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from

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, published by

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in November 2016. It was released on November 15, 2016, a week after the election of

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. The book was written in the context of Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign and aimed to explain some of its rationale.

In the book, Sanders sets out his position on climate change, free college tuition, income inequality, closing the

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and defeating

while campaigning for

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during the last three months leading to the

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. Sanders discusses how his

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was considered by the political establishment and the media to be a "fringe" campaign and something not to be taken seriously. He discusses his initial struggle as being an "Independent senator from a small state with little name recognition".

Reception

Upon its release, it was on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list at number 3. John R. Coyne Jr. gave the memoir a positive review for ''

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'' saying that "For starters, it tells us who this man who energized so many young people really is—an enthusiastic young socialist trapped in an old curmudgeon's body, his ideas basically just as fresh to him today as when he left his native Brooklyn". David Weigel of ''

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'' said that the memoir was "like a sitcom character who gets beaned on the head and hallucinates an angel—or a talking dog, or a 75-year-old senator from Vermont—spinning lessons about what really matters in life". Sanders and

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were nominated for the

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for

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References

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Contents

Reception

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