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- ↑ @People4Bernie (24 March 2020). ".@SarahLeeGuthrie wrote a new version of "Which Side Are You On" for Bernie 2020!!!!" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 March 2020– via Twitter.
- ↑ "Which Side Podcast – A Vegan Anarchist Social Justice Podcast". Which Side Podcast – A Vegan Anarchist Social Justice Podcast. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
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