Friends -

The Fighting Oligarchy tour is on the road again. So far, we’ve held 198 events in 12 states - speaking to over 260,000 people. Now, we’re adding 3 more states to that list.

Tomorrow, I will be in Texas for the first of three events. We will also be doing events over the weekend in Louisiana and Oklahoma - including some very rural areas.

So. Why are we doing rallies in three very red states? The answer is obvious. We’ve got to educate, organize and mobilize working people in EVERY state in the country to fight oligarchy, authoritarianism, kleptocracy and the massive cuts to Medicaid, nutrition and education that Trump is proposing.

The truth is that the ruling class agenda is NOT popular. Very few Americans believe that it’s appropriate for one person to own more wealth than the bottom 52% of households; that we provide massive tax breaks to billionaires; and that we maintain a corrupt campaign finance system that allows the very rich to buy elections.

Most Americans understand, no matter where they live, that the current economic and political systems are rigged and broken in favor of the rich and that we need fundamental changes. They want a government and economic policies that benefit all, not just the wealthy few.

Sadly, the Democratic Establishment is incapable and uninterested in mounting grassroots working class movements. Also, their economic agenda, to the degree that they have one, is very weak. Opposing Trump’s disastrous policies are enormously important. But it’s not enough. We need to provide a bold working class alternative agenda - based on economic, social, racial and environmental justice. And that’s what the Fighting Oligarchy tour is all about.

I also want you to know that we are not just doing rallies, as important as they are.

We have hired organizers in a number of states with Republican members of Congress who are now bringing people together to oppose Trump‘s “Big Beautiful Bill” and to lay the groundwork for a successful 2026 election.

We have mobilized thousands of volunteers in over a dozen states to do the same. We are also helping many hundreds of new candidates learn how to run for office for school board, city council, state representative and other local and statewide positions.

And we have recently been endorsing, and providing assistance, to a number of strong progressive candidates around the country - including Abdul El-Sayed for U.S. Senate in Michigan, Adelita Grijalva for Congress in Arizona, Robert Peters for Congress in Illinois, Troy Jackson for Governor of Maine, Donovon McKinney for Congress in Michigan, Rebecca Cooke for Congress in Wisconsin, Zohran Mamdani for Mayor of New York City and Justin Brannan for New York City Comptroller.

More endorsements will be coming in the near future.

In this pivotal moment in American and world history, when the stakes are so high for our country and the entire planet, we should not underestimate the difficult challenges that we face. But that should not make us pessimistic. If we stand together, we have the power to create a government and an economy that works for all of us, not just a handful of billionaires.

As Nelson Mandela, one of the great liberation leaders in modern history reminded us: “It always seems impossible until it is done.”

Let’s do it.

In Solidarity,

Bernie

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