A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin’s Freedom Budget is the key to understanding the appeal of the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor. The class-based universalistic politics of the socialists of the 60s and ’70s hold important lessons for today.
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Last week, I sat down with one of my political idols and mentors, @BernieSanders. We talked about everything from street plowing, foreign policy, and the importance of bringing joy to your city as mayor.
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The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector reads a recent New York Times dispatch from the Hamptons, where there is quiet desperation.
What socialism really means is public services for the public good. Using government to socialize the things that can help everyone, rather than allowing the private market to run everything in a way that preys on the public for private gain.
A Plan to Rebuild New York’s Labor Movement.
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