How Senator Bernie Sanders clarified his vision of Democratic Socialism at third Democratic Debate

At Thursday's Democratic debate, Senator Bernie Sanders was questioned about his perspective on the crisis in Venezuela and responded with his vision of what democratic socialism should look like. "I agree with what goes on in Canada and in Scandinavia: guaranteeing healthcare to all people as a human right. I believe that the United States should not be the only major country on Earth not to provide paid family and medical leave," Sanders says. "I believe that every worker in this country deserves a living wage and that we expand the trade union movement." Julian Brave NoiseCat, a journalist and director of the Green New Deal strategy at Data for Progress, finds that Sanders' answer distinguished his take on socialism from the broader left and clarified its priorities of human rights, healthcare and worker rights. Sanders is "talking about the legacies of people who fight for universal human rights, the right to healthcare, the right to housing, economic and social rights," NoiseCat says. "And I think that... continuing to distinguish that this is exactly what the broader left, generally, and then what the socialist movement, in particular, is pushing for is an important thing."

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