Anarchism, Socialism & Libertarianism: Alternatives for Peace
On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin Breaks the Set on Anarchism, Socialism, & Libertarianism, in the first ever Breaking the Set Alternative Voices Debate. … Read the restThe post...
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Flying Saucers And The Working-Class Struggle
Wondering where socialist revolutionaries stand on the question of alien life? Via Marxists.org, a translation from a pamphlet distributed in 1968 Paris penned by J. Posadas (whose ideology was dubbed...
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Socialists and the ‘Pet’ Contradiction
Jon Hochschartner writes at Counterpunch: Socialists, like everyone else, absorb our culture’s contradictory messages regarding the value of animals. We learn that certain species, such as dogs and...
View ArticleEd Asner Breaks the Set on 9/11 Truth, the Hollywood Left, and Syria
Abby Martin talks to legendary actor and activist, Ed Asner, discussing 9/11 questions, US intervention in Syria, the declining role of Hollywood’s anti-war left and his charity work with his...
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Libertarianism’s Deficient Models of Human Nature and Society
Peter Corning writes at Psychology Today (two years ago): Who can object to the libertarian principles of individual freedom, personal responsibility, and the right to hold property – at least in the...
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Why We Should Socialize Social Media
Via n+1, Benjamin Kunkle argues that social media mega-sites need to be turned into public utilities so as to save us all: On November 6, Twitter went public, in the private sense. Twitter shares...
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The Socialist Malala Yousafzai the US Media Doesn’t Quote
Statsministerens kontor (CC BY-ND 2.0) Ben Norton writes at CounterPunch: Now that Malala Yousafzai has won her hard-earned and well-deserved Nobel Peace Prize, she and her amazing, tragic story is...
View ArticleThe Socialist Response to Obama’s 2015 State of the Union Address
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View Article“People often ask me, ‘How can you be so stupid and still proclaim yourself a...
Philosopher Slavoj Žižek argues that our current brand of global capitalism is quickly outgrowing democracy and that a divorce between the two is inevitable. This leads to an array of social and...
View ArticleAnarchist Socialist Commie Leftist
Sounds scary, right? Hold on, it’s about to get worse… View the full episode: http://youtu.be/2uuK2TuHJjc @ActOutOnOccupy facebook.com/ActOutOnOccupy occupy.com/actout… Read the rest The post...
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Allen Ginsberg’s Poem for Bernie Sanders (1986)
In 1986, Bernie Sanders was mayor of Burlington, Vermont. Socialist snow on the streets Socialist talk in the Maverick bookstore Socialist kids sucking socialist lollipops Socialist poetry in...
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Sanders and Corbyn: Socialism, Better Late than Never
DonkeyHotey CC By 2.0 After years of organisation and ground work, socialism has finally reappeared in western politics. It’s hard not to feel swept up by its arrival, to see it as some sort of...
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Bernie Sanders’ Top Five Race Problems: the Whiteness of Nominal Socialism
DonkeyHotey (CC BY 2.0) Paul Street writes at CounterPunch: Racism as Just an Economic Problem The nominally socialist Democratic Party presidential candidate Bernie “sheep dog” Sanders, from 95% white...
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Bernie Sanders, Democratic Socialism, and the New World Order
The most influential socialist organization in the United States Bernie Sanders The crowd roars. Young activists jump on stage and steal the mic from the speaker’s hands to partake in civil...
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Is Bernie Sanders Delaying the Revolution?
Johannes Miquel, a 19th-century socialist, was with a friend when they were approached by a beggar. The friend reached into his pocket to money the beggar up, but Miquel stopped him, exclaiming:...
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Tinfoil Despots: Why Powerful Elites Love Conspiracy Theories
The UK’s Morning Star is a daily newspaper without an American equivalent; it’s unapologetically socialist and that informs pretty much everything it reports on, including conspiracy theories: Move...
View ArticleWhy Are We Still Working?
Australian journalist Mike Dowson has an excellent article asking why the massive wealth and productivity gained through technological innovation in the past 100 years hasn’t translated into a...
View ArticleSocialists and the ‘Pet’ Contradiction
Jon Hochschartner writes at Counterpunch: Socialists, like everyone else, absorb our culture’s contradictory messages regarding the value of animals. We learn that certain species, such as dogs and...
View ArticleEd Asner Breaks the Set on 9/11 Truth, the Hollywood Left, and Syria
Abby Martin talks to legendary actor and activist, Ed Asner, discussing 9/11 questions, US intervention in Syria, the declining role of Hollywood’s anti-war left and his charity work with his...
View ArticleLibertarianism’s Deficient Models of Human Nature and Society
Peter Corning writes at Psychology Today (two years ago): Who can object to the libertarian principles of individual freedom, personal responsibility, and the right to hold property – at least in...
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