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'''Vermin Love Supreme''' is an American [[activist]] and performance artist who has run as a candidate in various local, state, and national elections]] in the [[United States]].><ref name="CBS News">{{cite news
| title=Dean Wins D.C. Primary
| url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/14/politics/main593055.shtml
| work=[[CBS News]]
| date=February 11, 2009
| accessdate=July 21, 2011
}}</ref><ref name="American Public Media">{{cite web
|first = Jane
|last = Lindholm
|title = New Hampshire's other candidates
|url = http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/01/08/new_hampshire_alt_candidates/
|publisher = American Public Media
|date = January 8, 2008
|accessdate =
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080718125116/http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/01/08/new_hampshire_alt_candidates/
|archive-date = July 18, 2008
|dead-url = yes
|df = mdy-all
}}</ref>
In 2011, he participated in the [[Occupy Wall Street|Occupy Boston]] protests.<ref>{{cite news
|first=John Stephen |last=Dwyer
|url=http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/culturefashion/who-is-occupying-boston-and-why/2/
|title=Who is occupying Boston, and why?
|publisher=Blast Magazine
|date=October 5, 2011
|accessdate=
}}</ref>
He is the subject of the 2014 documentary, ''Who Is Vermin Supreme? An Outsider Odyssey'', which follows his 2012 campaign and explores his life as an activist.<ref name="Snow Arch Films">{{cite web
| title=Who Is Vermin Supreme? An Outsider Odyssey
| url=http://www.whoisverminsupreme.com
| publisher=Snow Arch Films
| accessdate=
}}</ref>
Supreme discussed his political views in a 2008 promotional video. He asserted that [[libertarianism|libertarians]] "are just about abolishing the government,,"<ref name="FLUX"/> which he called a mistake; he also asserted that Republicans want to nullify the government, but "offer no alternative to helping people other than charity."<ref name="FLUX"/> Supreme's vision depends on citizens to take responsibility for themselves and for others, citing "mutual aid and support and care to our fellow citizens" as key elements. He asserted that Americans no longer know how to be citizens, placing some of the blame on schools that teach in "very twisted and [[Jingoism|jingoistic]] fashion".<ref name="FLUX">
{{cite video
| people =
| year = 2008
| title = Anarchist Runs for President...since 1988
| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd1xWBPHc3U
| format = [[YouTube]] | medium =
| publisher = Fluxview.com
| location =
| accessdate =
}}
</ref>
In 2006, Supreme donated one of his kidneys to save his mother. He is married and has no children.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Supreme, Vermin}}
[[Category:Democrats]]
| title=Dean Wins D.C. Primary
| url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/14/politics/main593055.shtml
| work=[[CBS News]]
| date=February 11, 2009
| accessdate=July 21, 2011
}}</ref><ref name="American Public Media">{{cite web
|first = Jane
|last = Lindholm
|title = New Hampshire's other candidates
|url = http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/01/08/new_hampshire_alt_candidates/
|publisher = American Public Media
|date = January 8, 2008
|accessdate =
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080718125116/http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/01/08/new_hampshire_alt_candidates/
|archive-date = July 18, 2008
|dead-url = yes
|df = mdy-all
}}</ref>
In 2011, he participated in the [[Occupy Wall Street|Occupy Boston]] protests.<ref>{{cite news
|first=John Stephen |last=Dwyer
|url=http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/culturefashion/who-is-occupying-boston-and-why/2/
|title=Who is occupying Boston, and why?
|publisher=Blast Magazine
|date=October 5, 2011
|accessdate=
}}</ref>
He is the subject of the 2014 documentary, ''Who Is Vermin Supreme? An Outsider Odyssey'', which follows his 2012 campaign and explores his life as an activist.<ref name="Snow Arch Films">{{cite web
| title=Who Is Vermin Supreme? An Outsider Odyssey
| url=http://www.whoisverminsupreme.com
| publisher=Snow Arch Films
| accessdate=
}}</ref>
Supreme discussed his political views in a 2008 promotional video. He asserted that [[libertarianism|libertarians]] "are just about abolishing the government,,"<ref name="FLUX"/> which he called a mistake; he also asserted that Republicans want to nullify the government, but "offer no alternative to helping people other than charity."<ref name="FLUX"/> Supreme's vision depends on citizens to take responsibility for themselves and for others, citing "mutual aid and support and care to our fellow citizens" as key elements. He asserted that Americans no longer know how to be citizens, placing some of the blame on schools that teach in "very twisted and [[Jingoism|jingoistic]] fashion".<ref name="FLUX">
{{cite video
| people =
| year = 2008
| title = Anarchist Runs for President...since 1988
| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd1xWBPHc3U
| format = [[YouTube]] | medium =
| publisher = Fluxview.com
| location =
| accessdate =
}}
</ref>
In 2006, Supreme donated one of his kidneys to save his mother. He is married and has no children.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Supreme, Vermin}}
[[Category:Democrats]]