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Bernie Sanders' December, 2010 Filibuster on Corporate Greed: An Historic Speech by Bernie Sanders
mcwyss's review against another edition
4.0
The Speech is an incredibly helpful and great companion to the C-SPAN video of Senator Sanders’s filibuster. The book clears up some of Sanders’s speech and corrects and adjusts some figures and statistics he gave to more accurately reflect reality. However, sometimes the book does misquote him and in doing so changes the meaning slightly of what he said. Because of this, and because of the numerous graphs and charts Senator Sanders uses, it is best to read the book with the video playing nearby. The Speech is a passionate lambasting of the 2010 tax cuts and Sanders used this bill to demonstrate the harsh class warfare occurring in this country and the sorry state of the US for the vast majority of its people. Bernie describes this class warfare in particular detail and fury on page 73 (2:30:00) and connects this warfare to mass incarceration. Bernie also takes the opportunity to speak to the American people and tell them that their suffering is not their fault, something no other politician is likely to do it seems. And in a particular moving section that brought me to tears, beginning on page 201, he tells the stories of Americans, mostly Vermonters, who are suffering as a result of the economic crisis and who are struggling to survive. This proved to be a central idea of Bernie’s political career, as outlined in the article You Don’t Know Bernie Sanders by Ruby Cramer, that people should get the chance to speak for themselves. As Cornel West says, “Let suffering speak.” The Speech is incredibly moving and if the full C-SPAN video wasn’t available for free online it would be 5/5 stars.
lhreader's review against another edition
4.0
I added this book to my want-to-read shelf years ago, when I first started learning about American politics and heard about Bernie Sanders.
I must say I didn't actually read this; I found a recording of the speech itself on YouTube and watched the whole 8 hours and 34 minutes of it.
The speech was of course a bit repetitive; after all, it needed to drive home a handful of key points, and it did so very effectively. Senator Sanders used a wealth of statistics, extracts and letters to paint a picture of the American economy in 2010, when the middle class was shrinking due to the financial crisis, the uber-rich were gaining more than ever, and the US Senate was about to pass a bill which gave huge tax breaks to the top 0.24%.
It's a passionate speech, and an articulate one too, so it's worth listening to; if anything, it's a lesson on recent economic history and a rally to get involved.
I must say I didn't actually read this; I found a recording of the speech itself on YouTube and watched the whole 8 hours and 34 minutes of it.
The speech was of course a bit repetitive; after all, it needed to drive home a handful of key points, and it did so very effectively. Senator Sanders used a wealth of statistics, extracts and letters to paint a picture of the American economy in 2010, when the middle class was shrinking due to the financial crisis, the uber-rich were gaining more than ever, and the US Senate was about to pass a bill which gave huge tax breaks to the top 0.24%.
It's a passionate speech, and an articulate one too, so it's worth listening to; if anything, it's a lesson on recent economic history and a rally to get involved.
delilah_lin's review against another edition
4.0
Absolutely fantastic. Be warned, it is repetitious, though I feel it definitely helps with retintion of some very serious issues currently facing our country. He very much cares about the average middle-class citizen, and with that ferocious amount of attention and care, he has inspired me to take part in the responsibility of helping our nation. This book needs to be read by every American.
I love Bernie, he'll be getting my vote should he decide to run in 2016.
I love Bernie, he'll be getting my vote should he decide to run in 2016.
vivling's review against another edition
5.0
It's Bernie. It gets 5 stars no matter how repetitive it is.
cybrarerin's review against another edition
4.0
Much better listening to him or watching the videos.
abhat's review against another edition
5.0
should be a bipartisan issue but alas, super PACS... we are screwed
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