Tag: Socialism
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Why We Don’t Support Parecon
The basic problem we have with parecon as advocated by Michael Albert is that we think he proposes blueprints for society without attempting to provide anything empirical to back up his claims. Whenever a criticism is raised, Albert’s response is to assert the beauty and elegance of his model, or to claim he has…
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Jeremy Corbyn’s Left Populism
Chantal Mouffe argues that Jeremy Corbyn represents the success of left populism.
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The Meaning of the Paris Commune
Kristin Ross discusses how the Paris Commune remains valuable as a resource for anti-systtemic movements today.
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Beyond Social Democracy
A reprint of an article by Ralph Milliband and Marcel Liebman that discusses the strengths and shortcomings of Social Democracy and what must be done to advance beyond it.
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The Myth of “Populism”
For too long 'populism' has been a term of political abuse. The time has come for the American Left to reclaim the mantle of one of its most illustrious ancestors.
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Reflections on Anti-Communism
A reprint of a classic article stating the case against anti-communism from a socialist perspective.
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The Few Who Won
In a sympathetic but critical review, Bhaskar Sunkara provides an overview of the Bolshevik Revolution from the vantage point of a century later.
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The Ballot and the Break
Eric Blanc discusses the history of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor party as showing why socialists ultimately need to break with the Democratic party.
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Book Review; Social Populism? A Review of Steve Early’s Refinery Town
One of the most interesting things about Steve Early’s new book Refinery Town, Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City, is the way it seems to provide an empirical confirmation for theoretical positions that have been debated on the left for decades. Thinkers from Althusser’s current of Marxist thought, such as…
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The Economy of an Ecological Society Will Be at the Service of Humanity
Mark Karlin interviews Fred Magdoff about the book he has recently co-authored with Chris Williams, "Creating an Ecological Society."