James O'Brien meets Bernie Sanders | LBC
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- U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders is the longest-serving independent member of Congress in American history. He joins James to discuss social inequality, the dangers of corporate media in both the UK and America and why he is determined to stop Donald Trump from getting back in the White House. Bernie Sanders’ book, It’s OK To Be Angry About Capitalism is available to buy now.
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The best president America will never have.
Because he was too scared to critique Biden
@@AM2K2 He did not critisise anyone he was running against for the most part, he just put his policies and record up against theirs. For better and worse.
Yet he still sides with Israel murdering civilians by the tens of thousands
........although since we all care about people, he would still have left Palestine in the lurch.
He also turned his back on Medicare for All, which was a campaign for an US NHS.
I think he might have had more power in the position he is in.
It makes me want to weep for a country that has a Bernie Sanders but votes for Donald Trump. The rational face of US politics. Thanks, James.
I'm not a fan of Trump but I don't understand the hate against him. Biden! Bush! Obama! name me an American president who wasn't a warmonger. How many military bases does the US have around the world?
If China or Russia had HALF the bases around the globe as the US does we'd never hear the end of it...
The US electorate didn’t vote for Trump. That was the Electoral College.
It makes me want to weep that Bernie accepted the primary outcome in 2016 without complaint, but too many of his fans preferred to abstain, vote third party, or write in his name than to vote for Hillary. I’m a few thousand miles away and I could see the threat to SCOTUS and Roe v Wade after Republicans stopped Obama from appointing Merrick Garland.
@@colinbaker3916Bernie didn't have adequate support within the Democratic Party in 2016 or 2020. That's what happens when you're an Independent and don't put in the time and effort to make allies. Being a maverick has consequences, and if he hadn't waited so long to decide to run for President he would have realized that long ago.
You can blame the Dems for that one… I was ready to support Bernie in 2016 (my first election) but went for Trump instead simply because the Dems cheated him out. They did it again in 2020 and I would never ever vote Dem for the rest of my life. The notion that Trump is somehow worse than Biden is just a farce imo. Most Americans would probably say they did better under Trump than Biden and the polls really do reflect that.
@@zippymufo9765 I wasn’t going into specifics, more that Bernie accepted things better than his fans.
I was a Bernie Sanders delegate to the National Convention in 2016. Though I live in Iowa now, I grew up in Vermont, and I've voted for Bernie in every election that I could. I can say without any reservation that he's truly a man of the people, for the people. If we had just 25 more Bernies in Washington, the country would be fixed quite quickly.
After 2016 I knew absolutely that any even slightly progressive America will and can never be. I dismiss all politics as inevitably succumbing to authoritarian fascism, which is inevitable here. Who is the top of the food chain? The winners. Always. The money that destroys the Bernie types.
@@airbloomamplifiers yeah this is very true from where I try to organize from (Florida) there’s just no chance
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Trump is 77, Biden is 81, Bernie is 82 - who is the more lucid ???
well that's a two no brainer question 😉
I remember seeing multiple news stories about how big of a deal it was that he walked to work a lot while he was an elected official.
👍👍👍👍@@stegemme
You folks are wrong if you think for one minute President Biden is not on top of things mentally....the man still has ALL of his faculties. Dont by the propaganda, the man has has a speech impediment his whole life but was still able to reach the highest of in our country.
Trump.
I am a 45yr old man living in the uk. I’m not into politics whatsoever. However, whenever I hear this man speak he seems like the most honest, relatable politician there is. Respect to you Bernie ❤
Clean your ears
@@UnknownUser-by4le Get a brain.
@@UnknownUser-by4leMillionaire as advertising his book and professes to be A Socialist.
@@yvonnelee3880 You don't know what a socialist is.
@yvonnelee3880 his books are worth reading, unlike your bile laced comments.
The greatest US President that never was
I believe that no one would be complaining about his age if Bernie was the president today.
Are you serious?
@@HenriettaMRiley of course unless you can think of a better candidate
@@teresaamanfu7408part of that is because he is still incredibly spry and quick witted at his age. I dont think Biden's is as bad as they say, but there's definitely a noticeable difference. Even between Bernie and Trump. His brain is firing on all cylinders compared to those other people that are also around his age, he's actually a couple years older and still seems more all there.
Him and Eugene Debs. He was an absolute legend in his day.
America’s biggest missed opportunity. A great statesman. You won’t find a more sincere and honest man
I totally agree with your comment!!
Bernie Sanders is a great man , a great human being an inspiration.
🗽🇺🇸❤✌💫
No he definitely isn’t
And a total sellout!! What a fraud he is (I voted for him in '16).
@@The_king567OK. Now back up your point of view.
@@nutmegz9534 he is a sellout the democrats rigged it against him and paid him off and he took it like a coward
The US couldn’t accept his universal healthcare policy, labeled him a socialist without having a clue about what that meant.
Just by being a decent and polite human being you're considered a radical socialist in the US.
He calls himself a socialist. Because he is. If you like what he says maybe you are one, too and don't know it. Lol at the socialism fears in the comments.
i mean yeah he does identify as a dem-soc but has been working to destigmatise the word socialism after the sheer amount of damage 2 people managed to do to it
Socialism is not communism, but then the true meaning of communism is not what’s portrayed in China or the Soviet Union. They have been abused for the sake of egos and power.
Because it doesn’t work and we don’t want it
I'll never forget the heartache I felt when Hilary became inevitable. Nothing had ever inspired hope in me like Bernie. Few things have broken my heart more thoroughly than the 2016 primary. And I'm not American.
The world was robbed.
@thomas the world was robbed by the very thieves that are running it.
Mostly fascists, the mafia, all our government agencies, the pentagon, Corporations and bankers.
Find a man who can deal with all those entities, and have enough power to clean things up, then he would be our next President.
I was a 40 year old political ignoramus. Never could tell you a policy or platform couldn't tell you who was right who was left. I heard about an old Jewish guy who was speaking about power to the people, fighting for the rights of citizens over corporations and lobbyists. Since then I've voted in EVERY election available to me. I truly hate that our two party system allows overwhelming greed and corruption to rule our politics! So glad I've learned about the likes of AOC, Omar, Talib, Corbyn, Singh, and so many of their ilk that are actually uncorrupted and fight for US!
@@jasoneves140 *Tlaib (though pronunciation is Americanized).
@@jasoneves140"that's the story of Jesus"...and it would've ended same way for Berne too, sadly.
He was (is) too sophisticated in his thinking and too progressive in his ideas - i.e. he constituted a threat to the established order, which exists to serve the interests of the few. Without any doubt, his presidency would have been constantly undermined by right-wing elements (of both the GOP and the Democratic Party), as was the case with the UK's Jeremy Corbyn, who, as Labour Party leader, inherited a party completely antipathetic to the socialist ideals it was founded upon.
Bernie is so refreshingly rational and wise for a politician
although since we all care about people, he would still have left Palestine in the lurch.
He also turned his back on Medicare for All, which was a campaign for an US NHS.
YUP,,,,,HE’S.LIKE JOE. BIDEN. DEFINITELY,SHOULD BE,,,,
For a person, all the way around.
@@geekylove3603 Well, not really like the NHS, but more like Canada. NHS is not only funded through the government, but care is administered through the government. Our system would just be an expansion of Medicare, which is funded though the government but administered via private.
The fact he wanted to be a librarian is exactly why it's such a shame he never became the president .
What? 🤔
@@Fractal379I think the idea is that he wanted a simple life of personal fulfillment, rather than seeking enrichment, or power.
although since we all care about people, he would still have left Palestine in the lurch.
He also turned his back on Medicare for All, which was a campaign for an US NHS.
@@geekylove3603We get it, you know how to use copy and paste.
people who actually want to be politicians should be banned. Bernie is ideal for president or Prime Minister of UK.
The world is poorer without this man as American president 😢
He is present in politics and heard by more people than will admit to it. He’s the sage that America is in need of, and I am not referring to a herb!
The fact we could have had Bernie and Corbyn but ended up with Boris and Trump will always be devaststing. I wonder what could have been better
I've been saying that for what seems like years 😢. If only 👍
Of course, James was one of those who jumped on the bandwagon that was the Corbyn witch-hunt. What a hypocrite.
There is an alternative where this happened and things are much better
Not a witch hunt, he shared a stage with hamas. He was always unelectable
@@tmarritttony Blair after he stepped down from the PM-ship, he said that a big mistake was that once Hamas was democratically elected, the West shouldn't have shunned them. They all should have taken them seriously as a political group and not put complete sanctions on them, treating them like a pariah. You treat people like terrorists, and you make sure they have no ability to provide for their people who can have no industry or make money to build their lives, and you imprison them ALL, they are gonna act like terrorists. Looking at sinn fein we can see that once you DO sit down with "terrorists" you see that you CAN actually bring them into the political process, and there can be peace. I think that's what corbyn was trying to do with Hamas
Bernie Sanders is a role model for the world, why is he not US president?🌎
Extreme corruption in the Dem party, and extreme ignorance in public discourse.
Love Bernie to bits what a champion
He blows away Biden and Trump with his intelligent, considerate and reasoned views. ✨
I think Bernie would correct you on your feelings towards President Biden. The president is a very intelligent and thoughtful man who has fought for the working class his whole political career and Sen. Sanders would be the first to tell you that. He just isnt as progressive as progressives want so they speak ill of him, instead of giving him the credit he is due.
Trump and President Biden is not hardly the same, and do not belong in the same sentence!
Joe Biden has the same views as Bernie,it's a shame nobody ever listens to him.
@@burnout_2017 and this is why Bernie is not to be trusted or taken seriously in any way. He's a typical career politician. You wouldn't catch Jeremy Corbyn speaking up for Blair or Starmer.
@@hartubmoses6645
They (Joe and Donald) are both too old and senile to be POTUS. There you go, that's one sentence.😏
Mr. Sanders always gives me hope ❤
Bernie has used the same mantra for decades, yet I will never skip and opportunity to watch him go through them again. An incredibly invigorating person.
Bernie is 82 years old. His wisdom and leadership will hopefully never vanish. Such grace to never admit to disappointment.
Listen to Bernie talk, then listen to Trump talk.
And you immediately know where you at least stand with the latter. The former just talks a big game and will inevitably disappoint the masses.
Trump wasn't hated because of him being ist this or phobe that, he was hated by the establishment because he wasn't just sitting down and doing what he was told. Why do you think they had a dementia patient run against him and set up the results.
Trump doesn't "talk" in the sense of having a discussion. With him it's always a monologue that's little more than a rambling, incoherent, seemingly insane string of bizarre nonsense larded with self-pity and endless whining.
@@martin2289 not true at all, you've allowed yourself to be influenced by the media. Trump is sharp and witty and speaks a lot of sense like a real person.
@@clivet3252 True, shame that he's a liar and a narcissist and would gladly destroy democracy and sell America to Putin to save his own skin to live comfortably for the last few years he has remaining on this earth.
@@clivet3252Trump babbles incoherently.
I voted for this man twice in our primaries, absolutely gutted we couldn't get him in office.
Yeah I followed it avidly, watched all the hurdles that were put in his way, all the traps that were set for him, he never went negative, always retained his dignity.
You and me both. The results were doctored.
I campaigned for Bernie both times he ran for potus. One of my favorite people!
Why? He is a weak politician on the global stage, America would get bullied by Yemen and China.
Thank you, Bernie for all you do 💙💙💙
What an impressive man Bernie Sanders is
What a national hero ! Great man and politician.
Bernie is not just articulate, but is compassionate, reasoned and intelligent in his views. Thank you Bernie for listening to the people, and not the man.
Just from Bernie's opening comments I love him even more!
Yes. The best president we'll never have. I love when Bernie tours in the UK.
Thank you James and Bernie, I always like to hear from the best president the world was denied, but that was the first time I heard about his background. Well done James.
@peteroneill Thank you for making one of the most relevant and pertinent posts on this thread.
You have indeed listened carefully.
Greetings from Auckland New Zealand ! 🇳🇿
what an amazing interview he is just a beautiful man ❤
Thank you James. Bernie has been my first choice for our US President for over a decade. ❤️🤍💙
I am grateful for Bernie’s perseverance in fighting for the everyday Americans.
That's nice. I wish he had been more succesful as a U.S. Senator, beyond getting re-elected.
He isn’t fighting for anyone
@@The_king567 hahaha words words words
Typing is easy; making real intelligent points and arguments is much harder.
@@eehammee what are you talking about
What could have been. More compassion and wisdom then the top 100 people in either the Democratic or Republican Parties combined.
Look up what he has said about Israel/Palestine in the last few weeks.
He's a wolf in sheeps clothing.
@@geekylove3603and you're not comrade? 🤔
@@jankwartel1860
Jesus wept
Power to the people ❤
Imagine an alternative 2016, where Sanders wins in the US and the UK stays in the EU.
I can't because it genuinely breaks my heart
its just sad. there are so many tiny things that couldve reshaped history. on a small scale things like that, or churchill not doing the whole iran coup thing, or even smth like fdr living a few month longer
And the Tories want American Healthcare in the UK
And Labour want a watered down American system that will cost the tax payer WAY more than the NHS should if funded properly.
Yes because they can make money selling the NHS
@@mrsmammymacof course, and then dividends to their son's and sons...m
They want the same in Australia as well, and our healthcare system is very similar to yours.. hopefully people see through things and don’t go down that path.
Great interview with the very down to earth Bernie Sanders! ❤️
I grew up in rural conservative Britain. At a very young age I left home and met a few people who talked about the things Bernie talks about and with a measured and rational way of conveying said things. My first thought was , “ that sounds true”.
There began the hard and long education to finally come to the conclusion, “ that sounds true because it is true.”
Always a pleasure to listen to Bernie.
Rural conservative Texan here, I remember an older guy talking to me about trickle down economics when I was like 16 and being so unsure about my intelligence because it made no sense to me, but my dad and I were doing work for him so I "believed" him until I spent some time out in the world.
@@CenTexMex101
Trickle being exactly that. The big way politics is packaged in the west it’s a wonder anyone knows anything about politics at all.
@@stewartcohen-jones2949
Exactly trickle down economics is exactly what it sounds like,…… very slow wealth accumulation towards the bottom to the point it is going backwards. While at the top party time is all the time.
Wow! I feel sure Bernie would be elated to hear he'd been a part of your education.
It would certainly overwhelm me. 🙏
What a lovely podcast episode, and what an absolute gem in Bernie Sanders.
Cheers James..
❤ Adore Bernie! thankyou. ✨
I wish his parents had lived to be old they would have been VERY PROUD. Love Bernie he's great.
Who can forget Bernie’s energy humanity & articulate speeches, what a man. He’s not lost any of his Brooklynese!
"Heey, I'm talkin here"
I thoroughly enjoyed Bernie's book. Seeing him here in the UK is definitely a treat!
By miles the Best real politician in the DISUNITED STATES. It is this man who will be the best inhabitant of the White House that America never had. Great interview. Go Bernie go. Well done James.
Alas … such an honest person will never be allowed to win an election in America … has been consistent in his messaging and belief … hope he runs again and wins this time …
Even though I agree with the sentiment don't you see the contradiction in your own sentence?
I do see the contradiction … hence started the sentenced with “Alas”
@@gavinbuck8130you also must have missed the word "hope".
@@eehammee You must have missed the word "never", never is an absolute.
If you swap the word never with highly unlikely, there can still be hope.
Never and hope were the contradiction.
@@gavinbuck8130touché
Bernie is my Senator 💙VT.
I wish James was born here in the US and he could run for President. He’s a great communicator and debater and very intelligent and compassionate.
Ill take him as a radio talk show host anytime
I LOVE Bernie! He shoots so straight! He impacts our politics…. He keeps the issues out in front. Thank you Bernie! We are blessed to have you! 😊
Gosh I really love this man. Thank you Bernie.
If every Politician was as noble and kind as Bernie Sanders the world would be in far greater shape.
Wish we could have gotten Bernie Sanders elected President…things just might be calmer today.
Lord…could we use some calm in this storm!
Thanks James…
People,everything Bernie has talked about, that you think is so amazing, could have come out of Joe Bidens mouth! It beggars belief that people are not listening to him.Biden is unfortunately not a great orator but he is just as sharp as Bernie.
Bernie ROCKS. I've just finished 'It's okay to be Angry ." His revelations of the inequality that affects (and is tacitly promoted by the Uber Rich) the US, are breathtaking and his proposals obvious and reasonable. So much of what ails America, ails the UK. Stay alert! Thank you James. Thank you Bernie. 👌
As a young girl I read a lot about the Holocaust so in the late 70's when my brother came back from visiting Israel and the West Bank with horrible stories about how Palestinians were being treated I didn't believe him. I couldn't imagine that Jewish people who had been through the Holocaust could oppress others.
Yeah it's one of the biggest mysteries in modern world history! How those who are the descendants of Holocaust survivors can turn out to be some of the worst most reprehensible people you'll ever meet. And what does descendants are doing now in 2023 and 2024 are beyond inhuman! 🤯
My thoughts exactly.
You never seen X-Men? Crass joke excuse me, but the point stands, psychology teaches us that those who suffer great abuse often grow up to inflict similar abuse on others. Fear and insecurity are powerful and corrupting motivators
@@jn4126Never Again could be a common sentiment?
Such a gulf between Trump and Sanders. Sanders, thoughtful, knowledgeable, decent, and humane. Everything Trump is not.
Great interview, I've never seen Bernie so relaxed.
More faculties, more energy, more vitality, more articulate, and more marbles than either Biden or Trump, and he’s older than both of them!
James - thanks for letting Bernie be Bernie!
love you Bernie!👍💯fascinating conversion, great job to you both!
Bernie is a treasure.
Two of my absolute favorite people!
This should have been about 4 times longer
Bernie touched on it, the greatest thing that politics given to the working person in the U.K., is the NHS…………….lets fight to keep it.
I could listen to Bernie all day. So refreshing from what you normally get from politicians.
I'm pretty sure all we can hope for is to be this lucid at his age
I've been angry at capitalism for fourty years. Now I am just angry at the people that practice it and the greed/ignorance that feeds it. That's almost everyone in my generation covered i think.
Why don’t we have more politicians like Bernie. Very knowledgable man👍
As citizens United
Ask citizens United
If I could have one wish, it would be that everyone could hear and understand conversations like this 💯
Thanks, James! Love you, Bernie, always have, always will!! 🫂🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊💙😘👍🫂💙💙🌊👁️👁️
Brings back some faith in Americans which I have lost in these last years. Thank you James, great interview.
I know about Eugene Debs from listening to NPR podcasts. When you know about him, you can understand why and how Bernie has been kept from the presidency. He's still a very important politician and has made great change in the US, just not enough.
Such a shame he didn’t win! He’s got the highest moral character and the ability to reach so many people!
Sanders has Aristotle-level qualities..very wise
I’m an expat now in the states and have voted in both countries over the years. Voting for Bernie in two primary elections were my proudest moments voting. He’s one of the few US politicians who are on our side but I do worry there’s no one to follow in his footsteps. Maybe AOC. Best president we never had.
Thank you Bernie for standing up for humanity
Why anybody ever thought Hilary was a better candidate than this guy is beyond me. He'd have crushed the 2016 election if he was running, and by now Trump would be a forgotten nobody left to the realms of history.
Sad state of affairs for America.Get money out of politics.Go Bernie never give up🙏🏼👏🏽❤️👍
I wished Bernie had been President 8 years ago.
Thanks for have Bernie Sanders on your show. You and he are a great pair!
Great interview with a great man. Thanks, James
He is so smart so well spoken, will all the facts in simple terms he tell you what is wrong with capitalism and the world today
Bernie you are an absolute gift ♡ thank you for working so tirelessly, it was fantastic getting to see you live in London again ♡ also well done James! You were brilliant 👏🤘
It's a worry James. I can't believe what is happening in the world today. Great guest. Hope you and your family are well ❤
Thé greatest living American
I went to see Bernie Sanders in Liverpool on Tuesday night and he was very fearful of Trump getting into power and the threat that he and the far right would would have on democracy in the USA and around the world.
So hearing what that guy said about democracy brings it home even more.
Sanders is so incredibly self-aware and conscious of other people’s needs and culture. It’s so sad he is demonised so rigorously in the US.
Can't think of anyone more worthy of a position in power. But it's a mad world.
He demonstrates the genius of simplicity - everything is reasonable and rational. How politics could be without the greed and selfish ambition…
what a brilliant interview well done both of you chaps
Thank you to James O'Brian and Bernie Sanders for this interview. It's truth we need.
What a interesting person
What Mr O'Brien does not understand about Bernie Sanders' generation, and mine, is that we were young in a time of great change. Civil rights and the Vietnam War were major causes of upheaval in the United States. Sociology classes were eye-openers for those of us who could go to college .Many were swept up in the currents of history. Bernie happened to be swept into Congress, fueled by his great compassion of course.
Thank you James for one of the best interviews ever with Bernie. You are the very best.
Feel the Bern! I wish he could have been president. I voted for him!
Great interview James
Bernie is 1yr older than Biden and still coherent, funny, eloquent and physically fit. I wish he could have won.
But he's also honest, and dedicated to what he believes. Age is irrelevant in that Obama was coherent, eloquent and physically fit, and struggled even to be a mediocrity, and only lives in the reflected glory of *not* being as disastrous as Trump. Biden, admittedly through progressive pressure, has been significantly better than Obama, even with his supposed shortcomings.
Thank you for inviting Bernie on your program. It is always enlightening to hear him and see him looking so well. Bernie ❤from a former Californian who is living in France.
This was brilliant, my political idol talking to the guy that is largely responsible for my political awakening thanks to Brexit. I’ve even got a Bernie 2020 hoodie from his win in Carolina🤙
I love Bernie! He is the only senator with Elisabeth Warren, who makes sense and would lead the USA into a true progressive agenda for the American people. He is against Netanyahu'war on Gaza. He cares about the Palestinian people. I wish he was running in the 2024 campaign for president as a Democrat Socialist. Let's not underestimate the power of the people against the oligarchs.
Warren? The senator that milked her fake cherokee heritage her whole career, even going so far as calling herself a minority faculty member at harvard in 1996, and fabricating a DNA test which indicated she indeed had native heritage until she apologized in 2019?
It's such a shame that considering Warren and Sanders were meant to be fighting for the same cause that she attempted to pull the rug out beneath him, I say attempted because it misfired and blew up in her face.
Elizabeth Warren is not a true progressive and NEVER supported Bernie when he needed her most!
Bernie reminds me of the political version of Carl Sagan, his voice is awesome
Bernie is absolutely a wonderful man. His integrity is very important to me and his knowledge and experience is incredible ❤️
Bernie Sanders is an ICON
While Biden and Trump losing their minds and one of them will be president, here we have an american, very qualified, sharp and highly capable yet never gets a mention. America eh? 😅