Bernie Sanders blasts 'the Musks and the Zuckerbergs' at Cork trade union meeting

Firebrand US senator takes aim at 'oligarchs' during Cork visit which will also include pilgrimage to honour Mother Jones

US senator for Vermont Bernie Sanders used his keynote speech in Cork to urge working people to come together and work 'aggressively' against oligarchs. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Bernie Sanders has urged ordinary people to come together and work “aggressively” against the oligarchs who are moving very fast and do not “believe in the concept of government."

In a keynote speech on Monday evening at Siptu’s Connolly Hall in Cork City, the 83-year-old US senator from Vermont addressed “the rapid growth of oligarchy” which he said was “one of the great crises we face”.