Socialist Visions

Following up on your discussion last week about the difference the Democratic Party and socialism, we will discuss in this episode the role of socialists in the Democratic Party, especially now that Bernie Sanders, a Democratic Socialist, is running for president of the United States.

Chris Matthews, In a interview with DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Chris Matthews asked her what is the difference between democratic and socialist. She stumbled and couldn't answer the question. In this episode, we explain what the difference is, and will also explain the general differences between democratic socialism and revolutionary socialism. Tune and listen. The scond half of the show will be open for questions and comments.

In this episode, we discuss how the left, both in the US and internationally can take advantage of the Bernie Sanders presidency. How can Bernie's platform be used to further build a grassroot movement that calls for the objectives of socialism? What are some of the obstacles that Sanders and the left face in the capitalist poltical arena? What can the left do beyond the presidential election?

In our last episode, we discussed the importance and our support of Bernie Sanders running for POTUS, especially in regards to democratic socialsim. In this episode, we discuss the how important it is for Bernie to speak out directly race and racism and to align his campaign with the BlackLivesMatter movement, the most significant civil rights movement since the Civil Rights Movement. Tune and listen.

Though we're clear that Bernie Sanders will not bring about socialist revolution in this country, his populice platform and vision is very much needed to challenge the out-of-control dominance of the capitalist system and its continuous privatization of all basic necessities. Bernie is not Barack Obama,  and he is to the left of Hillary Clinton, who nothing more than a neo-liberal politican for Wall Street and the capitalist class. Listen to this show to find out more we think you should vote for Sanders if he may not win.

In this episode, we dicuss the various strategies for a socialist transformation. Is it a single strategy or do we need to a diversity of strategies. And why do we need a strategy?

We attended the Left Forum (http://www.leftforum.org) in New York a few weeks ago, and in this episode we talk about the trip, the presentations we attended, and our review of the forum. (

In our last episode we discussed what it means for Bernie Sanders, a democratic socialist, to run in the presidential race. If the left is serious about supporting Sanders, we propose a modest 10 point agenda that Sanders and the left should push in the campaign and beyond. Without a clear vision of what we on the left want, we will end up with nothing. Could the Sanders run become a real people's movement?

In this episode we discuss our views of Bernie Sanders's run for POTUS. You may or may not know, but Sanders is the only politician in Congress is a self-proclaimed "democratic socialist." We'll discuss what that means for this election, and what it means for the left in general.

As with past discussions about education, food, and worker's wages, this episode will focus on the issue of housing under capitalism, and how it could be different under socialism.