About us

We are an organization of scientists, engineers, STEM workers, and STEM educators inspired by Bernie Sander’s vision of a more just society. As Bernie says, it is not just up to him, but all of us. As scientists, we recognize that our scientific system is broken and must be transformed.

In the current political moment — chaotic and, at times, horrific — we have an opportunity to galvanize support for radical and egalitarian ideas. We recognize that the way we organize, practice, and distribute the benefits of science must change. We must transform our current profit-oriented science policy which disproportionately benefit business and military interests and perpetuates social inequalities. We must fight for a democratic, egalitarian science organized around meeting human needs.

Goals:

To remind people that science has the potential to be a transformative, emancipating power in society.

To propose a new way forward — a science for the people, which aims to serve people’s needs and interests, rather than corporate profits, and promote an egalitarian society.

To combat the denial of scientific evidence in setting public policy.

To increase public understanding of the socially unproductive influence of military and corporate interests on the choice and direction of scientific investigations.

To promote efforts to have Bernie Sanders selected as the nominee of the Democratic Party for President, and if nominated to become the next president of the United States.

To build a grass-roots network to do the above.

Work:

The organization engages in various kinds of activist, electoral, and educational work.