It's something my son can use too. He'll be 18 in December, so won't be able to vote this time, but he's been following Bernie, and watching his videos since the unknown underdog entered the race. He's also been invited to attend a type of political summer camp in Austin this summer where they're divided into parties, and have elections and debates.

He's really going to like this essay and the linked tools. Thanks, Roger!

Great to have you around Roger.

Besides Tim Canova work, I'm interested if Berners could get results quickly in college towns with historically low turnout mid-term elections.
Superior social media efforts and fund raising might swamp the opposition in these districts.

What impressed me most about a Bernie rally was the thousands of cell phones held up taking pictures and videos (have some on mine) that were instantly spread far and wide.

In see this as a strategic advantage.

And beyond.

US Americans are not going to out to the streets to create a movement. In the US, streets were designed for cars, not people. They're going to revolt in place. And the revolution will come to them. The propaganda blast of the media monopolies already has the zero-plasticity brains in thrall. Top shelf brains are moved by the human connection — the kind that doesn't come out of a can.

Impressive work, Roger. This has moved the vote; the sheer force of it, earlier, and now the momentum of it as a best practice. It works locally and it scales nationally.

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On another note: The Federal government is a privatized organization. It works regardless of how you vote. No matter who you send to Washington, if they last more than one term, they will come back a multi-millionaire, every time.

The domestic mission of the Federal government is to distract and pacify by tossing inexpensive social-issue victories to the people and their activists. US Americans are a cheap date as far as national citizens go. You can loot their commonwealth and privatize their resources and services, and they never demand globally-established human rights for themselves. (Endowed human rights are not included in their antiquated constitution.)

The Federal government's primary directive is to drink the world's milkshake by breaking all nations to the rulership advantage of the US Empire and it's corporate owners. All nations are required to surrender their natural resources for privatization by US affiliated corporations, who will take it from there. Nations that resist will be destroyed, on the US worker's dime.

Voting in Federal elections won't change that reality. We are engulfed in it. Weapons and weaponized finance are the chief export of the US. It keeps the lights on at home. This enterprise is the largest US employer, by far. And the Federal Cartel underwrites almost all US innovation with Federal revenues (although the profits that result are privatized). The Elite and their venture capital funds buy shares, instead. The old fashioned way.

Only the rest of the world, working in concert, can stop Empire. If they don't, US Americans will continue their descent into the indentured workcamp that backs the US Dollar, now that the Petrodollar is dead. US workers are isolated from the world by two vast oceans. Their distress can be safely ignored, in the same way that US workers, collectively, ignore the horrific global destruction and massive social dislocation that they directly fund. Out of sight, out of mind works both ways. Indeed, US workers do not even have a political Party that represents them — and no one is keeping that a secret.

But, US Americans are not squealing about their complete lack of common human rights, which is an international disgrace, btw. So why would they squeal about their lack of common workers rights and benefits, along with the now thorough absense of political representation?

This is the direct result of 50 years of "voting" at the Federal level.

Perhaps it was you, Roger, who mentioned BNC on C99% a few weeks ago, but I followed the link IMMEDIATELY.

I've been so very impressed w/ the technological tools we have with Bernie's campaign that we didn't dream of in 2008. We can handle data so much more efficiently online now and the entirely networked structure is a real strength. Canvassing and phone banking through the volunteers' own cellphones is just so impressive to me.

Good times ahead for Educating, Agitating and Organizing!

Great write-up. Thanks for sharing the resources.