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Ask a Leftist: Why Do Some Leftists Stay Anonymous Online?
Opinion

Ask A Leftist: Why Do Some Leftists Stay Anonymous Online?

September 13, 2022September 30, 2022 A Leftist

Dear A Leftist™, I try to always put my name on anything I write or say. Why do some leftists stay anonymous online? I think if you wouldn’t say something face to face you shouldn’t say it at all! 

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I Hated sticker
Opinion

A Hater’s guide to the 2022 Vermont Primaries

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 Gabrielle Bills

In the latest episode of Unsolicited Bridge Pics, Gabrielle Bills is joined by fellow members of The Rake Matt Moore and Mike Fife to present

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Opinion

Vermont Politicians Respond to Transphobic Rhetoric with More Rhetoric

June 17, 2022November 10, 2023 Emily Rose

In the middle of a spring marked by widespread anti-trans political action and legislation in the US and heightened transphobic and homophobic violence in Vermont, Wright invited right-wing activist Karlyn Borysenko onto his radio program.

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Opinion

With Fern Feather the State and Media See a Prop, Not a Person

April 27, 2022November 10, 2023 Anonymous

To local media our lives are worth nothing — but our deaths are worth advertising dollars. 

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Ask a Leftist: Do Leftists Hate Successful People?
Opinion

Ask a Leftist: Do Leftists Hate Successful People?

March 23, 2022September 30, 2022 A Leftist

Dear A Leftist™,

What’s with leftists hating people who make money and are successful?

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Opinion

Socialists Should Be Shutting Down Burlington City Hall, Not Running It

February 28, 2022November 10, 2023 The Rake Vermont Editorial Collective

Many of City Hall’s stones were carved by socialist hands. This fact can appear inspirational to leftists who desire to take power within. But let’s not forget who directed those hands: capital.

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Burlington City Hall
Opinion

Why, God: A Painfully Comprehensive Overview of Burlington’s City Council Races

February 25, 2022November 10, 2023 Cocktail Hell

Welcome, valued reader, to The Rake Vermont’s 2022 Burlington City Council Election Prospectus. Below you will find a cursory guide to each of Burlington’s wards

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Christopher Aaron Felker
Opinion

Burlington Council Candidate Felker Attempts to Conceal His Transphobia

February 7, 2022November 10, 2023 Alexandra Smith

Ward 3 candidate Christopher-Aaron Felker has scrubbed his public image of his past extremely transphobic comments, now calling for civility and a campaign focused on “community safety,” but he has never publicly apologized or made amends for his history of hateful rhetoric.

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Ask a Leftist: Why don’t homeless people just move south?
Opinion

Ask a Leftist: Why don’t homeless people just move south?

January 14, 2022September 30, 2022 A Leftist

“Dear A Leftist™, Why are there homeless people in Vermont during the winter? Why don’t they move south?” There are two tempting and connected ideas

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Public comment speakers at Burlington City Council meeting, December 13, 2021
Opinion

Civility Defeated, Sears Lane Defended

January 12, 2022February 3, 2022 Jasper Brown

Though weeks have passed since the City of Burlington’s removal of the Sears Lane community, its impact remains fresh, as those displaced continue to seek

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Sears Lane, Burlington VT
Opinion

Sears Lane: Zoomed Out

November 24, 2021November 10, 2023 Jasper Brown

“Enjoy your homes.” Those were the last words of a comrade at the latest city council meeting that covered the fate of Sears Lane, before

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Ask a Leftist
Opinion

Ask a Leftist: Help! Someone Called Me a Lib!

November 16, 2021September 30, 2022 A Leftist

Whether you’re a seasoned organizer, a budding anarchist or (especially?) if you’re a DINK who just moved to the burbs, sometimes you’re going to have

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Defend It.
Opinion

Sears Lane Must Be Defended.

October 29, 2021November 10, 2023 Iryna E

The Holocaust is the only genocide most liberals and so-called progressives acknowledge. But the ongoing genocide of Indigenous people on Turtle Island, the genocides of

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Opinion

Same Shit Different Day: A Tactical Review of Vermont’s Anti-BDS Fervor

September 16, 2021November 10, 2023 Mike Fife

The arguments brought against the recent, and since withdrawn, Burlington City Council Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) resolution are from the same tired, disingenuous playbook used

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9-11-skyline
Opinion

September 11 Doesn’t Matter, In Vermont or Anywhere Else

September 11, 2021September 11, 2021 Cocktail Hell

Much like most Americans at the time, I had no frame of reference to file this under. The rest of the world, however, did.

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Opinion

Welcome to The Rake Vermont!

September 8, 2021September 26, 2021 The Rake Vermont Editorial Collective

Vermont has a long history of local media failing the working class. We at The Rake Vermont are rethinking Vermont’s approach to journalism.

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