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Laddar... The Long Detour: The History and Future of the American Leftav James Weinstein
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Weinstein has a thesis. I usually have a hard time reading books that come down to a simple thesis, but this one works. His thesis--that Communism ruined the potential of socialism in the United States--is hard to disagree with. Its really a long look at what started out beautiful and powerful, but has led to either a smaller and smaller group of people advocating for the worker, or a group of communist puppets that served at the whim of the Soviets. Whetted my apetite for more about the labor movement and socialism in general. ( ) inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
The Long Detour is an intellectually engaging overview of the history of socialism in the United States and of the continuing relevance of socialist principles today. Historian and journalist James Weinstein, a lifelong socialist and one-time Communist, takes readers from the movement's early years of utopian communities, through the heyday of engagement with the makers of corporate America, and into the future of a de-industrializing era. He contends that socialism as a political movement was sidetrackedwhen Communist domination of the American left stifled creative social thought and diverted the traditional left into sterile disputes over the true nature of the Soviet Union. And he argues that while "real existing socialism" - which is what the Soviets called their system - is dead, the humane social principles articulated by Marx and the leaders of the pre-1917 socialist movement remain vitally important to those on the left who seek to realize the promise of American democracy. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)335.00973Social sciences Economics Socialism and related systems Standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography North AmericaKlassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg:
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