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How socialism became un-American through the Ad Council’s propaganda campaigns

  • Written by Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy, Associate Teaching Professor of American Studies, Miami University
Bernie Sanders was asked at a CNN-sponsored town hall about socialism.CNN screenshot

Bernie Sanders has emerged as the Democratic front-runner in the race for the presidential nomination.

Yet even some left-leaning pundits and publications are concerned about what they see as Sanders’ potential lack of electability.

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