“Bernie Sanders has a lifetime commitment to the working class. He is a fearless champion in fighting for a fair economy and a just society,” says Colin Bird-Martinez, a member of The People’s Lobby’s Endorsement Committee. “Senator Sanders and The People’s Lobby are aligned on our most urgent policy positions, as well as the necessity of building a multi-racial, multi-generational movement of millions of people to fight for them.” Those positions include fighting for high-quality “Medicare for All,” ending mass incarceration, comprehensive immigration reform, eliminating dependence on fossil fuels that is devastating our planet, making public colleges free for everyone, and making sure the rich and corporations pay their fair share in taxes.

For the past three years, Trump’s racist, xenophobic, mysogynist and pro-corporate policies have made things even worse for the working class, particularly for Black, brown, and other vulnerable communities. Trump can only be defeated by electing a candidate who’s accountable to the masses, not the privileged few.

Bernie’s campaign is based on building a broad and durable multiracial, multi-generational movement of workers, youth, students, LGBTQIA folx, and is funded exclusively from grassroots donations, so we are confident that, as President, Bernie will continue building this mass movement necessary to win the incredible changes we need.

The People’s Lobby’s membership makes this endorsement because we believe that of all candidates a Sanders administration would offer the most opportunities to win policy victories that bring us closer to our vision of a world without racism, sexism, nationalism and staggering economic inequality.