If Hillary Clinton becomes the Democratic presidential nominee, Bernie Sanders’ support and that of his voters may depend on her doing the one thing that her track record shows she’s been most unwilling to do all along: stand up to American oligarchs. Watch the Vermont senator and actor Danny Glover explain the importance of political revolution on The Real News Network, as well as ideas to create employment that go beyond tax programs to a New Deal-style federal jobs program.

— Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata

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