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Bernie Sanders made a documentary on Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs, and it’s the most Bernie Sanders thing ever

JL;DR SUMMARY Bernie Sanders once embarked on an educational film project through the American Peoples Historical Society, creating a documentary about socialist leader Eugene V. Debs in 1979. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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EducationDocumentaryBernie SandersVermontSocialismClass Struggle1979Eugene V. DebsRhetoricAmerican Peoples Historical Society

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Vermont, United States
"after a failed run for Vermonts governorship, Sanders and his neighbor Nancy Barnett launched the American Peoples Historical Society"
Burlington, Vermont, United States
"Only a couple of years after finishing the film, Sanders ran for office again, this time winning the mayorship of Burlington by, as is his wont, speaking frankly and directly."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"television 40 hours a week, you have probably heard of such important people as Kojak and Wonder Woman, have heard about dozens of different kinds of underarm spray deodorants, every hack politician in your state and the latest game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, the film begins, with a non-Sanders narrator "
New York, United States
"television 40 hours a week, you have probably heard of such important people as Kojak and Wonder Woman, have heard about dozens of different kinds of underarm spray deodorants, every hack politician in your state and the latest game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, the film begins, with a non-Sanders narrator "
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
"conducted from a State Penitentiary in Atlanta where he was incarcerated for his outspoken objection to American involvement in World War I"

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