The socialist awakening : what's different now about the left / John B Judis.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia Global Reports, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 139 pages ; 19 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781734420708
- 1734420707
- What is different now about the left
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"A person of the left, Judis specializes in speaking truth to liberals." --E.J. Dionne Jr., The Washington Post
As the pandemic depression lays bare the failure of market capitalism worldwide, and as protesters flood the streets in unprecedented numbers seeking racial and economic equality, you can find something in common among many of those disillusioned with the way things are--socialism. How did this happen? Why now?
John B. Judis, himself a veteran of socialist movements, explores how an ideology thought to be long dead has taken hold as a broad movement among younger people dissatisfied with mainstream politics both on the right and the left, in America, Great Britain, and elsewhere in Europe and the world.
From Karl Marx to Eduard Bernstein, Eugene Debs to Victor Berger, Bernie Sanders to Jeremy Corbyn, The Socialist Awakening chronicles the rebirth of an idea driven by a rising anti-capitalist resentment among those looking to reclaim public power over the direction of private enterprise--an idea that has become urgent in the wake of the pandemic and the economic depression.
Includes bibliographical references.
Socialism old and new -- American socialism from Debs to Sanders -- Socialism after Sanders -- British socialism and nationalism -- Populism, nationalism, and socialism.
"There is renewed interest in socialism in the US and the UK, particularly among young people. Who are these new socialists? Why now? The Socialist Awakening explores how socialism has re-entered the political mainstream and transformed the center-left across the Atlantic, driven by a rising anti-capitalist resentment among those who seek government intervention in economic equality, education, health care, and climate change. John Judis chronicles the current surge of socialist outrage-how it started, and where it is going"-- Provided by publisher.