Tag Archives: Socialists

The Nation: Michelle Goldberg: Adolph Reed & Electoral Nihilism

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Derik Schneider

The Nation: Opinion: Adolph Reed and Electoral Nihilism Source:The New Democrat A couple of things irritate me about the far left in the Democratic Party (social democrats or even socialists, as I call them) when it comes to their political … Continue reading →

Posted in New Left, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Washington Post: Andrew Cohut: Are Democrats Getting Two Liberal?

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  This is where political labels, that is, labels that only describe one’s political ideology, get people into trouble when they don’t understand what the labels mean and what that political ideology is about. I agree with Andrew … Continue reading →

Posted in Democratic Party, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Slate: Opinion: Dave Weigel: Why the Left is Stronger Without the Democrats: The Current Democratic Coalition

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Slate: Opinion: Why the Left is Stronger Without the Democrats  Erik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter It’s generally not a good idea to compare American politics with British politics because the center … Continue reading →

Posted in Democratic Party | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Socialist Worker: Phil Gasper:Socialism, Stalinism and Eastern Europe

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Socialist Worker: Opinion- Phil Gasper- Socialism, Stalinism and Eastern Europe Source:The New Democrat Socialism is the perfect example of how labels can get you in trouble if you are not a political junky, or at least a political fan, someone … Continue reading →

Posted in New Left, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Paul Krugman: ‘Inequality, Dignity & Freedom’

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:New York Times– left-wing columnist Paul Krugman. Source:The New Democrat “Now that the Congressional Budget Office has explicitly denied saying that Obamacare destroys jobs, some (though by no means all) Republicans have stopped lying about that issue and turned to … Continue reading →

Posted in New Left, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Russia Today: Thom Hartmann & Tim Cavanaugh: When Conservatives Embraced Big Government

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  What Thom Hartmann doesn’t mention is that a lot of those Federal jobs were created in the Reagan Administration in the U.S. Department of Defense and a large number in the private defense industry and most of … Continue reading →

Posted in The New Democrat, Thom Hartmann | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Washington Examiner: Timothy Carney: Are Libertarians Ultra-Conservative or Free Market Liberals?

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Libertarians are ultra-conservatives because they see big government as a threat to freedom and civilized society, period, and are opposed completely to big government involved in our economic or personal affairs.  Libertarians are much more conservative than … Continue reading →

Posted in Libertarianism, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

RT: Video: Breaking The Set, Socialist in Seattle

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Derik Schneider

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Socialism has a future in the United States, but it is the Bernie Sanders democratic socialism. That combines a very large centralized federal welfare state with very high … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Firing Line With William F. Buckley: The State of The Democratic Party (1985)

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Rik Schneider

. Source:The New Democrat  What happened to the Democratic Party in 1968, 1972, 1980, 1984 and 1988 in those presidential defeats and in the case of 1980 when the not only lost the White House in a landslide, but lost … Continue reading →

Posted in Firing Line, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Slate Magazine: Tanner Colby: How The Left’s Embrace of Busing Hurt The Cause of Integration

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  As a Liberal I believe in things like equal opportunity, Equal Justice Under the Law, wrote a blog about that yesterday. Equal Protection Under Law all of these great liberal values that I believe puts me in … Continue reading →

Posted in Slate Video, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment