In Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In, Bernie Sanders talks about his experiences from the campaign and his travels through the country. The book is an inside look at what goes on from the moment you think to run to be the President of the US to the events on the campaign trail.
Who or what cost Hillary Clinton the 2016 Presidential election is the question that will be tossed around for years to come. The other important question is who cost the Democratic Party the 2016 Presidential Election. Bernie Sanders started his campaign with almost zero fanfare. But ended up with 13 million votes in primaries and caucuses and won twenty-two states.
Bernie Sanders served as mayor of Burlington, Vermont’s largest city, for eight years before defeating an incumbent Republican to be the sole congressperson for the state in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1991. He was elected to the Senate in 2007 and is now in his second term, making him the longest-serving independent in the history of the Congress.
Apart from the book Bernie Sanders also launched an organization by the same name that will focus on social welfare and follow his political philosophy.
Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In
Author: Bernie Sanders
Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books (November 15, 2016)
ISBN: 1250132924, 978-1250132925
Our Revolution Summary
The book begins with a brief history of how Bernie Sanders ended up in Vermont and his love for Country living. It chronicles his early political career and rise from winning the election to become Mayor to his victory as a Senator. What he tells the reader is that all these times, victory against the established was almost impossible, but they worked with their vision and people put them in the office.
Parts of the book focus on his experiences on the campaign trail. But the book does not go into the details of organizing a Presidential campaign or the technicalities. At times, you might find rant about misplaced focus of the media, which sidelines the real issues for the sake of entertainment and sensational value.
The other major chunk of the book focuses on the message he delivered across the country and his vision of America of the future. He shows the reader how his values and hopes do not exist in a bubble in a small state but pervades all rural America and across race and religion. The candidate a=does not rule out participation in the 2020 Presidential race, and the most part of the book sends out a message about how Bernie Sanders envision future America and what he thinks is wrong with the current state.
Our Revolution Audience Reviews
The audience reviews are pouring in for the book that has already zoomed up the Bestseller charts. Readers like the insights from the Primary campaign and Sanders’ often candid observations about the things happening around him. Most readers think that people should read the book because his message and vision will resonate with most working-class Americans.