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Politics : Bernie Sanders 2016 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Metacomet who wrote (242)	9/21/2015 8:46:48 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1844

I would call him a populist, and Trump a nativist. "The agrarian revolt set out audaciously to win power by winning elections...They failed, of course, but their legacy was profound."... The Grange :>) The Granger Movement and Farmers' AlliancesBeginning in 1867, the Granger movement took shape in America's farmland. Formally known as the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, the organization was originally a social network. Local branches were called 'Granges' and its members were called 'Grangers.' But as economic conditions began to turn against farmers beginning with the Panic of 1873, membership exploded, and later in the decade, many Granges were linked together with 'Farmers' Alliances,' which were more political. study.com