Summary: The polar ice caps are melting, hurricanes and droughts ravish the planet, and the earth's population is threatened by catastrophic climate change. Millions of American jobs have been sent overseas and aren't coming back. Young African-American men make up the majority of America's prison population. Half of the American population are poor or near poor, living precariously on the brink, while...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Sunkara, Bhaskar

Summary: With the stunning popularity of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Americans are embracing the class politics of socialism. But what, exactly, is socialism? And what would a socialist system in America look like? In The Socialist Manifesto, Bhaskar Sunkara explores socialism's history since the mid-1800s and presents a realistic vision for its future. The editor of Jacobin magazine,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2019

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Summary: Featuring interviews with Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cornel West, and Naomi Klein, The Big Scary ₁S₂ Word explores the rich history of the American socialist movement. Weaving together hidden episodes of history and verit f̌ootage, the film shows that, contrary to popular belief, socialism is deeply American and led to popular government programs such as public schools and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Robinson, Nathan J.

Summary: "A primer on Democratic Socialism for those who are extremely skeptical of it. America is witnessing the rise of a new generation of socialist activists. More young people support socialism now than at any time since the labor movement of the 1920s. The Democratic Socialists of America, a big-tent leftist organization, has just surpassed 50,000 members nationwide. In the fall of 2018, one of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: All Points Books 2019

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Simon, Rita J. (Rita James)

Contents: Introduction, by R. J. Simon.--Radicalism in the thirties: the Trotskyist view, by M. Shachtman.--The Huey Long movement, by G. L. K. Smith.--Writers in the thirties, by G. Hicks.--The thirties in America as a Socialist recalls them, by N. Thomas.--My experience in the labor and radical struggles of the thirties, by A. J. Muste.--The student movement of the thirties: a political history, by H....

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Illinois Press 1967

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