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Kristen Martin recalls her time as an intern for Bernie Sanders, in a contribution to the left's discussion of Sanders' campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.TO THOSE who have spent any significant amount of time in Vermont, it is clear that Bernie Sanders is widely beloved by his constituents. The support for "Bernie," as his supporters fondly call him, was clear on May 26 as thousands flocked to Sanders' presidential campaign kickoff rally on the edge of Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont. The "People's Assembly," organized by a group including former Occupy Wall Street activists and environmentalists, spoke to a...

All of the following are from events taking place in New York City's Union Square on 14th St in Manhattan. Workers World Party's main headquarters is 4 or 5 blocks away from there. Occupy movement joins in Million Hoodie March"The deadly shooting of an unarmed teenager by a neighborhood watch captain is sparking outrage in New York and across the country, and now, the Occupy Wall Street Movement is getting involved." abclocal.go.com ^ | March 22, 2012 _____________________________________________ Note the name of the org at the bottom of the placard: "Party for Socialism and Liberation"The Party for Socialism and Liberation...

CHICAGO The Chicago Sun-Times is turning left. The tabloid that shifted toward political conservatism under the brief ownership of Rupert Murdoch more than two decades ago now says that it is "rethinking our stance on several issues, including the most pressing issue facing Americans today: Bush's war in Iraq." Under marching orders from Publisher John Cruickshank and Editor in Chief Michael Cooke, new Editorial Page Editor Cheryl L. Reed introduced a new Commentary section Tuesday with a promise to turn the tabloid back into the liberal-leaning paper it was for decades before the Reagan administration. "We are returning to our...

"... an envelope ... caught his eye... The return address read, "Upton Sinclair..." "... I am here trying to make plain my own part in the story." "The story was "Boston," Sinclair's ... condemnation of the trial and execution of Sacco and Vanzetti, Italian immigrants accused of killing two men in the robbery of a Massachusetts shoe factory..." "... Sinclair met with ... the men's attorney..." "..."I begged him to tell me the full truth," Sinclair wrote. " … He then told me that the men were guilty, and he told me in every detail how he had framed a...

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Foul-mouthed anti-American hag Cindy Mohammed Shaheen has appeared on a front page story of the Socialist Worker, a magazine whose objective is to "overthrow Capitalism and achieve a revolution." The article lauds Cindy's antics and her hysterical rants against the President. This proves beyond a reasonable doubt that Cindy Sheehan has become a willing tool of the anti-Western and pro-terrorist forces worldwide.

I love country music and so I am shcoked to see that somebody, even a guy I'd never heard of, in the genre is a radical leftist. What do FReepers know about him?