David Goodner
The Gazette
Iowa City, IA, United States
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Keep the caucuses, purge the party
Sen. Bernie Sanders won the 2020 Iowa caucuses by 6,000 popular votes, propelled by the strength of his grassroots movement of volunteers and small-dollar donors. No other candidate received more delegates-as-real-people than Bernie. → Read More
In Iowa, Rashida Tlaib and the Sunrise Movement Push the Green New Deal—and Bernie Sanders
National progressive leader and “Squad” member Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) barnstormed through Iowa over the weekend with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), just three weeks before the state’s first-in-the-nation caucus on February 3.Together, Sanders and Tlaib turned out hundreds of people to a town hall meeting in Davenport on Saturday and 900 to a Sunday rally in Iowa City → Read More
A President for Nationalizing Major Industries? Please Can We Have ‘76 Bernie for 2020
On the same day moderate Texas Democrat Beto O'Rourke declared his candidacy for president, CNN published an exclusive report: Bernie Sanders in the 1970s urged nationalization of most major industries. | By David Goodner → Read More
Sanders Connects Farmers' Struggles to Labor Movement in Iowa Rallies
Sanders spoke at length about connecting the struggles of independent family farmers to the struggles of workers. → Read More
Will 2020 Be the Year Presidential Candidates Actually Take Labor Issues Seriously?
Call it a sin of omission, but the historic decline of labor union power was on full display during recent CNN town hall meetings with 2020 Democratic presidential aspirants Sens. Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar. | By David Goodner → Read More
The Case for Sanders/Warren 2020: The Populist Dream Team Ticket to Win A Green New Deal
In 2014, I gave a slight nod to Senator Elizabeth Warren over Senator Bernie Sanders in a widely read column on Common Dreams that went viral and was shared on social media by more than 100,000 people. | By David Goodner → Read More
Will Grassroots Movements Change the Political Discourse in Iowa?
Presidential elections are an opportunity for grassroots movements to punch above their weight - especially in caucus states. → Read More
Organized Labor Should Spend the Rest of 2015 Training Workers How to Fight
Imagine if a tidal wave of worker strikes for economic and social justice began to rock job sites across the country in the months and years to come. → Read More