Osborne Hart (born 1952) is an American socialist activist. Hart was the vice-presidential nominee of the Socialist Workers Party in the 2016 presidential election. He has run for several other offices, including for mayor of Philadelphia in 2015. Hart's father was a career soldier and he traveled extensively as a youth. His activism began in the 1960s during the

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. He has also been active in the solidarity movement with socialist Cuba and other political movements.

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