Written by Robert Knight
So, it’s come to this: one of America’s major parties is in the grip of a crazy old communist – Bernie Sanders, 77 – and a crazy young communist – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 29.
The two of them are driving the Democrats’ green microbus upon which the other presidential wannabees are scrambling to get aboard.
This column is about the crazy old communist – Vermont U.S. Senator Sanders, who just announced his candidacy for the presidency and raised $6 million. … Continue Reading
Tags: Accuracy In Media, Aharon Cohen, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, American People’s History Society, Andrew Pulley, Bernie Sanders, Communist Party USA, Daniel Ortega, democratic socialist, Fairness Doctrine, Fidel Castro, Hashomer Hatzair, Jane O’Meara Sanders, Joe McCarthy, Liberty Union Party, Marxism, Media Ownership Reform Act, Nicolas Maduro, Occupy Wall Street, Paul Sperry, People’s Republic of Burlington, Red Scare, Russell Vought, Sandinista, Socialist Workers Party, U.S. Peace Council, Yaroslavl, Ya’akov Hazan, Young People’s Socialist League
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith | March 1, 2019 8:00 AM | Comments Off on Bernie’s Bolshevik Bona Fides
Written by John Biver
Democratic Party presidential candidate Bernie Sanders brought back to life a debate many thought had died with the old Soviet Union of Socialist Republics, the German Democratic Republic (the former East Germany), and many other current and past failed states throughout history. The question of whether socialism can be made to work returned zombie-like from the dead in 2016.
Supporters of free market capitalism were asking how this could be in light of the fact that no matter where socialism has been tried in the world it has failed.… Continue Reading
Tags: Bernie Sanders, Daniel Mitchell, David Solway, Democratic Socialism, Donald Trump, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Michael Tanner, Nima Sanandaji, Paul Sperry, Sandy Ikeda, Svetozar Pejovich
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith | December 12, 2016 8:08 AM | Comments Off on The Unexpected Contest of 2016: Free Market Capitalism v. Democratic Socialism