Listen now: 2016 third party presidential candidates Jill Stein of the Green Party and Gloria La Riva of the Party for Socialism and Liberation discuss the surge of Sanders and Trump in the New Hampshire primary. They appear on a special episode of Loud & Clear, hosted by Brian Becker.
Stein and La Riva discuss why Sanders has been surging among the youth, what has led to the rise of the far right in the Republican race, Hillary Clinton’s role in the Iraq and Libya war, the role of the banks in the U.S. economy and in the Republican and Democratic political parties, Bernie Sanders’ foreign policy positions, whether Michael Bloomberg will enter the 2016 campaign as an independent candidate, the role of socialist and progressive third parties in 2016 and the role of the mass media in shaping political outcomes.
