The "S" Word

A Short History of an American Tradition... Socialism

Ranked #36 in Socialism

A short, sharp, irreverent rejoinder to right-wing red-baiting

During the Cold War it became a dirty word in the United States, but “socialism” runs like a red thread through the nation’s history, an integral part of its political consciousness since the founding of the republic. In this unapologetic corrective to today’s collective amnesia, John Nichols calls for the proud return of socialism in American life. He recalls the reforms lauded by Founding Father Tom Paine; the presence of Karl Marx’s journalism in American letters; the left leanings of founders of the...
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