If it isn't too presumptuous....Long Live Socialism
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former Milwaukee Mayor Frank P. Zeidler, the last Socialist to run a major U.S. city, has died, a spokesman for a Milwaukee hospital said on Saturday.
Zeidler, 93, died on Friday of congestive heart failure.
The son of a German Lutheran barber, Zeidler led Milwaukee for three terms from 1948 to 1960 and also ran for president as a Socialist in 1976.
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This is sad news. Though I suppose he lived a good long time. The history and legacy of municipal socialism in the U.S. is too little remembered. We need more Frank Zieglers today.
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