The Fighting Soul: On the Road with Bernie Sanders

Ari Rabin-Havt, a trusted aide to Bernie Sanders, provides a behind-the-scenes chronicle of Sanders's 2020 campaign for president, deepening into an unforgettable portrait of Sanders. Rabin-Havt unfolds the history that drives his ideological commitments, views of supporters, sense of humor, and the role his wife, Jane, plays in his success.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 04 April 2023
Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Bernie Sanders, a prominent figure of our time, is a politician who evokes passionate love and, even among his adversaries, a degree of grudging respect. However, we know relatively little about this famously private left-wing firebrand. Now, Ari Rabin-Havt, a trusted aide to Sanders, is able to take us to places where no press features or televised interviews have ventured.

The Fighting Soul is a behind-the-scenes chronicle of Sanders's remarkable 2020 campaign for president, from the initial campaign meeting in Rabin-Havt's living room to Sanders's heart attack and the campaign's eventual end as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe. This narrative deepens into an unforgettable portrait of Sanders. Rabin-Havt unfolds the history that underpins his deep ideological commitments to the working class, his views on his young supporters, his sense of humor, which few outside his immediate circle ever witness, and the pivotal role his wife, Jane, plays in his success. In the tradition of works such as What It Takes and other exuberant accounts of American political writing, The Fighting Soul showcases the making of the rare politician driven by principle rather than power.

Weight: 292g
Dimension: 139 x 210 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781324092865