Tag Archives: New Left

The New Republic: Jeet Heer: Sibling Rivalry: Democratic Socialists & Liberals

Source:The New Democrat What’s going on in the Democratic Party today reminds me of what was going on post-JFK assassination in the 1960s and into the 1970s. Even though I wasn’t born until 1975, of course I don’t remember seeing … Continue reading

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Sam Harris: Waking Up With Sam Harris- Mark Lilla: What Happened To Leftism

Source:Sam Harris– ANTIFA and what they represent is actually about as illiberal a political faction and movement, that you’ll ever meet. Contrary to how the so-called mainstream media categorizes Liberals and liberalism. Source:The New Democrat  “In this episode of the … Continue reading

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Christian Science Monitor: Jessica Mendoza- What is ANTIFA and Does Its Rise Mean?

Source:The New Democrat Jessica Mendoza at CMS, pretty sums up exactly what ANTIFA is. (Anti-Fascists Action) They’re essentially a collection of far-leftists, Communists even, of course Socialists, and Anarchists. They’re not the sons and daughters of the peace-loving hippies of … Continue reading

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Bob Daugherty: Mysteries & Scandals- The Blacklist & The Hollywood 10

Source:The Daily Review Looking back at it The Hollywood Blacklist and The Hollywood 10 and the so-called House Un-American Activities Committee which was as Un-American as anything they were investigating and perhaps the most Un-American committee we’ve ever seen in … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: John Stossel & Lilly Tang Williams: 100 Years of Communist Disaster

Source:The Daily Review China is a good example of a communist disaster as far as their economic system until they started their privatization program about 40 years ago and moved to a more capitalist private enterprise economic system. But China … Continue reading

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Brookings Institution: Dana Goldman: Why Bernie Sander’s Plan For Universal Health Care Is Only Half Right

Source:The New Democrat Actually, I believe Dana Goldman is being generous here and giving Senator Bernie Sanders too much credit here. I don’t believe Senator Sanders is even half right and is selling his supporters a Mercedes for the cost … Continue reading

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Daniel J. Mitchell: ‘Disagreeing With Socialism, Despising Marxist Socialism’

Source:AIM– Marxist Socialist Karl Marx and Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders. “I wrote last week about evil of totalitarian ideologies such as communism and fascism and pointed out that both antifa and Nazis should be treated with complete disdain and ostracism. … Continue reading

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Bill Ayers: ‘Notes On Violence’

Source:Bill Ayers If you look at leftist social-democratic and counter-cultural movements from the 1960s and today, you have three different movements on the Left in America. The Martin L. King civil rights and then later People’s Campaign from the 1960s. … Continue reading

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Mark Lilla: ‘The Shipwrecked Mind’

Source:Politics & Prose– Mark Lilla & Andrew Sullivan at Politics & Prose in Washington. “Expanding on the essays he’s published in The New York Review of Books and The New Republic, Lilla’s seventh book is a rich history of political … Continue reading

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The New Republic: John Judis: ‘The Socialism America Needs Now’

Source:The New Democrat To give you an idea of what I believe socialism is and what it isn’t, I agree with John Judis at TNR that socialism has a couple layers, three if you include Chinese communism. But before that … Continue reading

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