23,000 Turn Out for Bernie/AOC Fight Oligarchy Rally in Tucson

Fight Oligarchy rallies are setting attendance records in swing states and Republican-controlled Congressional districts across the country. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Texas Congressman Greg Casar ... and Calexico rocked the house in Tucson on May 22, 2025.

Event organizers estimated 3000 for the Tucson rally at Catalina High School. The Midtown neighborhood association warned residents that as many as 7000 people may attend the March 22, 2025 rally. 

More that 23,000 people filled the football field and bleachers. The beginning of the program was delayed because so many people were still in line, and still streaming in as AOC began to speak. The lines snaked around the neighborhood, and eventually everyone got in. 

Time Stamps

 | Power to the People [Music]  | 0:00
 | Episode Introduction Segment 1: Change Is Gonna Come  | 1:09
 | Four Speeches Included in this Podcast  | 2:35
 | AOC & Casar Are Progressive Leaders for the Future  | 3:03
 | End Big Money Politics with Nationwide Clean Elections  | 3:52
 | Segment 2: Pima County Supervisor Adelita Grijalva  | 4:44
 | Segment 3: Texas Congressional Rep. Greg Casar  | 9:04
 | Segment 4: NY Congressional Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez  | 19:55
 | What Congress Should Be Doing       | 30:14
 | When the System Is Stacked Against You ...  | 32:23
 | Trump Is Selling Our Country for Parts & Kickbacks  | 33:43
 | Benefits WE Paid into Are Being Stolen  | 34:32
 | Common Sense Isn't Radical  | 36:40:00
 | I Believe in These Things Because I was a WAITRESS!'  | 38:21
 | AOC Thanks AZ for Electing Grijalva & Getting Rid of Sinema  | 39:20
 | AOC Calls Out Schweikert But SoAZ Wants to Oust Ciscomani  | 40:46
 | This Fascist Administration Didn't Come Out of Nowhere ...  | 41:26
 |  'Beyond Elections Our Task Is to Build Community'  |  42:08 
 | No Act Is Too Small'  | 43:17
 | In this House We Stand Together'  | 44:46
 | We Can't Go Back'  | 45:29
 | Segment 5: Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders  | 46:22
 | Sanders Praises AOC & Casar  | 47:21
 | Bernie Remembers His Friend Raul  | 51:12
 | Bernie Talks Crowd Size  | 52:10
 | The American Oligarchy  | 52:45
 | The Rich Have Never Had It So Good  | 56:20
 | Too Many Are Living Paycheck to Paycheck  | 58:19
 | Stand Up! Fight Back!  | 1:01
 | Segment 6: Calexcio [Music]  | 1:14
 | Closing  | 1:15

One correction to AOC's speech ... she confused the Tucson audience when she rallied support for booting Maricopa County Rep. David Schweikert out of Congress. YES! Let's get rid of Schweikert, but in Tucson, we want to boot Rep. Juan Ciscomani out of Congress.

The full transcript and the video of this podcast can be found at PowersForThePeople on Substack.com.