1848+: Last and First Men

And interesting older text: Socialism, by Michael Harrington, a book from the seventies that younger readers may not know. (isn’t Amazon great? you can get an old copy for two and half bucks) Watching the charade of rightwing ideology in action, to the point of accusing Obama (!) of socialism, I am mindful of a [...]

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Troubled Cuba Mulls ‘A Different Kind’ Of Socialism

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http://monthlyreview.org/598einstein.php Monthly Review May 2009 Why Socialism? by Albert Einstein This essay was originally published in the first issue of Monthly Review (May 1949). Is it advisable for one who is not an expert on economic and social issues to express views on the subject of socialism? I believe for a number of reasons that [...]

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Published on Sunday, May 24, 2009 by The News Journal (Delaware) Capitalism Produces Rich Bankers, but Socialism Produces Happiness by Phillip Bannowsky Socialism is better than capitalism. So say 20 percent of Americans, and another 27 percent say they can’t say which is better, according to an April 9 Rasmussen poll. There’s hope. When you [...]

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Venezuelanalysis.com May 4th 2009 Venezuelan President Calls for “Re-definition” of Socialist Party by James Suggett Mérida, May 4 th 2009 — On his weekly talk show Aló Presidente on Sunday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), of which he is president, will undergo a “re-definition” in which sectarianism and [...]

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Dare We Use the S-Word? Finally we got someone other than another white guy in the White House. Finally, after the long linguistic train wreck of the Bush years, we got someone who speaks in complete sentences. Finally we got someone who shows an interest in the world beyond the borders of border fences and [...]

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Just 53% Say Capitalism Better Than Socialism Thursday, April 09, 2009 Email to a FriendAdvertisement Only 53% of American adults believe capitalism is better than socialism. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 20% disagree and say socialism is better. Twenty-seven percent (27%) are not sure which is better. Adults under 30 are [...]

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Confessions of a True Believer By John B. Judis May/June 2009 The collapse of Soviet communism never relegated Marx’s ideas to the dustbin of history. In 1995, a magazine published by a conservative Washington think tank brought together a group of writers and scholars to debate a question that seemed to have a foregone conclusion: [...]

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From Marxmail http://www.marxmail.org/msg56882.html http://www.esquire.com/print-this/obama-socialist-connections-0209 What’s So Bad About Socialism Anyway?

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Chris Hedges’ Columns Why I Am a Socialist By Chris Hedges The corporate forces that are looting the Treasury and have plunged us into a depression will not be contained by the two main political parties. The Democratic and Republican parties have become little more than squalid clubs of privilege and wealth, whores to money [...]

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