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Radicals in the Democratic Party, from Upton Sinclair to Bernie Sanders

  • Written by James N. Gregory, Professor of History, University of Washington

As we watch Bernie Sanders’ supporters struggling to come to terms with the nomination of Hillary Clinton, it makes sense to ask why leftists are involved in the Democratic Party in the first place.

It started in 1934 when Upton Sinclair, author of “The Jungle” and a socialist for most of his life, announced that he would run for...

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