Patrick Stewart, actor: “There’s nothing more fun than being at a dinner party in Beverly Hills, surrounded by elegant people, and telling them you’re a socialist” The performer died this Thursday, October 29, at the age of 86.
A humane and decent society provides people with opportunity to fulfill their potential and find happiness and meaning, including meaningful work. Two key ingredients make this more likely-shared prosperity and robust democracy. Both are essential.
The Milwaukee Brewers are in the World Series for the first time since 1982. The small-market team’s success this season is a reminder of Milwaukee baseball’s progressive heritage and the city’s proud socialist history.
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Mike Beggs, Ben Burgis, and Bhaskar Sunkara
Jacobin magazine
Socialists need more than a critique of capitalism. We need a concrete account of how a socialist economy could work — and make ordinary people’s lives better.
There’s an unsung reason for the organization’s success even as other leftwing groups face a bumpy road. DSA is growing not only because it reflects frustration over the status quo; it is growing also because it gives people a voice within a vehicle
The people of New York decided earlier this year that the person they most trusted to decrease the cost of living is Zohran Mamdani. Just a few months later, the craze for a leftist mayor crossed the Atlantic and reached the German capital Berlin.
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