Socialist Visions

Following up on our episode, we will discuss 20 statistics taken from Bernie Sanders' book, Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In. We will use the stats as basis for discussing how a true democratic socialist system could greatly tranform economic and political inequality, and pave the road for universal health care, education, housing, food, and working conditons.

In this episode, we look back on the Bernie Sanders campaign and movement by discussing two related books, Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In, by Bernie Sanders, and Rules for Revolutionaries: How Big Organizing Can Change Everything, Becky Bond and Zack Exley ( affiliate links included). There's much to learn from the movement that is not yet dead. What can the socialist left learn from this movement, and how do we keep building under a neofascist Trump regime. Tune in to the show, and call in with your opinion and questions. 347-857-1319. Also please Follow Socialist Visions on BlogTalk. We need your support to pay for the weekly episodes.

In this episode, we'll discuss the insidioius nature of capitalism and how Donald Trump is a symbol of everything wrong with American capitalism and culture.

The episode is based on a discuss Rana Forhoohar's book, the Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business. We'll discuss what this book gets correct about the role of finance, and what where its analysis falls short.

Because of the recent and disastrous presidential elections, we didn't get a chance to delve fully into the topic of socialism vs. liberterianism. In this espisode we'll discuss the differences between the two political and economic idealogies, and what many people misunderstand about modern revolutionary socialism.

In this episode, we address head on the differences between socialism and libertarianism, and why we think the former is a better direction for humanity to take. We've discussed libertarianism before, but have not devoted an entire show about it. If you have some views on this subject, you're welcome to call in. 347-857-1319.

In the lead up to the US presidential election, in this episode we will interview Green Party spokeswoman and organizer, Laura Wells. Ms. Wells was the Green Party  candidate for Governor of California 2010 and has been an active Green since 1992.  She will give us an update on where things stand with the current campaign, her vision for the movement, local and national campaigns, and the role voting plays in political revolution.

In this episode we will examine the rise of oligarchy and how it exists. Modern elections have clearly shown the power of the oligarchy to run politicates, in both the Republican and Democratic parties, who will work for the power and interest of the bourgeois class, and ultimately develop policies that undermine the working-class and oppressed peoples.

In this episode we continue the discussion of why we advocate socialsim. In our last episode we focued on the democratic process of socialism and how it could be different from the bourgeois "domocracy" under capitalism. In this episode we will delve deeper into why the economic conditions of capitalism are not sustainable, and why a more equitable system of economic justice is needed.

In this episode, we revist why we advocate for a socialist political economy. We address many of the myths and misunderstandings about socialism, and we explain what is required to build a real socialist society that is based true democratic principals, respect of workers rights, the environment, and social justice. If you agree with our analysis, we encourage you to share this podcast with others.