BROOKLYN COLLEGE–On Saturday, Sept. 6, Senator Bernie Sanders brought his nationwide “Fighting Oligarchy” tour to Brooklyn College’s (BC) Claire Tow Theater alongside Democratic nominee for New York City (NYC) mayor Zohran Mamdani.
An oligarchy is defined as a small group of people having control over a country, organization, or institution. Sanders’ tour encourages dialogue between Americans on how to take power from the corporate interests and put it back into the hands of the American people. BC served as the tour’s 35th stop.
Sanders is a BC alum and has held three other events on campus, the last one being in 2020 when he launched his second campaign for President of the United States. Students were hoping his connection with BC, as well as his fight against oligarchy, would cause him to bring up certain issues happening on campus.
