Matt Cropp 🌲🌲 · @mattcropp
2098 followers · 7920 posts · Server social.coopAs someone who knows quite a bit about Burlington's political history, this article is a solid account of #BernieSanders' ideological origins and development in #vt: https://newrepublic.com/article/154086/bernies-red-vermont
#uspol #vtpol #vermont #murraybookchin #peterdiamondstone #bookchin
#bookchin #peterdiamondstone #murraybookchin #vermont #vtpol #uspol #vt #berniesanders
Matt Cropp 🌲🌲 · @mattcropp
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I think #MikeGravel is trying to position himself in the role of left-foil for #Bernie, which is the role #PeterDiamondstone played in Vermont for a few decades. 🤔
It would be something if Gravel wore #jorts to the debate... :thonking:
#USpoli #vtpoli #vt #vermont #bernieSanders #feelthebern #gravelgang #Gravelanche
#gravelanche #gravelgang #feelthebern #berniesanders #vermont #vt #vtpoli #uspoli #jorts #peterdiamondstone #bernie #mikegravel
Matt Cropp 🌲🌲 · @mattcropp
2099 followers · 7922 posts · Server social.coop@gingerrroot @nev Since then until he passed away recently, one of #Bernie's closest allies/friends in the '70s, #PeterDiamondstone, made a point of running against him from the left every election as a reminder of that compromise...
Video of them debating Middle East policy in the 1990 election that first got Bernie into Congress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWHpJyucwm0&t=1s