Bernie Sanders on the Life and Legacy of Late Cuban Revolutionary Fidel Castro

democracynow.org - Cuba has begun nine days of mourning following the death of revolutionary leader and former President Fidel Castro, who died Friday at the age of 90. In Havana, tens of thousands of people lined up to pay their respects to Castro, who launched the Cuban revolution to oust the U.S.-backed Cuban dictator, Fulgencio Batista, and went on to lead Cuba for nearly a half-century. On Monday night, Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman sat down with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders for an interview in front of a live audience at the Free Library of Philadelphia, where he spoke about the life and legacy of the revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.
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[@joserobertofongnakazawa2439]

Bernie is the kind of leader that the US would have overthrown in the 60's in Latin America.

[@mattysav4627]

He’s the same type of leader as who they would over throw today or at least similar look at what happens in Bolivia. In the west people just belive the media so people like Corbyn or bernie don’t really stand a chance and if they did get elected they probably won’t be able to change the system to much

[@tier1solutions28]

Communism directly caused the deaths of 100 million people. Let's give it another whirl

[@mattysav4627]

@@tier1solutions28 😂 source from the black book of communism a mean spice which 2 of the three authors disassoisatwd them selves from it also capatlism kills millions each year by not feeding housing or giving medical care which could be given to people purely do to it bieng possible

[@tier1solutions28]

@@mattysav4627 oh sure. There are people deceased all over because of lack of food and medicine in the west. El oh el

[@mattysav4627]

@@tier1solutions28 it is not the west that is the only capatlist country’s and there is still many people who still die to these things but Eastern Europe is capatlist the Middle East is capaglist Africa is capatlist and so is South America just the west gets rich by exploiting there labour and resources

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

Bernie Sanders: a sane, balanced, sensible, affable, unaffected, socially conscious American politician - he doesn’t stand a chance...

[@bernardgopfert9162]

This comment isn't aging too well

[@ericpark8784]

@@bernardgopfert9162 aged just fine

[@bestgradelearning9667]

yeah lets vote for Biden because he makes jimmy carter look good

[@emmittmatthews8636]

*Left wing loon who's well intentioned.

[@Awakeningspirit20]

Literally, they had to go with Crooked Hillary and Sleepy Joe who are just Neocons throwing social liberal red meat.

[@JerzyFeliksKlein]

I have to say that it is really refreshing seeing a US politician speaking so openly and candidly about the true American history. The rest of the world knows it, especially those directly affected, but all you get from a standard cut out of American politician is the usual "we're the greatest!". I know Bernie and his politics but I'm surprised evn him doesn't have any problem with speaking about the actual history of US international relations.

[@mf1116]

none sense, here in cuba we had n loved a strong leader, trump is a strong leader, sanders is not, trump is fidel like, not sanders

[@matthewkopp2391]

mf 111 We don't want Trump or Castro. Hopefully we get Sanders.

[@vojislavl6665]

@Arlando Little not that much at all, actually.

[@matthewkopp2391]

Arlando Little Yes, according to his tax table my taxes will go up $45. It's worth it.

[@r2d2la15]

@@vojislavl6665 exactly, specially if that 1% of billionaires here is the US start paying taxes..right now they get tax breaks!

[@shanrudra8073]

He's too reasonable to run for president

[@CoachEgg]

Reasonable people don't steal or advocate for stealing. Bernie does.

[@shanrudra8073]

@@CoachEgg Steal... what?

[@CoachEgg]

@@shanrudra8073 take money from the hands that made it without compensation. Thats theft.

[@chrisschicker8776]

@@CoachEgg Who builds the infrastructure? The roads, schools, hospitals, water systems, electrical grid etc?

[@shanrudra8073]

CoachEgg I agree, the labourers are getting ripped off.

[@anitaharrell9623]

Bernie Sanders for 20/20

[@mandinka323]

I am happy that Sanders defends Cuba o the extent that he does, but it is important to push back against the defensive othering that Sanders is forced to do regarding Cuba. It is disingenuous to criticize Cuba’s economy when the U.S. has been dedicated to destroying that economy for 60 years. Every success Cuba has had - in providing universal quality healthcare, eliminating mother to child HIV transmission (the first in the world), providing education to 100% of their population, and in eliminating severe malnutrition- has been done in the context of the most powerful country in the world trying to destroy the Cuban revolution. Cuba has estimated that due to the extraterritorial nature of the U.S. blockade it has cost the country almost one trillion dollars in damages. Sanders tepid defense is far better than that of any other candidate (by light years) and a more bold stance could cost him too much. Therefore, it is up to us to speak the truth about Cuba and not give the day to mendacious anti-communist hysteria.

[@mandinka323]

Shotround that is factually incorrect. Everything is covered by the government. Cuba has the most universalized health care system and smallest percentage of out of pocket spending around the world. Check out the World Health Organization’s information on Cuba. I did my Master’s thesis on Cuba’s medical collaboration with Ghana and a third of my doctoral dissertation was about Cuba’s health care system. So, I regret to inform you that you have been misinformed.

[@BXGUY73]

@Shotround YOU are FULL OF SHIT. Just a misinformation TROLL.

[@JosePerez-vw9zs]

Come to leave in Venezuela or Cuba! After We’ll talk!

[@mandinka323]

Jose Pérez what about the millions of Cubans who live in Cuba and voted for their new constitution? I have traveled to Cuba, and know many who wholeheartedly defend the Cuban Revolution. How about the US lift it criminal sanctions and return the 922 billion of damages that it has caused ‘and then we’ll talk’.

[@JosePerez-vw9zs]

Isaac Christiansen Cuban are forced to let them to the world that everything is ok! Why Do you think many of them leave Cuba??? Even knowing that is dangerous??? Many die trying to go to Florida, Do you think is because of happiness???? Wake up! Talk to a Cuban in Florida, please!

[@petrodollar6321]

The Untied States also supported the brutal dictatorship of Duvalier in Haiti.

[@roreythemadgod]

And helped Pinochet overthrow Chile government we all know how well that went :/

[@ericpark8784]

Plural

[@hakeemsd70m]

They also supported the brutal 30 year fascist dictatorship of Trujillo in the Dominican Republic.

[@brianjacob8728]

@@ericpark8784 Yup. Don't forget about Papa Doc's kid.

[@The_king567]

Good

[@77Cardinal]

Cuba survived the collapse of the Soviet Union and an embargo by the US by implementing a sweeping program of sustainable agriculture. They were denied help from the US and went to permaculture experts in Australia for help. The result was that in 20 years Cuba created a system that recovered and restored DEPLETED farm land and productivity on a massive scale to feed itself and employ thousands. We need to look at how Cuba did it without imported fossil fuels and fertilizers or chemicals, international bank loans, industrial machines and corporate export agriculture. We live in a country that is exporting and simultaneously outsourcing our food production. We need to know how we'll feed ourselves when that system collapses.

[@roar91328]

yea lets just ignore the mass migration on home made rafts the secret police almost 100,000 deaths and the totalitarian dictatorship in his "pure democracy" right john? we PROVIDE THE VAST MAJORITY OF PRODUCE IN THE WORLD YOU UNEDUCATED DISINGENUOUS ASS.

[@77Cardinal]

Nice try. Enjoy your next American tax payer subsidized meal. Agribiz Inc appreciates your complete obedience.

[@Mario-re2qp]

you have that backwards, only real embargo is that of the government on Cubans from practicing capitalism and democracy. Cubans are natural capitalists, nobody there wants socialism/communism!

[@Catmomila]

+Mario707 Nice thing that they elected another communist as a president, Miguel Díaz-Canel. The revolution is still much alive in Cuba, don't be ridiculous.

[@Elegostmanecorn]

Gaspoov fucktard they voted for another communist because in Cuba only has one political party that is only composed of communist people. All the other political parties that try to rise in Cuba get squashed instantly. One of the many reasons i fled Cuba.

[@nickfromCO]

"Cuber"

[@busterbiloxi3833]

He's from Brooklyn. Give him a break.

[@JosePerez-vw9zs]

Yeah, It’s a shame supporting hospitals and Education in Cuba???? It’s Amazing!! Why do you think people die everyday trying to scape that Beautiful System!!!!! OMG!!!! And Venezuela???? It’s horrible example of That Beautiful System he’s talking about! I can Believe He’s talking like that! Come to live to Cuba or Venezuela!

[@generalissimusleon]

@@JosePerez-vw9zs Lmao Venezuala is not socialist you dork

[@laskeo]

Jose Pérez ok boomer

[@byaialele5916]

I bet the OP wouldn't have expected people to be bringing this shit up 3 years later LMAO

[@sirmontecristo2808]

I am Cuban, lived there for 23 years, and I totally agree with this guy. Back in Cuba, they always talked about all these bad things the CIA did, but never the good things about the US. Bernie is not a communist, just a politician that wants to help American society.

[@mauricioecheverria3345]

regresa a cuba you fucking idiot

[@marinodwlatrelventureli2999]

thx for your imput my man, and ignore bigot comments coming in your way, stay strong !!

[@Maverick.D.]

mauricio echeverria Fuck you. Go back to Mexico.

[@Alaskan-Armadillo]

@@mauricioecheverria3345 Found the Batista supporter!!

[@JosePerez-vw9zs]

Live there???? Why you’re not there????? So funny 😂

[@oliverdash2585]

The biggest problem with Castro was he fought against every colonial power in Africa and was quite successful. He is seen by the colonial powers through the lens the slave loving South sees Lincoln.

[@clearwater4470]

Fusion Moose gusanos

[@sully9937]

@@silvergriffin2585 slave owners lol

[@burbclavefutur1527]

@Shotround Nobody cares what a bunch of ex-slave owner fascists on their yachts in Coral Gabels think.

[@marbury2403]

What a thoughtful man.

[@A925er]

thoughtless*

[@argon7479]

@@A925er I mean he seemed to have some thoughts

[@rosapollard9458]

@@argon7479 Yeah, like every ideological communist, they love the idea!!! but, the practice? not so much, if they really did they will go to Cuba, and enjoy it to the max, what l said is that l’am so thankful that l escaped that hell hole but, my heart hurts for my country men because, l know what they’re going through, F*** communism.

[@averycummings3537]

Thank you for posting this video. I was wondering what Bernie's thoughts were about Castro.

[@JosePerez-vw9zs]

Avery Cummings The worst Communism System!!!! Check how Cuban live ! Dying because of lack of everything , escaping the country in boats!!

[@TheGamingDandy]

@@JosePerez-vw9zs well that's not true.

[@TheGamingDandy]

@Teddy James rich people fled because the working class people were taking over by force. A revolution isn't pretty and it's not a tea party. Look at the USA and France. A revolution is going to cause death and force out the losing class. But the quality of life in Cuba for the working class improved dramatically, and this is just a fact.

[@diannaskare7829]

@@JosePerez-vw9zs SANDERS IS TALKING ABOUT 2016>NOT 2019>AND HE HAS NOT BEEN THERE FOR YEARS>THERE ARE TRANSCRIPTS AND VIDEO'S OF HIM TRYING TO STOP THE INSANE "REGINE CHANGE WARS" THAT CREATED CASTO

[@vojislavl6665]

@Teddy James so your source on life in Cuba is Scarface...🙄 Wow.

[@Rick-or2kq]

If you go back and watch videos of Bernie 30 years ago, he is definitively in my opinion, talking the language of Marx, you can hear it his terminology.

[@im4everskilled]

Lmao, Bernie is a liberal. He's not even a marxist

[@JacktheRah]

Sanders should have been president. Though he isn't a socialist (he is a social democrat) he is one of the most popular and best choices the US could have made.

[@Flipson456]

Sanders 2020!!!!

[@greenpandas3446]

He is a socialist. He calls himself a socialist. I’m not tearing down or condoning socialism, but it is what he is.

[@swarupmaitra]

Fidel is a Hero of Latin America and world, he changed the world

[@borninvincible]

History has proved that comrade Castro was right and his love for Cuba and her people was tremendous.

[@borninvincible]

@LegoGuy87 yeah, all the filthy slave and plantation owners got sent packing. do u have access to books?

[@The_king567]

Nah he a terrorist, just like sanders

[@djdrjmusic]

Oh my god, everything this guy says just make me love him more.

[@allend2749]

u madam are an idiot

[@audunms4780]

@@allend2749 shhh.

[@pabloaguila6344]

Go to Cuba and live like a regular Cuban. In two weeks you´ll hate this false communist who owns three mansions.

[@rosapollard9458]

Yeah, l will like to see you living in Cuba a place where you go to jail just for expressing your believe, where you can’t not even think about starting a little business, where you don’t have the right to freely travel, even inside Cuba, no free association, no free nothing, l live it but, l know that you will argue with me that the opposite it’s true, shame, shame.

[@mayhemamigos4766]

@@rosapollard9458ok Mr fbi agent

[@morningstararun6278]

Bernie Sanders : The Only American who speaks the Truth.

[@carpdude1000]

Facts

[@jimboonie9885]

@Ahmed Antimarxist ☭☭☭

[@yerdasellsavon9232]

And Michael parenti?

[@pabloaguila6344]

Some of the things he says are true. The problem is he never mentions how China invaded Tibet in 1959, or Viet Nam after the USA lost over there, or how China presses everybody not to recognize Taiwan as a free nation, or how China went to war against India more than 3 times from 1950 to 1980. Or the former Soviet Union invading Lituania, Estonia, Latvia, Finland and Poland, the latter in an agreement with the NAZIS. How the Ruskies invaded Afghanistan in 1979, or pushed Egipt and Syria to attack Israel in 1973. And he NEVER mentions Fidel Castro´s invading South America with gorillas forces, and Angola and Etipia with regular forces serving Russian imperialism.

[@morningstararun6278]

@@pabloaguila6344 That is bcos the country he has been living U has made te most invasions, genocide, bombings, rape, cold blooded murders this world has ever seen.

[@bbob70]

Assassinations and poverty, that is his legacy.

[@jxsilicon9]

bbob70 just like US presidents

[@marcomonosilio4689]

bbob70 ..yes...TERROR IS A LEGACY OF THE USA..

[@nandy9285]

jxsilicon9 well, minus the poverty.

[@The_king567]

@@marcomonosilio4689it’s not

[@ramiro041]

People need to see this now

[@gudimetlahemanthkiranreddy9114]

workers of the world unite

[@travisbrunner2922]

So "progressive" to parrot tired slogans from over a century ago...

[@northuniverse]

@@travisbrunner2922 so weird how their slogans are completely relevant today. I wonder why.

[@travisbrunner2922]

@@northuniverse Because there will always be lazy, jealous people on this planet?

[@santiagoaguilar8429]

My grandma was a guerilla in El Salvador during the civil war. The things Bernie speaks is so true. My grandma had to flee fighting the tyrant Salvadoran government that was backed by the United States. Cause of that my mom grew up with no mother. I hope to see if some change in the future with United States policies and foreign affairs. I’m also surprised lmao on some weird stuff that the government hasn’t taken Bernie down on some weird conspiracy thing since he is speaking so many truths about Cuba , El Salvador , Chili and the Middle East being semi controlled by the United States

[@cake_9510]

Your grandma did wonderful, my friend. The FMLN was a lovely group and I admire their fight for the people of El Salvador.

[@HulkHulk-fh8uf]

The question is whether Cuba is poor because of its government or the US embargo.

[@yolandacomito]

Probably both.

[@markthompson8246]

It's only a "question" for North Americans.

[@laritzadominguezlorenzo6839]

The reason is comunism.

[@bobdylan1015]

@@laritzadominguezlorenzo6839 They don’t have a communist economy.

[@jimboonie9885]

Both

[@estebandelacruzg1281]

Bernie is my hero!

[@TheMMC001]

Yikes some low standards there my friend!

[@seanhastings4432]

Damn. Bernie Sanders is a guy who has never, ever put out an attack ad. He's the most passive guy I've seen run for president in my lifetime. And even he is calling Donald Trump, "a pathological liar." Damn, Trump has pissed off everyone.

[@therealoldnosey8689]

Damn that is a good point. Sanders rarely ever attacks people.

[@charlesx6594]

Come on, this is a great man. He deserves to be the next president of the USA. Honest, constant, congruent, smart, he cares about people ( sadly that's not common for a politician) . Hope he'll be elected.

[@RobertoGonzalez-cf7dc]

carlos X ,, communist , 👎👎👎👎👎👎⚰️⚰️⚰️

[@charlesx6594]

@@RobertoGonzalez-cf7dc ignorant. You should read a little, do some research, etc. instead of just keeping in your mind what mass media gives you

[@ahogammer6895]

@@RobertoGonzalez-cf7dc i bet u dont know wut communism even means.

[@The_king567]

No he doesn’t literally everything. He said he was wrong. Sanders is a terrorist and a traitor

[@lenblack1462]

That was the correct assessment of the Cuba situation. I don't waste my time with the network news.

[@brauljo]

@Bruce Wayne Lol I wish he was a commie.

[@gvare001]

@Bruce Wayne Have you ever lived under a communist regime?

[@luisnieves8242]

everything he said has been said for decades, wake up.

[@doodelay]

Just found this channel, very good speakers you have here.

[@leolopez8528]

this was the most honest coment about castro i heard from one politict, and this guy is better than hillary and trump but in usa dont goverment the people all we know that....

[@pabloaguila6344]

Some of the things he says are true. The problem is he never mentions how China invaded Tibet in 1959, or Viet Nam after the USA lost over there, or how China presses everybody not to recognize Taiwan as a free nation, or how China went to war against India more than 3 times from 1950 to 1980. Or the former Soviet Union invading Lituania, Estonia, Latvia, Finland and Poland, the latter in an agreement with the NAZIS. How the Ruskies invaded Afghanistan in 1979, or pushed Egipt and Syria to attack Israel in 1973. And he NEVER mentions Fidel Castro´s invading South America with gorillas forces, and Angola and Etipia with regular forces serving Russian imperialism.

[@gallagherrutledge9566]

He talks just a little about Cuba in the beginning, ans Castro in passing - hardly a video about The Life and Legacy of Late Cuban Revolutionary Fidel Castro

[@mf1116]

castro n trump, both strong leaders, what the people need

[@antediluvianatheist5262]

@@mf1116 Except Trump is a fucking moron. And also weak.

[@matertua2272]

​@@mf1116 Trump's strength is only facade put up by Trump to appeal to his base. The truth is he has floundered on the worldwide stage in China, with his tariffs on China actually detrimentaly affecting the United State's economy much more than the Chinese economy, and they've been able to double down on their genocide against the Uighurs and their pushing of boundaries in the South China Sea. And do ever notice how he doesn't bring up the Wall anymore? It's because it was a complete and utter failure. It fails to keep cartels from the US whilst keeping families seperated. It was useless in the first place because there's more immigration to Mexico from the United States than the other way round, and the vast majority of immigrants arrive in the US legally and simply outstay their visas. In almost everything he touched on in his 2016 campaign, he failed badly, but sadly, Trump is a master of the media, and managed to pivot focus from his tonnes of obvious failures to things that still give him appeal as a strongman to his base, who's values and wants from a presidential candidate are eerily reminiscent to those of Fascists in the 1930's (strong leader with enough power to change things untested, nationalism, strong military and police, harsh punishments, especially on outsiders, etc;) things which you can observe in the UK as well with "grooming gangs," a myth created by the tories and the media, and fears of violent immigrants migrating from Pakistan and around that area, a threat which is massively overexagerated. Don't believe anyone that says Trump is a strong leader, he's just a failure who managed to exploit the fears and desires of a backwards and xenophobic American public, who's Fascistic tendencies remained underneath the surface until a candidate, Trump, appealed to those tendencies; a price for which they payed for without even realising it.

[@alexanderbrewis563]

I didn't support Bernie, but he made some good points here.

[@nxxxx9601]

love you bernie

[@diannaskare7829]

WOW IN 2020 I SAY AGAIN>>BERNIE SANDERS HAS AWESOME INSIGHT!

[@TheBendablespoons]

'the economy is terrible' I wonder if that has anything to do with a 50 year old embargo?

[@1RebelDog1]

exactly...

[@keyurpatel503]

Cubans don't believe in free trade anyway, so I don't understand why you have a problem with the embargo. According to communist ideology, capitalists are bad people. but you have no qualms asking for help from a capitalist.

[@TheBendablespoons]

@@keyurpatel503 this is such an unbelievably confused rebuttal. That or, it's disingenuous. "Free trade" (which hasn't existed since 1900 due to monopolies in the imperialist core) is not the same as trade. Do you think trade is unique to capitalist markets? Are you really so dense that you think that trade is only possible/necessary in capitalism? There was trade under all social systems. The thing that makes capitalism unique is that it is commodity exchange for the sake of generating profit and growing capital. Cuba still must adhere to the long term laws of profitability. They must still develop the material conditions by expanding their industrial production for the development of socialism and thus Communism. This means that they have to engage in commodity exchange, both internally and externally. However, the profits of this exchange are distributed to the whole of society rather than into the pockets of a handful of financiers. So yes, they absolutely need to trade with 'capitalist' countries. How else will get get their oil, their wheat etc? It does not necessitate capitalism in anyway despite your clumsy attempt to try Edit: "according to communist ideology, capitalists are bad people". No. 'Communist ideology' (?) (Marxism?) does not make value judgments about capitalists. It recognizes that inherent in capitalism, in capital, is the exploitation of the proletariat by the capitalist. Regardless of whether they are 'bad people' or not, we want The working class to control what it produces instead of private capital. It has nothing to do with 'bad people'

[@keyurpatel1982]

@@TheBendablespoons Fidel Castro himself had requested Spanish capitalists to invest in Cuba, generate jobs because he could not provide jobs to people. During the time of the Soviet Union, Cuba dealt with the Soviet Union, but after the collapse of the Soviet Union the Cubans were starving. Do you think any company would invest in Cuba of the Cuban government decides to restrict the profits they make or the way in which they reinvest those profits. Technically speaking no country has been restricted from doing trade with Cuba. The thing is that if a country or corporation does trade with Cuba then immediately the American market is out of bounds for them. Now who in their right minds would prefer doing business with Cuba when compared to the USA. The USA is a far, far bigger market for goods and services when compared to Cuba. I see nothing wrong morally or ethically in the embargo. The bloody Cubans can trade with Venezuela, North Korea and Iran.

[@TheBendablespoons]

@@keyurpatel1982 Why arbitrarily embargo them? Capital seeks to expand everywhere. You are presenting a false dichotomy. Capitalists want to, and will invest in both the US and Cuba. If the Cuban economy is so shit, why does it need to be embargoed? Why can't the US just let it fail on its own merit? Your pedantic argument of 'technically speaking no country is restricted from trading with Cuba" is silly. You said it yourself, why would anyone trade with Cuba knowing they will not have access to American markets? It is completely arbitrary that the Americans block Cuba. There is no economic gain for it. In fact, as I said above, capital needs to expand everywhere possible. The answer lies in political economy. The US simply wants to destroy the free Cuban nation and return it to the puppet state it was under Batista. Any of your sophisms above are just mental gymnastics meant to obfuscate that fact.

[@OpticaltrendsUs2014]

My God, I love this guy!

[@OpticaltrendsUs2014]

​@Sebastien BOHAN Nah! that's not even propaganda... it's just straight out lies. They have never allowed any inspections from the UN or any kind of 3 party polls. The Cuban economy is literally nonexistent, they don't charge taxation like the USA, since everybody has to work for the government they just deduct heavily on all paychecks every single month your salary used to be $16/month (now they claim it is $40, but who knows?) So, the Cuban education and healthcare are effectively the most expensive on this planet (maybe in the entire solar system) and for something so expensive don't expect any quality whatsoever: you just can't imagine how schools or hospitals look like in Cuba, it is just heartbreaking. There are many videos posted by Cubans from Cuba in KZbin search them and watch them and you will see what I am talking about. The de facto government steals everything, they have huge bank accounts all over the world... and while the population suffers scarcity and hunger the leaders and their children live life at large traveling the world in luxury yachts, having birthday parties and weddings in France, etc... it is not a pretty picture.

[@OpticaltrendsUs2014]

​@Sebastien BOHAN Nah! that's not even propaganda... it's just straight out lies. They have never allowed any inspections from the UN or any kind of 3 party polls. The Cuban economy is literally nonexistent, they don't charge taxation like the USA, since everybody has to work for the government they just deduct heavily on all paychecks every single month your salary used to be $16/month (now they claim it is $40, but who knows?) So, the Cuban education and healthcare are effectively the most expensive on this planet (maybe in the entire solar system) and for something so expensive don't expect any quality whatsoever: you just can't imagine how schools or hospitals look like in Cuba, it is just heartbreaking. There are many videos posted by Cubans from Cuba in KZbin search them and watch them and you will see what I am talking about. The de facto government steals everything, they have huge bank accounts all over the world... and while the population suffers scarcity and hunger the leaders and their children live life at large traveling the world in luxury yachts, having birthday parties and weddings in France, etc... it is not a pretty picture.

[@RaeMae0613]

Why are we still talking about who we vote for our who we're going to vote for? We don't matter. Our votes don't matter. We don't elect our officials, they are installed. We need to get past those facts before we can move forward, people. Why are still talking about this shit? It's a complete joke.

[@alexanderplatypus3664]

Insanity

[@TheJasperlife]

that's the difference between Communism and the supposed democracy in North America... in Communism the populace KNOWS they're being manipulated and act accordingly, in North America ignorance rules and the manipulated think their votes actually mean something and they actually posses a voice that can make a difference, because they get to own guns or other such insanities.

[@sabatino1977]

That makes it much more pernicious, doesn't it?

[@TrenElZombie]

Miami gusanos dont like this xD

[@MESSI-fx1ob]

Fuck them

[@rbunebula_1551]

I'm a gusano and I like this

[@Yzzo1]

tell me how and why again he lost to Clinton?

[@bernieclips9003]

Media Blackout and he did beat her, they robbed him.

[@blski]

Foreigner needs the magnifying glass to distinguish between two parties. For the Democrats to accept Sanders as their presidential candidate would be a revolution. Danger of doing so would be loss of financial support of big business and consequently their end.

[@tc4245]

Bernie buckled like a belt.

[@alexanderplatypus3664]

What does that mean to you exactly? And who did you vote for?

[@alexanderplatypus3664]

JL MYO WILL LOSE Because I notice it 90% Trump fans just trying to cause chaos who say that.

[@faisalhussein1028]

Excellent interview - Bravo to Democracy Now!

[@pabloaguila6344]

Some of the things he says are true. The problem is he never mentions how China invaded Tibet in 1959, or Viet Nam after the USA lost over there, or how China presses everybody not to recognize Taiwan as a free nation, or how China went to war against India more than 3 times from 1950 to 1980. Or the former Soviet Union invading Lituania, Estonia, Latvia, Finland and Poland, the latter in an agreement with the NAZIS. How the Ruskies invaded Afghanistan in 1979, or pushed Egipt and Syria to attack Israel in 1973. And he NEVER mentions Fidel Castro´s invading South America with gorillas forces, and Angola and Etipia with regular forces serving Russian imperialism.

[@user-ec4wh2hr7i]

You are honest.

[@abeltamanji2360]

Bernie all the way

[@xionglin2009]

just a side note, cuba with anual gdp per capita of 9000(ish) has higher life expectancy than US, which has gdp per capita of 63k, just let that sink in.

[@tnekkc]

My wife's aunt spent her life until she retired as a missionary in Cuba. The food rationing system in Cuba is what it all revolves around. They have nothing, but are trying to eat.

[@hokkaidosnow6643]

>Democracy Now >Calls a dictator "revolutionary"

[@oro7114]

Hokkaido Snow Do you know the definition of the word revolutionary?

[@venusianblivet9518]

There was literally a revolution, that's what revolutionary means.

[@The_king567]

@@venusianblivet9518it’s not

[@joseaguirrre6139]

I would like to hear more Sanders

[@VeronikaBenson]

Bernie is so based dude.

[@derinderruheliegt]

We have such a rare opportunity to possibly elect this man...and I fear we're gonna blow it.

[@oooooo6308]

derinderruheliegt well do I have some news for you

[@ZachTheRantingGuy]

Bernie Sanders is an American hero. I just love this man so much. He's so smart and so sophisticated. He WOULD BE president right now if he had the chance! We need this man now more than ever!

[@diemyart]

Hahaha XD

[@edward0383]

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!! But hey, the uneducated or delusional would say Bernie is just talking out of his mouth!!!!

[@edward0383]

I guess I have to explain it to you. Sometimes people use words to form paradoxes that may seem idiotic to people unable to infer some thinking from word play that would otherwise seem logical to people with an utter of common sense. So, you see, I merely used a play of words to offer what would typically be considered an understood point among a mass of people capable of perceiving this inference.

[@monsterous289]

EDWARD 0383 I like Bernie Sanders, but some of what he says here I don't agree with. Sure they had universal healthcare, but the healthcare is so bad that doctors are payed less then newspaper boys and often people who come in with injuries have to fix it themselves with the gauze and materials available. Only thing positive that I know out of the medical field in Cuba is the lung cancer "cure". That's probably due to Castro making that the countries priority though. All those cigars and he dies at 90.

[@edward0383]

+S.M.P he's generalizing to state a point. If you see other interviews, when ask about if he wishes the American healthcare system to be just like Cuba's, he clears this misconception.

[@monsterous289]

EDWARD 0383 That's good to know.

[@justachannel9379]

+EDWARD 0383 Thanks for clearing that up.

[@JohnDoe-ef3nv]

And this is why CNN doesn't want to give Sanders too much press.

[@jiminibops]

God he is awesome! Bernie 2020 all day everyday!!! 🤗 🤗 🤗

[@tabryis]

holy crap, an interview with bernie!!!

[@returningmandavid9516]

Why a side by side photo of Bernie Sanders and Fidel Castro... wearing glasses, talking to a crowd? Trying to say something Democracy Now?

[@prod.adrienaline]

In Cuba, political dissent is met with state violence. In the United States of America, political dissent is met with state violence. What is the difference?

[@northuniverse]

They've tricked the American people into thinking that the State's capitalist interests are actually their own to defend.

[@greendude27]

a nuanced discussion of Cuba! something the media in the US is not willing to do!

[@alejandrorobles1343]

"Keuwwwber" 😀

[@chiroguy79]

I thought he was talking about the 80's video game "Q*bert"...

[@alejandrorobles1343]

Idk what that is 😂 how would you even pronounce that name

[@Drerivera7]

Gotta love that Brooklyn, NY accent.

[@alejandrorobles1343]

"..Trap trap Bernie Sanders Swag swag Bernie Sanders.." -Ugly God-Bernie Sanders

[@duynguyen-yd2vo]

Bernie is GREAT!!!!!

[@martinko4086]

Bernie Sanders will be GREAT in CUBA as a member of communist party .

[@duynguyen-yd2vo]

martinko40 And Trump will be great destroying every american influence and handling that postion to RUSIA! and by the way, IT IS totally true and is happening now as we speak! USA will be completly destroyed. Rusia/China/India will be the next world order! Puntin’s best poppet (Donald Trump) is doing it so great!!!

[@martinko4086]

Duy nguyen, Stop smoking POT and playing all day video games . NO wonder that you are so stupid.

[@duynguyen-yd2vo]

martinko40 Extremely Great brother!!! jaja

[@The_king567]

@@duynguyen-yd2vogood

[@davidhutchinson5233]

My argument is how in the hell could Castro offer free elections with an enemy just 60 miles away who is a superpower? That would just be inviting the CIA and their ilk in....with a red carpet.

[@jonnil1997]

Honestly great point, and its not like western countries never have had long sitting leaders in times of need

[@rosapollard9458]

You deserve communism.

[@lordXAVIJAANBJERGNOG]

Castro was a conservative opportunist who hijacked a legitimate movement and eliminated competition to his power. I think it's hard to run a socialist paradise when you don't even believe in it; it becomes more for show. He was much better than Stalin at least.

[@TheInstitution]

Hey, it's Larry David.

[@IncognitoSprax]

Thank you Ron Paul for making me away about Iran in 1953 the last elections.. Paul & Bernie are good honest guys.

[@mladenmilosavljevic6449]

No paul is honest, Sanders is little lying bitch.

[@chrisw1197]

Sprax they are both honest but they are polar opposites politically

[@sld1776]

It isn't true. Two Iranian generals planned and executed the whole thing. The CIA's biggest contribution was to sneak the Sha's sister into the palace to tell the Shah to grow some balls.

[@The_king567]

He’s wrong about Iran

[@guochen7778]

Sanders is the most realistic leader in America. I wish him the best

[@ryoabiko8283]

He seems to deeply care for the whole world not only America.

[@AB-ou8ve]

Democracy Now! is a better teacher than disposable Cuban exiles.

[@icv109]

This person speaks truth

[@pabloaguila6344]

Some of the things he says are true. The problem is he never mentions how China invaded Tibet in 1959, or Viet Nam after the USA lost over there, or how China presses everybody not to recognize Taiwan as a free nation, or how China went to war against India more than 3 times from 1950 to 1980. Or the former Soviet Union invading Lituania, Estonia, Latvia, Finland and Poland, the latter in an agreement with the NAZIS. How the Ruskies invaded Afghanistan in 1979, or pushed Egipt and Syria to attack Israel in 1973. And he NEVER mentions Fidel Castro´s invading South America with gorillas forces, and Angola and Etipia with regular forces serving Russian imperialism.

[@MichaelSharpBLACKDRUMMIKE]

truth to power

[@vatyin7763]

Kinda weird that people forget that cuba IS a democracy??? Why on earth do people still believe it isnt.

[@sandro9uerra]

When people has to work for $15 dollars a MONTH, nothing is free the price is your life.

[@mymatemartin]

The man who should have been President

[@donglaly3572]

Martin Craig Unfortunately, he sold himself out to Hitlery. Should I give him a chance to redeem himself? Hmm...

[@alexanderplatypus3664]

Dong La Ly who did you vote for?

[@donglaly3572]

Alexander Platypus I voted for Jill. Now I'm hearing all of these theories about her recently selling herself out to Hillary. I will have to look further into these claims. If these claims turn out to be true, I will be casting a write-in vote for Rocky Anderson's Justice Party next election.

[@alexanderplatypus3664]

Dong La Ly Ok I voted Stein also so at least you didn't support fascism. That's good. Now stop making excuses for fascism please thanks

[@donglaly3572]

Alexander Platypus How am I making excuses for fascism?

[@alexdelarge1652]

Bernie is the only politician that when he talks I listen & believe.

[@idwiw2314]

He is a hypocrite amp.businessinsider.com/bernie-sanders-net-worth-assets-house-salary-book-sales-2019-2

[@Walter-vi3vh]

Sanders stating the Cuban economy is horrible; Sanders neglected to mention the United Snakes illegal blockade against Cuba is the cause of their economic woes.

[@Walter-vi3vh]

@@UCLAfilm01 You must an insane white nationalist. Long live Fidel & Che’

[@srinivassc6281]

Sanity brought Cuba and USA together.

[@clydepena4899]

Yo much respect to this man right here for always speaking the truth. All the things that get swept under the rug. Keep fighting the good fight bernie

[@swagata1234]

great guy!! hats off to him!! he deserved to be potus! world would have been a much safer place today.

[@usa8529]

Trump 2020 🇺🇸

[@shamsrahman9627]

Bernie Sanders is a great politician.

[@arnaldoirizarry4994]

Larga vida al senador Sanders

[@robertpolanco1973]

Personally, I am impressed with the Democracy Now! interview with Bernie Sanders about the many issues addressed in this video. I am so glad that people like Sanders spoke the truth about Cuba instead of the bullshit coming from the Cuban exile community and the right-wing establishment in this country. Bravo!

[@mattrussillo4587]

Trump said on International TV 3 trusted the Russian government more than his own. Sanders was just making an observation . Everyone deserves credit for their success as whether you like them or not. It's quite another thing to say what Trump said.

[@lgziabeher]

Bernie called it 6:01

[@fairisfair2986]

Love u Amy 💓

[@Hitchpster]

He quotes Dr. House.

[@hassanshayegannik155]

A true American and a great historical man on the world scale.

[@pabloaguila6344]

Some of the things he says are true. The problem is he never mentions how China invaded Tibet in 1959, or Viet Nam after the USA lost over there, or how China presses everybody not to recognize Taiwan as a free nation, or how China went to war against India more than 3 times from 1950 to 1980. Or the former Soviet Union invading Lituania, Estonia, Latvia, Finland and Poland, the latter in an agreement with the NAZIS. How the Ruskies invaded Afghanistan in 1979, or pushed Egipt and Syria to attack Israel in 1973. And he NEVER mentions Fidel Castro´s invading South America with gorillas forces, and Angola and Etipia with regular forces serving Russian imperialism.

[@hassanshayegannik155]

@@pabloaguila6344 Dear Pablo, If an invasion brings progress and prosperity for a country and transfers its life from an abject misery and superstition of antiquity into a modern way of life with literacy, healthcare, housing, employment, etc., can we say it was a big step forward? China also, claimed that Tibet was originally a part of the mainland Chinese territory. Thanks!

[@kuntavibration3092]

Bernie is s truth talker

[@JuanCarlosRF1]

You see Cuban ppl risking their lives and sometimes dying on the little boats to leave the country. You don't see any US citizen doing that. I like u Bernie but you truly do not know the struggle of the Cubans

[@imsande1]

This guy could've been President!!

[@LyingPrauses]

imsande1 coulda shoulda shillary Clinton

[@ericaguidino3376]

Thank God he wasn't.

[@theprussianmink]

Still gonna be our President. #Bernie2020

[@frankpasini4304]

@@theprussianmink 0 chance of that happening.

[@theprussianmink]

@@frankpasini4304 I'm looking forward to hearing from you again in November 2020.

[@mroy88]

Bernie Sanders is always on the right side of everything

[@Shaven124]

I love bernie so much

[@nuniabiz7982]

You don’t need an ID to vote but you have to have an ID to collect food stamps and social security!

[@mochtegerndane7097]

Bernie is the hero of my teenage sons. I must have done something right.

[@jimboonie9885]

☭

[@josephfigueira813]

You maybe did,or God is inspiring people to change the world to be a better place 🙏🏾

[@emmittmatthews8636]

Lmao

[@sandrawalker8839]

Cheddi Jagan overthrown after being democratically elected in Guyana first election

[@chancenelson3865]

based

[@annastracke8555]

Bernie is the nicest American I have ever seen/heard/met.

[@kamranmohammed5570]

Having Bernie in the US and Corbyn in the UK we will have world peace ✌️ fact

[@bobrown582]

😕 I wish that had happened for the UK, hopefully, the US will get Sanders

[@shaheenshad5012]

The establishment will never let it happen.

[@julesybethmedlini]

Love Bernie!

[@pabloaguila6344]

Some of the things he says are true. The problem is he never mentions how China invaded Tibet in 1959, or Viet Nam after the USA lost over there, or how China presses everybody not to recognize Taiwan as a free nation, or how China went to war against India more than 3 times from 1950 to 1980. Or the former Soviet Union invading Lituania, Estonia, Latvia, Finland and Poland, the latter in an agreement with the NAZIS. How the Ruskies invaded Afghanistan in 1979, or pushed Egipt and Syria to attack Israel in 1973. And he NEVER mentions Fidel Castro´s invading South America with gorillas forces, and Angola and Etipia with regular forces serving Russian imperialism.

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

Oh, JFC. The hits just keep coming about Sanders. He felt he had to talk about the late Cuban dictator instead of saying "no comment."

[@Revocdeb]

The audio doesn't work for me. Anyone else?

[@finehumanbeing3506]

Only you.

[@arandonnelly5673]

What a great and amazing man! #Bernie2020

[@brainbytes3484]

Always good to see Bernie knowing his stuff

[@divijdhingra1816]

Bernie for 2020

[@scottdunn6308]

That would be the Bank of England, that's the way the 🌎 works.