“You’ve gotta get in on the love train”: Cornel West stumps for Bernie Sanders
"As Atlanta native and Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King writes, Sanders’ campaign is “not a fad.” The senator has built a campaign that has overtaken his likely rival, Hillary Clinton, in early primary states, and he’s on a quest to make inroads in the South, where a mix of working-class whites, Latinos, and black voters control most of the Democratic delegates. In Atlanta, the president of the local Communications Workers of America, Ed Barlow, a fiery black organizer, praised Sanders as fighting harder for American workers than anyone else in the nation’s capital.
Most presidential fundraisers are big-ticket events. When Hillary Clinton had one in Atlanta earlier in the summer, it took place at Buckhead Mansion, a luxury rental space, in an event that was closed to the press. When Sanders came to Atlanta, attendees came from every part of the city, and every race, gender and age was represented, from college kids decked out in home-made “Bernie” shirts to black union workers to elderly advocates for veterans and members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Following his Atlanta trip on Friday, Sanders spoke at three South Carolina events alongside veteran civil rights activist and academic Cornel West. First came his event at Benedict College, a small historically black college in Columbia, South Carolina, where he spoke to an audience of 1,000 people, roughly half white and half minority, according to local media.
“Bernie Sanders is calling for a political revolution predicated on a moral and spiritual awakening. We’ve got to straighten our backs up. Come together across color, across class, across sexual orientation, across region. That’s what Bernie Sanders’ campaign is all about,” thundered West, as the audience gave him a standing ovation. “You’ve gotta get in on the love train. That’s what Bernie Sanders’ campaign is. It’s a love train. Do you love working people? Do you love poor people? Do you love the declining middle class? We love rich folk too, but we can’t stand greed. We can’t stand avaricious activity. We can’t stand injustice.”
http://www.salon.com/2015/09/17/youve_gotta_get_in_on_the_love_train_cornel_west_stumps_for_bernie_sanders_partner/