Socialism Archives - Keeping Democracy Alive

After 2024, the mainstream of the Democratic Party is in the wilderness, but Zohran Mamdani may lead a way out. This week’s guest Fred Glass, talks about what early 20th century California history can teach us about the 2025 New The post Why Mamdani May Revitalize the Democratic Party: 1911 CA Precedent appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

It took a lot of persistent steady heavy lifting but New York State now has a new democratically run power authority. Instead of the traditional for-profit monopolies, the public good will determine a greener, less expensive supply of electricity. The post A Revolution in Public Power appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Authoritarianism. Anti-Immigrant. White men fearful of losing control.   Books banned, free press shut down. Widespread domestic spying. Dissent criminalized and many jailed tortured and killed. In his new book, American Midnight: The Great War, A Violent Peace, and Democracy’s The post American Midnight: Trumpism Before Trump appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio...

Pre-capitalist indigenous cultures have a lot to offer us today for a better, greener future. And socialism is not how its pictured. Neglected by the Great Men study of history, Rosa Luxemburg, a 4′ 11″ disabled young woman from what’s The post The Prescience and Vision of Rosa Luxemburg. Who? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Precapitalist indigenous cultures have a lot to offer us today for a better, greener future. And socialism is not how its pictured. Neglected by the Great Men study of history, Rosa Luxemburg, a 4′ 11″ disabled young woman from what’s The post The Prescience And Vision of Rosa Luxemburg. Who? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Smeared and driven from leadership of the British Labour Party. Relentlessly attacked by the uniquely powerful British tabloid media, our guest today Matt Sarb-Cousin argues there’s never been a leader like Jeremy Corbyn. Except perhaps America’s own Bernie Sanders. Trump The post The UK’s Jeremy Corbyn: What Now? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio...

As Americans were dancing in the streets with the ousting of Trump, so the people of Bolivia  celebrated the return of Evo Morales, first indigenous president after a coup forced him to flee. The new president is Luis Arce, former The post After A Right Wing Coup, Social Democracy Makes a Comeback appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

How is it that Jewish liberals felt the State of Israel was exempt from criticism applied elsewhere? Our guest today Benjamin Balthaser, who teaches multi-ethnic literature at Indiana University, talks about a little known history: Most liberal and left Jewish The post The Jewish Tradition of Anti-Zionism appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

We’re all fascinated by Cinderella stories. This one happens to be true, with many twists. Extremely rich WASP man marries very poor Jewish immigrant in 1905. But she turns out to be the strong one. The new book by Adam The post Rebel Cinderella: A True Story You’ve Never Heard appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Iowa and New Hampshire’s results are in. What’s the best way for Democrats to beat Trump? On this show former Oklahoma Senator DNC chair and presidential candidate Fred Harris, who embraced populism in the 1970s, talks about different approaches: going The post After NH, Now What for the Democratic Candidates? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

You’ve heard of the famous Christmas Truce of 1914 between the trenches of the British and German soldiers. These were indeed brave men. But that was not the only such event: there were desertions, mutinies, and fraternizations. Today it seems The post The Christmas Truce: Powerful, Brave, and Not So Isolated appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Consumed with Brexit, the old upper and lower class divisions are themselves divided. According to professor Kenneth Surin, a Brit teaching at Duke, the decision made by voters in the upcoming general election will be of major importance. On one The post The Crucial December 12th British Election Explained appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

What keeps Trump was his false version of “Roses.” An uplift from everyday dullness. Looking at the upcoming election, our guest today Professor Ed Simon argues that “those that will be the most successful will be those that speak of The post Not Just “Bread,” To Win Democrats Must Offer “Roses Too,” A Sense of Meaning appeared first on KDA Keeping Democra...

He’s often said to be England’s Trump. And many hope his reign as Prime Minister of the UK will be the shortest in British history. How much damage will Boris Johnson do to formerly great Britain? The chaos is astounding. The post BoJo’s Brexit Helter Skelter appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

We’ve all seen it in recent years: the leadership of the DNC and the DCCC dictating policy and acceptable “centrist” positions for their chosen candidates. And how well has that worked out? Toward correcting that hierarchy’s grip on the party The post Making The Democratic Party Democratic appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

One of the things Trump has finally accomplished for the economy is shedding needless regulations which hold back business. Or at least that what many believe. Of course it’s not true. Health and Safety regulations build economic strength, according to The post Workplaces: More Danger Than Terrorist Attacks appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Two minutes every four years, just going into the voting booth to choose a president, is hardly a sufficient tool to leverage the changes which we both need and are possible. As author Paul Street points out, idling capital is The post Beyond the 2020 Electoral Circus: Action appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Neither the traditional French Socialist Party nor the right wing National Front, the yellow vest movement sweeping across France is something new, leaving the political powers including President Macron befuddled. With about 70% public support, the people on the streets The post France’s Yellow Vest Movement Explained appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

What is freedom? Coming from a context of widespread economic security, young people across the US and Europe in 1968 drove older generations crazy with the insistence that there was more. More than the grey flanneled conformity in which we The post Freedom As Tested By 1968 appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

When big gets too big, free market capitalism is stifled. The increased concentration of power and wealth undercuts economic freedom. The socialism of FDR’s New Deal very much helped capitalism become more competitive. A big, though lesser known, aspect of The post Socialism/New Deal: It Saved Competitive Capitalism Then. Can it Now? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast &amp...

Reached somewhere he won’t specify in Nicaragua, our guest is protecting himself from killings, kidnappings, and the coordinated strategy of roadblocks. The Trump Administration and most of the mainstream press paints a picture of the Sandinista government turning against their own The post Report from Violent Nicaragua: The Truth Behind the Picture appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Al...

It’s celebrated all over the world, except here in America where it all started. It is clear that for unjust power, history has to be erased–otherwise we might assert our democracy. On this special program, the real history of May The post May Day: As American as Apple Pie appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

The mainstream left of Europe has largely collapsed. Their national economies are trapped by the European Union. The eloquent English speaking Emmanuel Macron, president of France for just a year, on his April trip to Washington, displayed a public “bromance” The post Who Is Trump’s Buddy Emmanuel Macron? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Talk about great mysteries: what do you think of when you hear the name Cuba? Cigar chomping communist dictator? People yearning to breathe free and live like Americans? We get one small picture here while the rest of the world The post Cuba 2018: Neither Heaven Nor Hell appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Fire and fury. Crazy Kim Jong Un. Crazy Trump. Mutual threats of mass destruction. Is there a way out? Of course. Korea scholar Tim Shorrock writes in The Nation that not only did Obama make the situation worse, but that The post North Korea: Peace Is Possible//Revival of Karl Marx appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .