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bernie_donkey_hoteyNow that our own Vermont (Junior) Senator Bernie Sanders has thrown his hat into the proverbial presidential ring, we feel obligated to remind our Green Mountain neighbors and the larger world that Bernie’s “populism” rings hollow on a number of questions and issues at the core of U.S. imperial hegemony, both at home and abroad. In that spirit, we are reposting Second Vermont Republic co-founder Thomas Naylor’s analysis of Sanders and his faux-populist politics from Counterpunch – dated 2011. Free Vermont!

May 2, 2015
Published by 2ndvtrepublic at May 2, 2015
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Inconvenient Truths: The Myth of Bernie Sanders

Now that our own Vermont (Junior) Senator Bernie Sanders has thrown his hat into the proverbial presidential ring, we feel obligated to remind our Green Mountain […]
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April 23, 2015
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2VR: Welcome to our 2015 “Green Mountain Noise” E-Zine!

After months of fun, we are excited to bring to you, dear readers, our new 2015 issue of “Green Mountain Noise,” a 68 pages of “slow […]
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April 20, 2015
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): NAFTA On (Secret) Steroids, by Joe Firestone (SHAFTA)

“This is a true outrage. What justification of national security could possibly be brought to bear to justify classification of the TPP drafts, hiding the drafts […]
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April 14, 2015
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Spring Is Rising In Vermont: Sugar Shack Grooves @ Mad River Glen

Every once in a while, you find yourself in exactly the right place at exactly the right time. Last Sunday afternoon was one such rare moment. […]
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April 8, 2015
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US-Sponsored “Naked Aggression” in Yemen, by Stephen Lendman

Washington planned war on Yemen months ago – preemptive naked aggression by any standard with Saudi-led proxies doing Obama’s dirty work. Plus direct US involvement. Reports […]
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April 6, 2015
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Furious 7: Fast Cars, Family Values, and the Franchise

Piqued over Peak Oil? Concerned about climate change? Worried about Wall Street? Wincing at the sad state of U.S. imperial excess – drone warfare, full spectrum […]
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March 18, 2015
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Scotland Secession Update: UK Citizens Say “It’s Coming!” (POLL)

While the U.S. of Empire trundles on into the next “Bush versus Clinton” 18 month news cycle, and Vermont’s political leadership wrestles with budget woes that […]
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March 4, 2015
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Will the Pentagon’s F-35 Fighters Be Based In Burlington, Vermont by 2020?

Inquiring Vermont minds want to know. Especially given the exorbitant costs of the F-35. And the safety record, or lack thereof. And the flight time testing […]
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March 2, 2015
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Celebrating TOWN MEETING Day in Vermont (DIRECT DEMOCRACY)

One year ago, we wrote in defense of Vermont’s annual town meeting day, the most pure form of direct democracy still in existence in the United […]
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February 23, 2015
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Why Public Banks Outperform Private Banks: Unfair Competition or a Better Mousetrap?, by Ellen Brown (PUBLIC BANKING)

In November 2014, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Bank of North Dakota (BND), the nation’s only state-owned bank, “is more profitable than Goldman Sachs […]
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February 21, 2015
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Vermont Independence – for breakfast. (ROTARY)

Thanks to the Sunrise Burlington Rotary Club for hosting us at their weekly breakfast on Friday. Always good to explore Vermont independence with the Vermont business […]
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February 18, 2015
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“Wounds of Waziristan” Our Secret Drone War

You know that when Vermont’s business colleges, like Burlington’s Champlain College, start screening films about secret drone wars and the U.S. of Empire, that the Vermont […]
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