Socialism

Capitalist Revolution: Forget the Deficit and Learn From Europe

Sanjay Sanghoee | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Congress, John Boehner Debt Ceiling, Debt Ceiling, John Boehner, Trickle Down, France, Economic Crisis, Elections 2012, Capitalism, Euro, Deficit, Politics, Unemployment, Greece, Spending Cuts, Socialism, Europe, Republicans, Business News

Before we go wild with our deficit-cutting scythe, let's make sure that we are not hacking away at our own feet in the process.

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Applied Classics: François Hollande and the Socialists of Golden-Age Athens

Lex Paulson | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Classics, Socialism, Europe, Athens, France, Eurozone, French Politics, French Election, Francois Hollande, World News

The French president-elect might find an interesting lesson on socialist leadership in the far distance of fifth-century B.C. Europe, and specifically from the two men who dominated left-wing politics in the twilight of Athens' golden age.

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Fixing Gross Inequality Is Not Socialism

Curtis Roosevelt | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Banking Crisis, Fdr, Social Security, Obama Socialist, New Deal, Income Inequality, Socialism, Franklin Roosevelt, Politics News

Democrats are again in an excellent position to take a risk like FDR took with the New Deal. They might give themselves some identity other than that of modest centrists, constantly worried about offending one constituency or another.

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West Sounds Off On 'Openly Socialist Individual'

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Video, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Allen West, French Elections, Socialism, Allen West Florida, Francois Hollande, Greek Elections, Austerity, Politics News

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) sounded off on the weekend's European elections, in which voters in Greece and France rejected politicians pushing austerity ...

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A Tale of Two Elections

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Angela Merkel, Francois-Hollande-Presidentielles-France, French Elections, Socialism, Francois Hollande, President Obama, French Elections 2012, World News

Watching the jubilation at the Place de la Bastille last night, where the Socialist candidate Francois Hollande was declared the next President of France precisely at 8:00 p.m., followed by delirious chants of "Sarkozy, c'est fini!" I couldn't help thinking of Grant Park, November 2008.

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Vive La France "Hollandaise"?

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Bastille, Paris, France, French Presidential Elections, Nicholas Sarkozy, Francois Hollande, Tulle, French Socialist Party, France Elections 2012, French Elections 2012, World Elections 2012, French Elections, Socialism, France Elections, World News

However one cuts it, Messr. Hollande faces the same hard choices as does his defeated predecessor. Does he impose crushing new taxes on the wealthy or does he impose new taxes on everyone to help achieve revenue targets needed to help offset France's deficit?

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The Answer Isn't Socialism; It's Capitalism That Better Spreads the Benefits of the Productivity Revolution

Robert Reich | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Joblessness, Socialism, Francois Hollande French Election, Francois Hollande, China Economy, Business News

We don't need socialism. We need a capitalism that works for the vast majority. The productivity revolution should be making our lives better -- not poorer and more insecure. And it will do that when we have the political will to spread its benefits.

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Obama Ridicules GOP Senate Candidate: 'What Are You Talking About?!'

The Huffington Post | Melissa Jeltsen | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Obama Student Loans, Todd Akin Student Loans, Federal Student Loans, Video, Todd Akin, Missouri Senate Race, Elections 2012, Socialism, Claire McCaskill, Student Loans, Barack Obama, Todd Akin Socialism, Politics News

President Barack Obama ridiculed a Republican Senate candidate on Wednesday for saying that the United States has "stage three cancer of socialism" be...

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Interview: Mariela Castro Espin Opens a Window Into Today's Cuba

Brian Kahn | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: LGBT Rights, Raul Castro, Socialism, Mariela Castro, LGBT Activism, Interview, Mariela Castro Espín, Cuba, Cuban Politics, World News

Mariela Castro Espin is a leader in Cuba's struggle to achieve equal rights for its LGBT people. In this interview, Mariela answers probing questions: the politics of advocating gay rights in Cuba, criticism of Soviet-style socialism, and her critique of capitalism.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Socialist or "Champion of Freedom"?

David Woolner | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Socialism, Franklin Roosevelt, New Deal, Safety Net, Barack Obama, Social Safety Nets, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Economic Crisis, Politics News

For Roosevelt, government intervention in the economy was not about destroying individual liberty; it was about restoring individual liberty. This is a good reminder for President Obama.

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The Frog and the Scorpion

Conn Hallinan | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Socialism, Bo Xiali, Capitalism, Wen Jiabao, China, China Poverty, China Economy, China Human Rights, World News

Global capitalism -- including in China, despite its self-styled socialism with Chinese characteristics" -- is in its most severe crisis since the great crash of the 1930s. The question is, can any country make a system with serious built-in flaws function for all of its people?

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Universal Health Insurance and the Failure of Liberal Framing

Mitch Rofsky | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Economics, Obamacare, Health Care, Liberalism, Conservatives, Liberals, Conservatism, Michele Bachman, President Obama, Party Lines, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Health Insurance, Sean Hannity, Medicare, Socialism, Politics News

Obama's health care program, with its private doctors, hospitals and insurance companies, isn't close to socialism, of course. But is it close enough to liberalism?

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Survival of the Insurable: Universal Access to Health Care & Natural Selection

Dinkar Jain | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: US Supreme Court, Collective Responsibility, Extinction, Nature, Health Care Reform, Community, Evolution, Society, Socialism, Health Care Law, Affordable Care Act, Supreme Court Health Care, Health Care Act, Health Care, Politics News

If we overturn universal access to health care, the costs to America and humanity would be immense.

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Poverty in America 50 Years After Michael Harrington's The Other America

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Socialism, Lyndon Johnson, The Other America, Michael Harrington, War on Poverty, Politics News

Today, Harrington is almost a forgotten figure. Contemporary historians and sociologists still cite Harrington in their studies of poverty, but few Americans under 50, including most activists with unions, community organizers and civil rights groups, have heard of him.

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In Praise of the Dude Teaching at My Son's Preschool

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Gloria Steinham, Politics, Preschool, Masculinity, Parenting, Socialism, Feminism, Sweden, Gender, Parents News

Challenging gender roles should not stop at the preschool door, and it should not just be about getting my daughter to see princesses in a different way or letting my son wear pink mittens.

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Workers Hold Key to Reigniting Egypt's Revolution

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: North Africa, Egypt, Labor, Muslim, Workers, Human Rights, Arab Spring, Egypt Revolution, Cairo, Middle East, Tahrir Square, Socialism, World News

While workers are consumed with immediate problems of economic instability and unemployment, labor activists struggle to find unity as organizations jostle for representation in the fractious post-Mubarak political landscape.

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Socialist Sticks & Stones

Arnie Reisman | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Tea Party Movement, Socialism, Health Care Socialism, Socialist, Ayn Rand Socialism, Tea Party, Ayn Rand, Barack Obama Socialist, Ayn Rand Tea Party, Politics News

When it comes to Obama, Tea Partiers sound like extras in The Oxbow Incident. When it comes to politics, they just sound like hypocrites.

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How Obama Can Win Big

Brent Budowsky | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: American Davos, Martin Luther King, Obama Second Term, Insider Punditry, Economy, Ronald Reagan, Shared Prosperity, Morning America, Pay Equity, Obama Presidency, Patriotic Capitalism, Ayn Rand, Teddy Roosevelt, Main Street, Abraham Lincoln, Obama 2.0, State of the Union, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, 2012 Election, Hope America Fails, John Kennedy, News Cycle, Socialism, Newt Gingrich, Made in the USA, Shared Purpose, Food Stamp President, Politics News

While President Obama lifts his presidency to champion the cause of jobs that are made in the USA, his Republican opponents stake their plans for powe...

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The Great Socialist Deception

Ben Daniel | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Pledge of Allegiance, Presidential Politics, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, Socialism, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Religion and Politics, Religion in America, Tenth Commandment, Religion News

When Republican presidential aspirants wish to discredit Barack Obama's policies, they call him a socialist. But is he? Of course not.

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Haiti Should Stay Away From Chavez's ALBA

Joel D. Hirst | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Alba, Michel Martelly, Hugo Chavez, Haiti, Haiti Earthquake, Socialism, World News

President Martelly must recognize that the future prosperity of the Haitian people will not come from an association with the world's despots but with the hard work of fighting corruption, creating opportunities and educating his people.

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Gingrich Is Now a Socialist, and Other Lessons From New Hampshire

Ethan Rome | Posted 03.12.2012

In the debates and campaign ads leading up to the New Hampshire primary a new strain of Republican politics has suddenly surfaced -- a brand of compassionate capitalism that, were it to come from President Obama, Newt Gingrich would describe as socialism.

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Will Romney Lie His Way to the White House?

Dean Baker | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Taxes, Mitt Romney, Socialism, Health Care, Barack Obama, Romney Campaign, Romney Obama, Romney 2012, Business News

It would be helpful for the media to tell the public that the Republicans have nominated a candidate who doesn't think that he can win the presidency without creating complete fantasies to advance his campaign.

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"Scientific Development" and China's Leadership Transition

Julian Baird Gewirtz | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Joseph Biden, Hu Jintao, Chinese Communist Party, Economic Development, Chinese Economy, Xi Jinping, Science, Marxism, Socialism, Development, China, World News

The coming year will see China's leadership transition from a decade under President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao to a new cadre of younger leaders.

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Young People More Likely To Favor Socialism Than Capitalism: Pew

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Young Voters, Video, Unemployment, Young Adults, Income Inequality, Occupy Wall Street, Pew Research Center, Poll, Socialism, Capitalism, Youth Unemployment, Generation Y, Wealth Gap, Business News

Young people -- the collegiate and post-college crowd, who have served as the most visible face of the Occupy Wall Street movement -- might be getting...

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Kim Jong Il & Václav Havel: The China Connection

Julian Baird Gewirtz | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Deng Xiaoping, Zhao Ziyang, Economics, Vaclav Havel, Chinese Economy, Socialism, Kim Jong Il, China, North Korea, Czech Republic, World News

In the days following the strange coincidence of December 18 -- the deaths of both Kim Jong Il, North Korea's totalitarian "Dear Leader," and Václav ...

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