You have to decide to create the society you want to create, and that's done through politics. — Saikat Chakrabarti Copy Share Image
For background, Brand New Congress was created in the summer of 2016 with the goal of recruiting 400 candidates to run for Congress with a national campaign and a clear set of policies they would advocate for. It was an… — Saikat Chakrabarti Copy Share Image
Similar to how 'Abolish ICE' rang the bell on this huge crisis on immigration, unifying around not taking corporate-PAC money gets everybody to pay… — Saikat Chakrabarti Copy Share Image
Bernie is great, but we've got to keep this political revolution going. — Saikat Chakrabarti Copy Share Image
Having presidential candidates say they are supportive of the concept of doing something like the Green New Deal is amazing, but it's not sufficient. — Saikat Chakrabarti Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about the Green New Deal is it wasn't originally a climate thing at all. — Saikat Chakrabarti Copy Share Image
I don't think people have to be personally racist to enable a racist system. — Saikat Chakrabarti Copy Share Image
Progressives think the way to win is mobilizing and convince people to vote for something. — Saikat Chakrabarti Copy Share Image
You have to decide to create the society you want to create, and that's done through politics. — Saikat Chakrabarti Copy Share Image
I am talking about the radical conservatives in the Democratic Party. That's who we need to counter. It's the same across any number of… — Saikat Chakrabarti Copy Share Image
It's not at all a secret that I was one of the co-founders of Brand New Congress, and we've never tried to hide our… — Saikat Chakrabarti Copy Share Image
I don't know if it's a uniquely American thing, but I associate it that way. People get excited by this idea of, 'Let's come… — Saikat Chakrabarti Copy Share Image
We think climate change is important enough to get its own select committee. It would be in addition to the Energy and Commerce Committee's… — Saikat Chakrabarti Copy Share Image
