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If you were going to guess Al Giordano's political preferences based on his biography, you'd be certain he was a Bernie Sanders supporter.

Giordano, a 56-year-old journalist and organizer, began his career working against nuclear power plants in New England, then worked with Abby Hoffman through the 1980s. He wrote for The Nation in the 1990s, before leaving the U.S. to report on the Zapatistas in Mexico and on the ravages of the drug war. In 2008, Giordano was a vocal and animated supporter of Barack Obama — and an impassioned critic of Hillary Clinton. It wouldn't be crazy to suspect he has a "Feel the Bern" tattoo.

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Noah Berlatsky

Noah Berlatsky is a freelance writer whose work appears in The New Republic, The Guardian, and other venues. He is the author of Wonder Woman: Bondage and Feminism from Rutgers University Press.