Shaking Up the Democratic Party

Shaking Up the Democratic Party

By demanding a “revolution” to shift power away from Wall Street, Sen. Sanders is attracting millions of young Americans who want fundamental change. He’s also upsetting the Democratic establishment which favors only incremental “reforms” acceptable to corporate interests, as Norman Solomon notes.

Forty-eight years ago, a serious insurrection jeopardized the power structure of the national Democratic Party for the first time in memory.