socialism

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• 2/23/20
  

  Bernie Sanders, Social Democracy, and Democratic Socialism

  by Gary Dorrien

  Sanders conceives democratic socialism as the fitting name for his belief that a living wage, universal healthcare, a complete education, affordable housing, a clean environment, and a secure retirement are economic rights. These six economic rights come from Franklin Roosevelt’s 1944 Economic Bill of Rights.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/13/20
  

  Socialists were winning U.S. elections long before Bernie Sanders and AOC

  The “Pledge of Allegiance” was written by a Christian socialist in 1892. Eugene V. Debs ran for president on a socialist ticket five times; in 1912, he got nearly a million votes.

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• SOURCE: Time
  2/12/20
  

  Bernie Sanders’ New Hampshire Victory Is a Big Deal for Socialism in America. Here's What to Know About the History of the Idea

  Sanders’ success in both Iowa and New Hampshire may signal that a version of American socialism is again on the rise.

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• 1/5/20
  

  Capitalism Versus Socialism: Did Capitalism Really Win?

  by Walter G. Moss

  The main task of voters in 2020 and thereafter will not be to choose whether we want capitalism or democratic socialism. Rather, it will be to decide the best pragmatic mix of the two (and best presidential candidate) to further the common good. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  10/22/19
  

  The Enduring Power of Anticapitalism in American Politics

  by Jamelle Bouie

  From Debs to Sanders to Ocasio-Cortez, an ideal persists.

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• 9/15/19
  

  Eastern European Historian Emanuela Grama on Romania’s Heritage

  by Erik Moshe

  “The best historian is a kind of magician; one that can transform a puzzle of disparate dusty documents into a persuasive analysis and an electric narrative.”

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• 8/25/19
  

  A History of the Fight for Universal Healthcare and the Cry of Socialism

  by Donne Levy

  This drama in which Democrats move toward universal healthcare and Republicans cry socialism has happened before, and it is instructive to analyze this history with a view toward what can be expected in the future. 

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• 8/18/19
  

  Democrats Must Offer Americans "Bread and Roses" to Counter National Conservatism

  by Ed Simon

  Any party, politician, or perspective which offers meaning, which gives us roses, will have an advantage as we face the inevitable economic and social collapse of the neo-liberal paradigm. 

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• SOURCE: Historians for Peace and Democracy
  6/14/19
  

  Why the United States is not a true democracy

  by Van Gosse

  Since the Civil War, a series of constitutional amendments, acts of Congress, and Supreme Court decisions have extended the right to vote, but always through negative prohibitions on what a state or locality may do.

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• 6/2/19
  

  The Bund was far from Perfect. It still matters to Jewish History

  by Joshua Meyers

  The Bund embodied the aspirations and identity of millions of Jews for five decades and provided serious answers to the questions Jews faced then and now.

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  5/29/2019
  

  Socialists Don’t Know History

  by Joseph Epstein

  Young people don’t remember the Soviet nightmare. But what’s Sanders’s excuse?

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian.com
  5/2/19
  

  The Wolf’s Lair Attempts Transition From Tourist Trap to Educational Site

  The Polish government has taken over ownership of the one-time nerve center of the Third Reich, ridding the site of paintball and pottery classes.

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• 5/5/19
  

  Capitalism? Socialism? How about Just a Fair and Moral Economy?

  by Walter G. Moss

  The terms "capitalism" and "socialism" have too much historical baggage. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/20/19
  

  Democrats are holding their convention in Milwaukee. The city’s socialist past is an asset.

  by Tula Connell

  With the announcement of Milwaukee as the site of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, political opponents wasted no time in raising the specter of the city’s socialist past.

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• 3/24/19
  

  What Democratic Socialism Is and Is Not

  by Lawrence Wittner

  Of course, democratic socialism might not be what you want.  But let’s not pretend that it’s something that it’s not.

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• SOURCE: WBUR
  3/7/19
  

  Historians Nathan Connolly and Ed Ayers Give A History Of "Socialism" As A Scare Tactic In American Politics

  “Before it really became a dirty word, it became a very popular word."

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• 3/3/19
  

  Is Bernie Sanders Actually A Democratic Socialist?

  by Michael Sheng

  "For the sake of history, please tell your voters what you really believe, and don’t just throw out a label without a precise definition."

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• SOURCE: New Yorker
  Accessed 2/12/19
  

  Eugene V. Debs and the Endurance of Socialism

  by Jill Lepore

  Half man, half myth, Debs turned a radical creed into a deeply American one.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  1/14/19
  

  Beyond Rosa Luxemburg: five more women of the German revolution you need to know about

  by Ingrid Sharp and Corinne Painter

  There were other women who played an active role in the German revolution in cities across the country. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/8/19
  

  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says ‘call me a radical,’ a loaded word with a long history

  The word, used throughout history as both a pejorative and a badge of honor, has deep roots in American political rhetoric.