Bernie Speaks with the Community

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Mayor Bernard Sanders speaks with members of the community about current events. The shows sometimes happen in his office, sometimes out in the community.

Programs in this Series

Mall Punks - Mike Blair and Michele Perry - 03/05/2020

Mike "Mall Punk" Blair returns with his partner in crime Michele Perry to catch up and recall their time being interviewed by Bernie Sanders in 1988. Watch the original interview: https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/41-mayor-sanders-...

Mall Punk Interviewee - Then and Now - 05/08/2019

Mike Blair—the 1988 Mall Punk interviewed by Bernie Sanders during an on-the-street interview about politics, high school and hairstyles—visits the Channel 17 studios with an update on his views and memories of Burlington gone by....

52: Jane Driscoll and Bernie Sanders are Married and Return From Yaroslavl - 05/28/1988

Bernie Sanders and Jane Driscoll are married at North Beach in Burlington and then shortly after go with a delegation of other Burlingtonians to Yaroslavl in Russia. This program includes the return at the airport as well as a press conference about...

51 - Sanders Discusses CEDO and Waterfront Issues, With George Thabault and Michael Monte - 05/10/1988

Sanders Discusses CEDO and Waterfront Issues, With Thabault and Monte

50 - Sanders' Remarks at the Vanguard Media Mash - 04/19/1988

50 - Sanders' Remarks at the Vanguard Media Mash. Recorded 2-17-88

49 - Press Conference re: Progressives Supporting Jesse Jackson for President; and the Mid-East Crisis - 03/30/1988

49 - Presidential Politics - Sanders and Progressives Support Jesse Jackson for President

48 - Sanders Announces Candidacy for U.S. House - 03/10/1988

Sanders Announces Candidacy for U.S. House in Montpelier

41 - Mayor Sanders Sets Up in the Burlington Square Mall to Speak with Passers-By - 03/05/1988

Mayor Sanders Sets Up in the Burlington Square Mall to Speak with Passers-By Watch the Mike "Mall Punk" Blair interview: https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/bernie-speaks-mall-punk-interviewee-then-and-now Watch the interview with both...

47 - Sanders and Mayor's Assistant George Thabault Discuss Low U.S. Voter Participation - 02/25/1988

Sanders and Mayor's Assistant George Thabault Discuss Low U.S. Voter Participation

46 - Discussion of the Day Care Ballot Item with John Franco and Jane Driscoll - 02/19/1988

Discussion of the Day Care March ballot Item with John Franco and Jane Driscoll. Sanders

Vanguard Press's 10th Anniversary Media Bash - Hoffman, Dellinger, and Sanders - 02/17/1988

Vanguard Press Media Bash, Moderated by Peter Freyne. Abbie Hoffman, Dave Dellinger, and Bernie Sanders. Want to see more vintage Bernie? Order a copy of our "Positively Bernie" DVD today!

45 - Rev. Jesse Jackson Visits Burlington and Mayor Sanders - 02/11/1988

Rev. Jesse Jackson Visits Burlington and Mayor Sanders, at the Children's Space and UVM's Ira Allen Chapel

44 - Sanders Discusses the March Ballot Items with Asst. George Thabault - 02/03/1988

Discussion of the March Ballot Items, with Asst. George Thabault. Sanders

43 - Bernie Speaks with Rev. Nelson Johnson about Martin Luther King Jr. - 01/15/1988

43 - Bernie Sanders Speaks with Invited Guest Speaker Rev. Nelson Johnson about Martin Luther King Jr.

42 - Discussion of the March Ballot Items with Asst. George Thabault - 01/08/1988

Discussion of the March Ballot Items, Sanders with Asst. George Thabault

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