S Word A Short History of an American Tradition... Socialism

Name: S Word A Short History of an American Tradition... Socialism
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ISBN: 9781844676798

ISBN-10: 184467679X

ISBN-13: 9781844676798

Edition: 2010

Authors: John Nichols

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Campaigning against Barack Obama in 2008, Sarah Palin warned, "Nowis no time to experiment with socialism," while Missouri congressmemberTodd Akin told a McCain rally, "This campaign is about one thing. Itrs"s areferendum on socialism." One of the most popular ongoing featureson Glenn Beckrs"s daily radio program is called "Americars"s March toSocialism." John Nichols, a leading political reporter in the US, here offershis unapologetic retort to the return of red-baiting in American politicallife-arguing that socialism has a long, proud American history. Tom Painewas enamored of early socialists, Horace Greeley employed Karl Marx asa correspondent, and Helen Keller was an avowed socialist.…

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List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 3/21/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgements: Whitman, Sylvie and the Emmas



ï¿½More of a Socialist than I Thoughtï¿½: Walt Whitman and a Very American Ism



ï¿½A Broader Patriotismï¿½: Thomas Paine and the Promise of Red Republicanism



Reading Marx with Abraham Lincoln: Utopian Socialists, German Communists and Other Republicans



A Legal and Peaceable Revolution of the Mind: The Socialism That Did Happen Here



ï¿½Simply a Stupid Piece of Despotismï¿½: How Socialists Saved the First Amendment



For Jobs and Freedom: The ï¿½Militant Radicalï¿½ Socialist Who Dared to Dream of a March on Washington


Afterword: ï¿½But What about Democratic Left Politics?ï¿½


A Note on Sources


Index