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Is Socialism Making a Comeback?

Wonder Cabinet

Wonder Cabinet Productions

Society & Culture, Wonder, Philosophy, Ttbook, Knowledge, Interview

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2018

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

It was a dirty word 25 years ago. But now, more and more people are identifying as Socialists…in America and on the ballot.

Guests:

Kshama Sawant
Sean Wilentz
Cheryl Blue
Andrew Haug
Erik Olin Wright
Brother Ali

Interviews in this hour:

How Socialism Won in Seattle
In Defense of Liberals
Milwaukee's Socialist Experiment
Rethinking Socialism for Today
Brother Ali on Islam, the Left, and Hip Hop

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's to the best of our knowledge. I'm Anne Strangeamps.

0:04.2

It's been a long time since Americans seriously debated socialism.

0:10.0

The Socialists, the Communists, and their followers would like to see the American spirit

0:16.0

extinguished by gradually destroying the principle of the private ownership of property.

0:21.6

You, the people, have never had a voice in the claring war.

0:26.6

The right of the working people to better their conditions.

0:30.6

Where we all can live abundant lives.

0:33.6

They don't want black people to learn about socialism, because they feel that we might challenge the power of the monopolist here.

0:44.3

I saw the spread of socialism and communism.

0:48.3

We are rapidly losing the battle from an organization that wants to destroy this nation.

0:53.3

Today more than half the people of the world live under a socialism that wants to corrupt the minds of youth, getting their orders from Moscow.

1:02.0

Under the name of liberalism, the American people will adopt every fragment of the socialist program.

1:07.0

In my mind, there is no doubt, but that the world of the 21st century will be overwhelmingly

1:12.6

communistic.

1:15.8

That was then.

1:17.8

Today, like it or not, socialism is making a comeback.

1:22.7

When I talk about democratic socialism, you know what I'm talking about?

1:26.6

Social security. The fundamental commitment is to make sure they can live lives of decency.

1:32.3

I think it's time to champion a new vision for our commonwealth.

1:36.3

The accountability of the powerful.

1:38.3

I am tired of accepting a system that doesn't work for me.

1:43.3

Her policy positions are actually downright scary.

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