The following interview with Brian Becker, National Director of the ANSWER Coalition and founding member of the PSL, was originally published by the Global Times, a widely read Chinese publication. Global Times: As the founder of the Socialism and Liberation Party, what do you think of China’s achievements over theRead More →
As stated in our review article, New Left Review is one of the few socialist newspapers that shares a vision similar to International socialism on the conflict in Ukraine. This is reflected in its excellent double issue, which features articles on the war by Susan Watkins, Tony Wood and VolodymyrRead More →
Rampant inflation, class and cultural warfare, spiraling debt – 2022 feels like the 70s, minus the good music, the big hair, the funky fashions and the unprotected sex. And unlike the 1970s, we have no more bells, just union leaders seeking to bankrupt Britain, as they did five decades ago.Read More →
Two major influences conspired to make Filipinos hate communism. The Catholic Church, which unequivocally condemns it, and the United States, which is not only fiercely anti-Communist in particular, but also suspicious of socialism in general. Our hatred of communism, the most extreme version of socialism, has blinded us to theRead More →
A few weeks ago, a new media startup made headlines for two reasons. The first was the fact that the Latino Media Network, founded by Stephanie Valencia and Jess Morales Rocketto, had raised $80 million in seed capital. As Sarah Fischer from Axios saidit is “one of the largest fundraisingRead More →
One of the standard justifications for socialism is the claim that it will liberate workers from the domination of their bosses. After the revolution, the workers will no longer have to respond to the arbitrary whims of the capitalists or their managerial lackeys. Anyone who has ever had to putRead More →
In 2017, Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s La France Insoumise sat alongside Podemos in Spain, Syriza in Greece, Bernie Sanders’ campaign in the United States and the Labor Party under Jeremy Corbyn as part of a “wave left-wing populist movement that combined charismatic and radical leadership. Strategies. He channeled the anger of FrenchRead More →
Climate Change and Capitalism in Australia: An Eco-Socialist Vision of the Future From Hans A BaerRoutledge Press, London, 2022xi+240 pp., $35.96 per person Anthropologist Hans A Baer is a well-established writer on global warming and capitalism. In his latest book, Climate Change and Capitalism in Australia – An Eco-Socialist VisionRead More →
In Half-Earth Socialism: A Plan to Save the Future from Extinction, Climate Change, and the Pandemics, Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese define a vision of how we can avoid a dystopian future by stabilizing the environment and simultaneously working towards a just society. The book reorients the dominant values, prioritiesRead More →
On Sunday, the Democratic Socialists of America will host a webinar celebrating socialism and baseball. You can register to attend the Zoom event now and speak with Washington Nationals pitcher Sean Doolittle. “Join us for a Baseball Workers Webinar presented by DSA Baseball Fans featuring Simon Rosenblum-Larson (Founder of MoreRead More →
Credits Nathan Gardels is the editor of Noema Magazine. At the end of June in Madrid, America led what was once seen as a brain-dead NATO to a newfound unity in the defense of democracies against an aggressive Russia and “challenge China”. At that time, at home, the place wasRead More →
General elections in New Zealand, Barbados and now Australia have shocked the world. All three elections brought to power social democratic labor parties that campaigned on progressive political platforms. The Barbados election is unique in that Prime Minister Mia Mottley led the Barbados Labor Party to win all contested seats.Read More →
Building on its abortion rights rally that drew more than 500 people, the Springfield Party for Socialism and Liberation plans to march from City Hall on Memorial Day. “It’s to keep the pressure on,” PSL member Lucy Mayfield told the News-Leader. “If those in power don’t know people aren’t happy,Read More →
Editor’s Note: Lee Enochs is a graduate student of the Mayborn School of Journalism and a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary. At the risk of sounding like a gadfly or contradicting popular opinion, there seem to be good reasons why one should reject socialism as a viable economic system andRead More →
Members of the congregation participate in a mass at the National Shrine Basilica of the Immaculate Conception on June 22, 2020 in Washington, DC | Getty Images/Alex Wong I was recently joined by Dr. Peter Jacobsen on the Business in the Kingdom podcast on the Edifi Network. Dr. Jacobsen teachesRead More →
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On April 19 of last year, Raúl Castro voluntarily resigned from his last and surely most important position, that of Secretary General of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC). Nineteen months earlier, he had ceded the presidency of the country to Miguel Díaz-Canel. Having supported his older brother Fidel, theRead More →
Veterans ohf World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War declared that young Americans must wake up if they think socialism is a good idea. Veterans delivered the message Tuesday as they gathered at the World War II Memorial to celebrate the Honor Flight Network’s milestone of bringingRead More →
Workers in North Korea have ridiculed their government’s May Day propaganda that touted the superiority of socialism at a time when most people are struggling to put enough food on the table, sources in the country told FRG. May Day, or International Workers’ Day, is an annual celebration of theRead More →
Pictured: Attendees at the Texas Eco-Socialism Conference. picture of the release As the effects of climate change worsen and overwhelming evidence points to the need to change the system immediately, the organized movement to change this system has also grown. Even in Texas, where the oil and gas companies holdRead More →
Call your state representative By state law, appraisal districts must appraise property at market value. In fact, appraisal districts are regulated by the state of Texas to ensure that they do their job fairly and accurately. Failure to comply with these state-mandated regulations results in reduced formula funding for localRead More →
In his April 26 “Your Turn,” DeVoe Moore laments the rise of socialism and the decline of capitalism in the United States. In doing so, he calls the government’s response to Covid 19 “unnecessary spending” and presents some figures for government spending to deal with this national crisis. In hisRead More →
Clockwise from top left: Angy Lebowitz reads a copy of People’s Weekly World in July 1995; Angy in 2020; and US Army First Lieutenant Angy Lebowitz while serving as a nurse in World War II. | Popular World Archives Angy Lebowitz, an energetic little fighter for peace, racial equality, universalRead More →
Two polls, one in Canada and one in the US, found that millennials tend to have a positive view of socialism and socialist policies, with the US poll showing that 70% of millennials say they are likely to vote for a socialist candidate. If these results surprise you, you mayRead More →
Leftists sprinkled magic pixie dust on Disney and made it Marxist. In any case, this is the message currently filtering through the conservative media. To hear conservative commentator Mark Levin put it, “The Magic Kingdom is now a waking asylum.” If you were to take these bogus claims at faceRead More →
A review of The communist road to capitalism: how social unrest and lockdown have driven Chinese (r)evolution since 1949, Ralf Ruckus (PM Press, 2021), £12 In The communist road to capitalism German activist Ralf Ruckus takes a rather different approach to most stories of communist China. While writers generally focusRead More →
The biggest, most common attack launched by the GOP is that Democrats are socialists and embrace socialism and all its evils. This has been a very effective strategy because it does not distinguish between democratic socialism as practiced by virtually all western democracies and communist socialism as represented by CubaRead More →
Socialism – Facts about our semi-socialist and capitalist democracy Responding to my recent “Charter Schools a Bad Alternative to Public Education”, a few readers who challenged my stance went so far as to accuse me and Democrats of “pushing Satanist ideas and behaviors”. with the recommendation that “a movement inRead More →
What you hear loudly in the street is the ruthless hatred towards Macron within this large amorphous social stratum known as yellow vestsor among those who wince at his arrogance and smugness. Part of the 20% of Corbynist votes for Jean-Luc Mélenchon will revolve around Le Pen during the secondRead More →
Corbyn exploits unpaid workers in the name of socialism Marx always said that workers in a capitalist system are exploited for their work, and Corbyn certainly proves that to be true. Labor leader in exile must raise funds for his peace and justice Party Project, and its new Why weRead More →
The problem in Sri Lanka is nationalization, socialist policies with a mix of populism, handouts and handouts, and a controlled economy Sri Lanka is in deep trouble, due to the economic crisis and subsequent public outrage, which has hit the common man hard. Soaring inflation, weak government policies and theRead More →
By Roger McKinneyContributor | Wednesday, March 30, 2022 U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., holds a news conference outside a City Hall on November 6, 2019 in the Bronx borough of New York. | Kena Betancur/Getty Images Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York recently emulated President Biden by whispering aRead More →
As the dust settled after the 2020 presidential election, black women were heralded as the backbone of the effort to fight for suffrage and save democracy. In nearly every state, black women have galvanized our collective power to support progressive BIPOC candidates in Congress and in state legislatures. As theRead More →
Five years ago, Oakland filmmaker Yael Bridge set out to make a film about socialism in 21st century America. At the time, she had no idea that Bernie Sanders, the self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist Senator from Vermont, would gain popularity or that the Democratic Socialists of America would increase their membershipRead More →
In the United States, the term “socialism” has been widely misunderstood and used to discredit even modest reforms. To enhance understanding of the successes and failures of socialism and its relationship to human rights, experts from universities across the country will gather for a hybrid symposium on April 7 atRead More →
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The largest remaining section of the Berlin Wall has been converted into the East Side Gallery at Potsdamer Platz. Photo / Provided, File OPINION When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, neoliberals seized the opportunity and euphorically declared the historic triumph of free market capitalism over socialism. It was nothing.Read More →
There is a long history of efforts to combine the advantages of competition and planning. They range from speculative and theoretical analysis of “market socialism” to cooperatives, mutuals and efforts to combine an open economy with a socialist state that began in the former Yugoslavia. There is also a traditionRead More →
In this case, the children were more than on board. Tristram describes their eldest son Patrick, who helped in the Calais refugee camps, as the most socially conscious of their children. “He said, ‘Dad, this is fantastic. You do realize that’s socialism at work, don’t you? Do you think UncleRead More →
In the Hindu scheme of things, there is no exploitation of a human being by others, but rather a cohesion among living creatures. Over the past two centuries, a narrative has been constructed globally that there are only two ideologies or “isms”: communism-socialism and capitalism. These two opposing ideologies haveRead More →
Why Street Pay Packages Keep Exploding No Matter What The stock market is swinging wildly in light of Putin’s aggression in Ukraine, but Wall Street traders are doing very well. Bad news is good news for traders who make money from volatility. After all, in the year of Delta andRead More →
Time for Socialism: Dispatches from a World on Fire, 2016-2021by Thomas PikettyYale University Press, 2021.346pp. $34.95. “If someone had told me in 1990 that I would publish a collection of articles in 2020 called Long live socialism! in French, I would have thought it was a bad joke,” said ThomasRead More →
Time for Socialism: Dispatches from a World on Fire, 2016-2021By Thomas PickettyYale University Press, 2021.346pp. $34.95. “If someone had told me in 1990 that I would publish in 2020 a collection of articles entitled Long live socialism! in French, I would have thought it was a bad joke,” said ThomasRead More →
Few things are able to leave me speechless, but watching middle-class voters get tricked by right-wing “populists” works every time. Economic proposals that would benefit a broad spectrum of Americans are routinely decried as “socialist” by GOP leaders, and they unabashedly stoke division with threats of “income redistribution.” This asymmetricalRead More →
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Secretary of State V Srinivasa Rao has described the book “The Communist Manifesto,” written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, as a weapon in the hands of the working class. He was speaking at the Red Book Day, held at the party office in MaddilapalemRead More →
Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (Photo: VNA) Moscow (VNA) – The newspaper “Pravda” (Truth) of Russian The Federation Communist Party has highlighted publication of one delivered by the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong, which collects 29 articles andRead More →
Breadcrumb Links Columnists A customer buys mayonnaise and condiments at a Sainsbury’s supermarket in Walthamstow, east London, on February 13, 2022. Photo by Tolga Akmen /AFP via Getty Images Content of the article What is the social purpose of mayonnaise? To answer that question, it’s best not to consult anyoneRead More →
My social media feed is flooded with messages informing me of the loss of a courageous critic of the government and its policies, and I am saddened. It’s great to see that we have deans of some very successful and old business houses criticizing the current government and giving usRead More →
American socialism is misunderstood. Many Americans react negatively to the idea of socialism because they associate it with the USSR during the Cold War. People feared the USSR, and because the USSR practiced socialism, they feared socialism. This argument is wrong. Yes, we had reason to fear the USSR –Read More →
I agree with the first two sentences of Jack McWherter’s February 9 letter on compromise. However, he leaves me no choice. I have to educate him. First, socialism and communism are two different types of government. Jack, most of our government is socialist. Do you receive Medicare, drive on pavedRead More →
review of Suburban socialism (or barbarism) by Oly Durose (Repeater Books, 2022) There’s a line at Christopher Hill The experience of defeat, his masterful portrayal of discouraged radicals after the English Revolution, on the potential uses of political losses. According to Hill, defeat can force ideologues to confront the inadequacyRead More →
IIt is a curious paradox that Nehru was a socialist who consolidated capitalism. But the capitalists do not thank him for it; the left considers it inadequate; and the right equated his socialism with the “License-Permit Raj”. His socialism was evolutionary, not revolutionary, and it was inclusive, not class-based. HeRead More →
Senator Marco Rubio slammed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Monday on “Hannity,” saying the lawmaker was wrong when she called capitalism “unsalvageable.” SEN. MARCO RUBIO: Socialism is not about economics. This is a big mistake we are making. Socialism has nothing to do…it’s about power. It’s about the ability to control people. IfRead More →
Although many view socialism through the rigid prism of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving, globally adaptable ideology, says Jeremy Friedman, Marvin Bower Associate Professor at Harvard Business School . In his new book, Ripe for Revolution: Building Socialism in the Third World,Read More →
The 21st century is witnessing a gradual disappearance of traditional conservatism. With the disintegration of the USSR, liberal capitalism and internationalist interventionism lost their appeal. Current conservatism, says Philipps O’Brien of the University of St Andrews, is essentially nationalist, populist, evangelical and anti-science. Reverence for leaders is also a prominentRead More →
‘ My sister studied economics but she never read Marx or Engels,” says Berkay Kartav, 24. The co-ordinator of the London Young Socialists (a branch of Britain’s Socialist Party) sips black tea at Vagabond on Holloway Road. “It just goes to show that mainstream economics, as taught in universities, doesn’tRead More →
Around the world, billions of people are suffering incredible losses as a result of capitalism’s inability and unwillingness to seriously address the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions of people lost their lives or loved ones. Families are homeless. Workers have been forced to choose between risking their health in minimum-wage jobs andRead More →
The Gallup Poll asks Americans about their attitudes toward capitalism and socialism on a semi-regular basis. Some recent findings are reported by Jeffrey M. Jones in “Socialism, Capitalism Ratings in US Unchanged” (December 26, 2021, based on a poll conducted in October 2021). This figure shows the share of AmericansRead More →
The Civic Forum The idea of the Civic Forum had been discussed in Czech dissident circles as early as the 1970s. What is surprising, however, is how much it shared the vision of some forward-thinking communists of the time. In his book “The Prague Spring: Departure to a New World”,Read More →
When [BR] Ambedkar and others in the anti-caste movement drew attention to the “Brahminical philosophy” or Brahmanism the Communists were uncomfortable with in usage. For them, Brahmanism was, at best, a historical trend that in the past had sought to justify a birth-based social order, and they did not believeRead More →
The Chinese national flag. /APC The Chinese national flag. /APC Editor’s note: Keith Lamb graduated from Oxford University with an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies. His main research interests are China’s international relations and “socialism with Chinese characteristics”. The article reflects the opinions of the author and not necessarily theRead More →
Published: 01/13/2022 07:01:17 Modified: 01/13/2022 07:00:10 A few years ago at a rally in my town, a feisty speaker said that our government was dipping into our pockets through taxes to steal our hard-earned money to pay for programs that are just gifts to a growing number of “undeserving”. “That’sRead More →
EF The PCF felt that it was losing its dominant role within the French left. The Communists have always known that Mitterrand’s goal was to assume the leadership of the entire left, but they believed they could avoid this scenario, thanks to the fact that they had a more popularRead More →
French economist Thomas Piketty. | Janerik Henriksson/AP Thomas Piketty has a new collection of essays, titled, Time for Socialism: Dispatches from a World on Fire, 2016-2021. It is not possible to underestimate the positive impact that the masterpiece of the French author, Capital in the 21st century, had on theRead More →
FILE – This October 16, 2006 file photo shows the charging bull in lower Manhattan in New York City. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) By Mark Mears | The public gallery | January 9, 2022, 1:00 p.m. Capitalism promotes the individual and encourages selfishness. Socialism promotes the group and encourages supportingRead More →
Around 1853, Karl Marx had an idea to end serfdom. The idea was the revolution to form workers’ communes and to distribute the profits equitably. Everyone has become a comrade in Russia. After World War II, Russia spread state socialism in Europe and Asia. America saw a global threat. NorthRead More →
‘Kudlow’ discusses Biden’s failing policies as inflation continues to soar. Happy New Year everyone. It’s great to be back after a great week off. And first of all, I want to make two points. First, I remain resolutely optimistic about America’s future. Conservative values ​​and free enterprise capitalism will handilyRead More →
We are now less than a year away from the midterm elections and are starting to see more enraged conservative comments on the “evils of socialismâ€. What these people fail to realize is that a healthy capitalist economy requires a solid socialist base to function. Capitalism is a way ofRead More →
Freedom Road Socialist Organization Editorial | December 31, 2021 Read more articles in Cuba Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. For more than six decades, the Cuban people have created a system that provides free universal health care, free public education from kindergarten through college, and housing for people at approximatelyRead More →
There’s been a lot of talk about the economy lately. But do we know enough to determine the differences? I believe there are still a few of us who took an economics course from Professor Rodney Mitchell at KSTC. He insisted that we recite the four types of economic systemsRead More →
‘Kudlow’ discusses Biden’s leadership qualities amid crises with inflation, COVID and Afghanistan. It has not been a great year for our great country. We’ll talk about that in a minute. Saving America, killing Bill was one of the best things to happen this year. But I want to go backRead More →
Breadcrumb Links NP Comment Adam Zivo: If you care about workers, the best thing you can do is improve capitalism by reducing its monopoly impulses, which in practice means supporting free enterprise and competition. Author of the article: Adam zivo Release date : Dec 22 2021 • 23 hours agoRead More →
Mark Wiesenfeld: Prairie dogs: a call to humanity Dear humans: Like you, I emanated from a divine creator, or, if you prefer, from the universe or another source which resonates with the heart and the spirit… Like you, I am a sensitive being – a living and sensitive individual …Read More →
Breadcrumb Links PF comment Matthew Lau: With greed and envy at the heart of socialism, the image socialists painted of their economic system as compassionate is a fraud Author of the article: Matthieu lau A portrait of the political economist and philosopher Adam Smith (1723-1790) by an unknown artist. PhotoRead More →
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“Jacinda Ardern is doing what she can to correct the disparities between our wealthiest citizens and the rest of us.” Photo / Peter de Graaf, File Revive a communityI met a woman from East Germany who had immigrated to New Zealand. A Kiwi asked him about his experience. The questionRead More →
HR First, I will answer the national question. In general, we see that part of the economic establishment is tempted to play the card of the extreme right to divide and conquer the working class. This is a classic approach in times of economic crisis, in particular by dividing immigrantRead More →
HR I will answer the national question first. In general, we see that part of the economic establishment is tempted to play the card of the extreme right to divide and conquer the working class. This is a classic movement in times of economic crisis, dividing in particular immigrant andRead More →
Leah Cameron is proud of The Communist’s Daughter have a shameless socialist streak, even though its far-left Canadian web comedy is a far cry from Russian bread lines and iron-fisted Stalinism. “I’m excited for the comedy that comes from the black and white thinking that some people have in America,Read More →
The only line that separates the idea of ​​capitalism and socialism is the ownership of the means of production. The author’s suggested need for a level playing field and the ability and purpose of socialism is to achieve this; and furthermore, to declare that this is where capitalism should beRead More →
Highlights of History Capitalism is viewed positively by 60%; socialism, 38% Positive image of large companies down six points to 46% Democrats continue to view socialism more positively than capitalism WASHINGTON, DC – Americans remain much more positive about capitalism than socialism, and their scores for each have remained largelyRead More →
(The Center Square) – Gallup released a new poll Numbers Monday that measures Americans’ sentiment toward frequently used political terms such as “capitalism,” “socialism,” and more. Notably, two terms tied for the bottom of the list. “Socialism tied with ‘federal government’ as the lowest-rated of the six terms included inRead More →
Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1158/33404 From The Socialist newspaper, December 1, 2021 Fundraising for the fight at Socialism2021. Photo: Mary Finch (Click to enlarge) Roger Butler, Socialist Party of Swansea Fight Fund organizer Roman orator and statesman Cicero described finances and resources as “the sinews of war” – and ofRead More →
Count Gerald Green among the nervous torturers who see a socialist behind every tree as he fears America is slipping into economic oblivion. rubbish! Ditto for his comment calling Teddy Roosevelt a Democrat and confusing him with Franklin Roosevelt for creating the social safety net in the 1930s to alleviateRead More →
Michael T. Hayes is Professor of Political Science at Colgate University. As President Joe Biden finally signs the bipartisan infrastructure bill and pushes for passage of the “Build Back Better Billâ€, Republicans in Congress are once again invoking the specter of socialism to frighten their base. This accusation is notRead More →
Socialism and capitalism are on either side of a debate about which system is best for us humans. I’m here to set the record straight: they both stink. Take the costs. The enemies of capitalism will tell you that the profit incentive that drives it causes companies to care onlyRead More →
Home | Le Socialiste November 17, 2021 | Join the Socialist Party Subscribe | Make a donation | audio | PDF | Ebook Isai Priya, treasurer of the Socialist Party The Today program, on BBC Radio 4, examined the state of the NHS and its history. The pressure on theRead More →
Home | Le Socialiste November 17, 2021 | Join the Socialist Party Subscribe | Make a donation | audio | PDF | Ebook Best event to come together to fight for socialism Julija Rusevica, Socialist Party of South West London You may have heard a lot about the Socialism 2021Read More →
India became an independent nation on August 15, 1947. Socialism shaped the main economic and social policies of the Indian government until the early 1990s. Socialism is an economic and political system based on public ownership of the means of production. The government makes all legal production and distribution decisionsRead More →
After every socialist experiment without exception has failed over the past 100 years, it should be clear that the last thing the world needs is new. But as memories of the collapse of real-world socialism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe fade, socialist thought is experiencing a renewed renaissance.Read More →
However, Democrats have had more success playing on the trauma suffered by Puerto Ricans, more than one million of whom live in Florida. In central Florida, the Biden campaign aired a sequence of TV, radio and internet commercials that touched the hearts of those displaced by Hurricanes Irma and MarÃa,Read More →
Ttoday is the 32nd anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is considered a landmark event in that it signified the collapse of the Iron Curtain that had descended on Europe after World War II. It was the beginning of the end of communism’s fierce grip on centralRead More →
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Editor’s Note: This essay is adapted from the new book “The Drift: Stopping America’s Slippage Toward Socialism“by Kevin Hassett. “Kevin, I want you to pick the lowest number,†President Trump told me. It was in 2016 and I was then president ofRead More →
What the left can learn from “socialist” countries Can the left learn from the countries it likes to claim as the success stories of democratic socialism – Norway, Sweden and Denmark? Under the banner of democratic socialism, the left promotes a social and economic order based on central control ofRead More →
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley lashes out at Tories who are comfortable with increased government intervention in the economy, contrasting with other Republicans eyeing for a more raised. The possible 2024 presidential candidate said in a speech to the Heritage Foundation on Wednesday that socialism hadRead More →
COLOMBIA, SC P2024 presidential candidate Nikki Haley spoke on Wednesday against Republicans willing to compromise with Democrats on the economy. Haley, a former governor of South Carolina and United Nations ambassador, has accused some conservatives of “backing up” when Democrats defend ideas that have socialist components. “The right wing needsRead More →
And so, I think a lot of conservative friends — you know, one of the first people to interview me in my office when I went to the White House was George Will, and I know George didn’t very strong feelings for the president but a lot of people haveRead More →
Halloween is a constant for Republicans who scare voters that Democrats will take us down the path of socialism and communism. President Donald Trump proclaimed that the United States “will never be a socialist country,” then quickly increased socialist farm subsidies ($ 11.7 billion in 2017) to $ 32 billionRead More →
Heads of state, government ministers and thousands of other delegates from all corners of the world converge on Glasgow, Scotland for two weeks of climate change talks starting this weekend. Firefighters work at the scene of a forest fire near the village of Kyuyorelyakh in the Gorny Ulus region, westRead More →
Now, Piketty has collected several dozen of these columns in an anthology (here translated by Kristin Couper), starting with an original 26-page essay boldly titled “Long Live Socialism!” After his in-depth exploration of deepening inequalities, Piketty concluded that the redistributive policies of social capitalism – slightly progressive taxes and socialRead More →
An Air India Ltd. on the tarmac at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi | Bloomberg Text size: A- A + AThe privatization of India is finally underway, albeit belatedly. Therefore, this led to conversations around the planned economy, and in turn blamed the socialist economy for India’s woes.Read More →
I am more and more concerned that our country is becoming a socialist country every month under the current administration. It’s alarming for me to see events happening every month that prove my theory: The dismantling of monuments in some cities of the country does not suit me. I understandRead More →
Without the left hand of socialism as a partner, the right hand of capitalism is incapable of doing all that needs to be done. The reason why it is important that India Walton be elected mayor, at least for now, is this. The downturn economy will never hit bottom, andRead More →