Regardless of whether Americans think socialism is bad or good, or how they define it, most of them embrace socialist policies and programs – as long as no one calls them that.
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Glamour isn’t just for the rich and famous. As the ‘Ball Without Billionaires’ showed, the blue collar can bedazzle.
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, which exposed hazardous working conditions in Chicago’s meatpacking plants, first appeared serially in a socialist newspaper before being published as a novel.
Parties of the British left have been notorious for the arguments about what names mean. No wonder this new endeavour chose a name that effectively says nothing.
A pragmatic form of socialism based on improving ordinary people’s lives is winning votes – and making powerful enemies – in equal measure.
George Orwell, the author of two classic anti-totalitarian, pro-freedom novels from the 1940s, was a democratic socialist who opposed authoritarian leaders of the left and the right.
The death of capitalism has been greatly exaggerated.
Noam Chomsky’s notion of the human instinct for freedom ties together his many intellectual pursuits, from educating creative, independent citizens to rejecting social and economic hierarchies.
Robert Sobukwe was committed to individual rights, a key tenet of liberalism.
Communism, Marxism and socialism are all different economic and political ideas. As concepts, they all seek to move toward greater economic equality and public participation in democracy.
Meet the 19th century reformer Kang Youwei who inspired the founder of modern-day China.
The Labour leader has sent mixed signals over the years.
British progressive economists such as Barbara Wootton and William Beveridge locked horns with Friedrich Hayek over their vision of a European federation.
One hundred years after the Italian opposition leader’s murder, documents long locked away at the London School of Economics could shed new light on Mussolini’s involvement in his death
Ali Hassan Mwinyi successfully drove economic and political reforms in Tanzania, all in the shadow of his predecessor, Julius Nyerere.
A survey shows the impact foreign media is having on North Korea’s residents, despite the government’s harsh crackdown
Jurgen Klopp will leave Liverpool with a remarkably similar legacy to the club’s iconic manager, Bill Shankly.
What does the future hold for Wales and Welsh Labour in the wake of Drakeford’s resignation?
Opinions differ widely about the true character of the EFF and what it really stands for since it gained seats in parliament in 2014.
As a passionate and partisan defender of Allende’s socialism, Guzmán’s films celebrate popular protest and struggles for democracy and equality in Chile.
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