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Casper John Alessi, Jr. recruited me to the old Socialist Party in 1971. He had come down to Gary from Chicago because AFL-CIO was fighting-off a primary challenge to my Congressman who was poised to take over the House Rules Cmte...1st Northern liberal to have that position in decades.
Casper shared "Little Red Songbook" w/ me & to guys who'd just returned from Vietnam.
Q: What book, movie or song has had the biggest impact on your life? https://www.wbur.org/news/2018/08/23/third-congressional-district-candidate-questionnaire
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America has had a very violent labor history, but not all the songs were about bloodshed, of course.
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