Bernie was in Warren MI today. Another overflow crowd of 9000+.

Here's a transcript from the last 10 minutes of his speech starting at 1:04:41 in

"Now I know, I know that a lot of folks throughout the country here in Michigan are feeling angry. You're feeling frustrated. And some of you may feel a bit hopeless.

"So let me say this: at this moment in history this very difficult moment despair is not an option. Giving up is not acceptable. That is what the oligarchs want you to do.

"So let us never forget real change, the change that we have experienced over the hundreds of years of our nationhood only occurs when ordinary people stand up against oppression and injustice and fight back. That's how change - change does not take place from the top on down, it's the bottom on up.

"And I want you to think in this difficult moment to understand that this is not the first time in American history that we have faced serious, serious challenges.

"And I want you and I don't want to be overly romantic here. But I want you to think back to the 1760s, 1770s, where you had these people here in the colonies. Then colonies and they said you know what we want, independence. We want to be able to make our own decisions. And they stood up to the entire British Empire, the king of England, the most powerful guy on Earth. And you know what? They beat him.

"I want you to think about the 1830s, 1840s, 1850s, people in the Abolitionist
Movement who said you know what? Slavery must be abolished once and for all from this country. And they were take on some very powerful people, and we were engaged in a horrible, bloody Civil War. But we prevailed. Slavery was abolished.

"Sean, Sean Fain of the UAW was up here a few minutes ago. And I was just thinking. I was reading something today about the labor movement. All of you know about Labor history.

"But in the early parts of the 20th century, you know we had kids little children working in factories. We had workers working seven days a week. We had workers who are paid horrible wages. And what workers said, said you know what? We want to form a union. And what the companies would often do is fire these workers. They would have workers beaten up sometimes. They were, workers were killed because they wanted to form a union.

"I was just reading today. I don't know how many of you know this. That in, uh, 1936 when people were forming the United Automobile workers, workers faced
enormous opposition from General Motors and the other big automobile companies. You know what workers did? They actually took over GM's factories. They waged a sit in. And as a result of that, the UAW was formed result of that other great unions were formed. And the unions helped create the American middle class. They struggled and they won.

"And we all remember, we read about the extraordinary bravery of Dr King and the civil rights movement and their struggle against segregation.

"We all know the history of the women's movement. Women fought and died for the right to vote. For the right to control their own bodies. It was not an easy struggle.

"And we got the environmental movement and the gay rights movement. In other words, in other words, Frederick Douglass said that: nobody ever gives you freedom - you got to fight for it.

"So yes, the oligarchs are enormously powerful. They have endless amounts of money. They control our economy. They own much of the media. And they have enormous influence over our political system. But from the bottom of my heart I believe that if we stand together we can beat them.

"You know, Nelson Mandela made a very profound statement. He said everything is impossible until it is done. So, you know, like oh my God it can't happen, it can't happen. Then it is done. And then like, no big deal you know. (someone in the crowd yells "I love you Bernie") Yeah well I love you too.

"So what I want you all to appreciate, I want you all to appreciate that in the wealthiest country in the history of the world if we stand together, if we do not let the right wing divide us up by the color of our skin, or where we were born, or our religion, or our sexual orientation, if we stand together fighting for an agenda that works for the working class of this country nothing can stop us.

(crowd chants "Bernie, Bernie, Bernie")

"no no no no no no no. It's not Bernie - it is you. I'll do my job, but you've got to do your job.

"I've just been informed by a staff member that right here in Warren Michigan today we have over 9,000 people have attended this event. So I think in addition to this room we got an overflow room, and then we got an overflow, overflow room.

"And what that tells me is the people not only in Michigan, in Vermont, but all over this country are prepared to stand up. We're prepared to fight and we're going to win.

"Thank you".
Power to the people