerful, and famous.

      • Submitted by spinoza on February 24, 2016 at 8:17 am

        Serve appetizers, expecting dinner

        My comment has to do with wanting a boost of substance from Bernie’s ‘break the mold’ campaign. I know the custom is to wait to flesh out the team, but seeing the dearth of his political peers stepping up and voicing support for him, and hearing what sounds like pandering (“hey kids do you want free college- let’s get the fat cats to pay”, etc.) leaves me longing for more tangible force behind his bid to lead.

        I’m glad that progressive rhetoric is injected into the spin cycle. But Bernie has not made the case that, despite him saying so- his kickstarter revolution notwithstanding- it’s not actually about him. That’s why I’m desiring evidence that he can elicit sacrifice from his constituents, and implement the radical change he espouses aided by those who will work with and succeed him.

        To be clear, I’m no fan of Hillary, and think the electorate is punch drunk. In other words, “Who you really gonna call when the rent comes due.”

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