Tag Archives: Social Democrats

In These Times: Senator Bernie Sanders: ‘My Vision For Democratic Socialism in America’

Source:The New Democrat  What Senator Bernie Sanders laid out in his socialism speech is what I’ve argued that democratic socialism is. Not Marxism and economic state-ownership, but a large social insurance system better known as a welfare state to go … Continue reading

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LA Progressive: Lawrence Wittner: ‘Democratic Socialism Has Deep Roots in American Life’

Source:LA Progressive– U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (Democratic Socialist, Socialist Republic of Vermont) and 2016 presidential candidate. Source:The New Democrat  “The shock and disbelief with which many political pundits have responded to Bernie Sanders’s description of himself as a “democratic socialist”—a … Continue reading

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Real Time With Bill Maher: Interview With Senator Bernie Sanders

Source:The Daily Review Every time I hear someone interview Senator Bernie Sanders and someone asks him what does he mean by socialist and socialism, I end up feeling like I’m one of his campaign spokesman. Because he never fully answers … Continue reading

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Bill Ayers: ‘Socialism, Seriously!’

Source:Haymarket Books– who’s kidding? “Socialism, Seriously! Memo to Bernie: Martin Luther King, Jr. was a socialist, and so was Jane Addams, Ella Baker, Bayard Rustin, Dorothy Day, Eugene Debs, and Julian Bond. Claim it. King said in 1967: The US … Continue reading

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The Real News: Abby Martin: America’s Unofficial Religion-The War on an Idea

Source:The New Democrat Again, it depends on are you talking about democratic socialism, which is a very mainstream political philosophy in most of the developed world and gaining strength in America, or are you talking about Marxism. Which is complete … Continue reading

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Benjamin Katzef Sliberstein: Sorry Leftist Americans, Your Swedish Utopia Does Not Exist

Source:The New Democrat  Imagine a county about the size of Turkey in land, but with only about nine-million people, that is not just energy independent, but exports a lot of their natural resources, that is also social democratic in nature … Continue reading

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The North Star: M. Harlan Hoke- Regime Change: Ditch The Green Party for Socialist Campaigns

Source:The New Democrat I started blogging about this four years ago when Occupy Wall Street came out and argued that how about the so-called Progressives in America like the Progressive Caucus in the Democratic Party, combined with the Green Party … Continue reading

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Green Party: Bill Kreml Envisioning a Functional Government: Bringing Social Democracy to America?

Source: Green Party: Bill Kreml Envisioning a Functional Government: Bringing Social Democracy to America? I gotta admit and there are not many Social Democrats, or Democratic Socialists that actually empress me, but Bill Kreml even with his hippie socialist look … Continue reading

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Rachel Maddow: Bernie Sanders Consistency

Source: The New Democrat This video of Bernie Sanders would have been much more enjoyable to watch if Rachel Maddow wasn’t in it, or I didn’t have to hear her speak. She’s just one example of why MSNBC is so … Continue reading

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Russia Today: Thom Hartmann & Thor Benson: ‘Stop Calling Bernie Sanders a Socialist?’

Source:The New Democrat I believe the best way to differentiate a Socialist, or Democratic Socialist from someone who is way Far-Left and a statist like a Communist, would be to put the two factions in separate groups. Democratic Socialists, which … Continue reading

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