19 Facts About Peter Diamondstone

Peter Isaac Diamondstone was an American lawyer and socialist politician from the state of Vermont, best known as a perennial candidate and co-founder of the Liberty Union Party.

Peter Diamondstone ran for various Vermont political offices, always unsuccessfully, in every election cycle from 1970 until 2016.

In 1944, at the age of nine, Diamondstone got a job passing out flyers for the fourth presidential campaign of Franklin D Roosevelt.

Peter Diamondstone served in the US Army from 1954 to 1956.

Peter Diamondstone received a JD degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1960 and moved to Vermont in 1968, where he soon entered the political scene.

Peter Diamondstone arrived late to a debate for US Congress in 1980, and was told he would not be able to participate.

Peter Diamondstone remained in the debate area and was arrested.

Peter Diamondstone was arrested in 1996 while attempting to participate in a debate for US Congress, for which he was a candidate.

In 2006, Peter Diamondstone was escorted off stage and charged with disorderly conduct after cursing at students in the audience and repeatedly speaking past his allotted time during a US Senate debate.

In 1984, Peter Diamondstone passed out anti-Sanders flyers, calling him a "Quisling" and criticizing him for endorsing Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale.

Peter Diamondstone did not endorse Sanders' 2016 presidential candidacy and referred to him as a war criminal for supporting the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

Peter Diamondstone was a supporter of Vermont seceding from the United States.

Peter Diamondstone advocated for community ownership of the means of production as well as nationalization of the healthcare system and increasing the number of paid leave and paid vacation days.

Peter Diamondstone believed in disbanding the Vermont National Guard and replacing it with a civilian militia.

Peter Diamondstone opposed water fluoridation, genetically modified food, and the HPV vaccine, which he referred to as a "Big Pharma sham".

Peter Diamondstone argued it is an imperative for capitalism to end, to be replaced by a socialist economic system.

Peter Diamondstone died at his home in Dummerston, Vermont on August 30,2017, at age 82.

Peter Diamondstone suffered from leg sores which required him to wear shorts to stay comfortable.

Peter Diamondstone was a very independent thinker, unafraid to express his point of view on any subject.