In this episode, we provide an analysis of current domestic and international news events from a left perspective. Items for this week's focus may include, what's happening in Venezuela, the crisis between United States and North Korea, and the White supremacist rally in Charlottesville.

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Socialist Visions: News and Analysis

Under the storm clouds of P45, Attorney General Jeff Session and other rich white men in the Administration are attacking the human rights of people of color, immigrants and women. It’s time for socialists to rebuild a broad mass social movement not only to defend the basic human rights but also for social transformation. 

Neo Fascist Attacks on Human Rights

In this episode, we discuss the Leap Manifesto, a document written by "60 representatives from Canada’s Indigenous rights, social and food justice, environmental, faith-based and labour movements." We discuss how and where the manisfesto reflects the objectives of modern socialism and why we should support and build on this manisfesto. 

A Discussion of the Leap Manifesto

Carl, the co-host of Socialist Visions will be attending the Socialism2017 conference taking place July 6-9. I'll be talking to Carl on Friday about the workshops attended, the people he's connected with, and what's some the dominate issues being discused. We all can't be at the conference, but it's great to have my co-host there to provide some first hand feedback. Feel free to call in with your quesitons. 347-857-1319

Report Live From Socialism2017 Conference In Chicago

If you want to get a clear current example of how capitalism works, simply follow the reporting about the Trump family and property holdings and investiments. Property ownership is at the art of capitalism. Capitalist know that people need a place to live. They know people will pay almost any price for shelter. So like fictional vampires, capitalist prey on people who depend on some form of housing. In this epsiode, we'll discuss the current reporting on property holdings and situate it within the capitalist economic system. We'll discuss also how it could be different under a socialist ecomony. 

Follow the Money: Capitalism, Property, 45, and LLCs

There's so much going on with the neo-facisit WH admistratation that we want to devote a show to talking about what should be learned from the election of Trump, the state democracy in this country, and how capitalsim is a motivating factor in where we are and are headed. We haven't done a show in two weeks so there's much to talk about. Hope you can tune in. 347-857-1319 

10 Lessons We Can Learn in an Era of Neo-Facism

In this episode we speak with Brian Bean, a writer and activist for SoicalistWorker.org, about this summer's Socialist 2017 conference in Chicago. The conference will feature noted speakers and performers including actor John Cusack, Democracy Now host, Amy Goodman, Keeanga-Yamahatta Taylor, author of #BLM to Black Liberation, Palesine solidarity acitvist, Rami Kanazi, and many more. We'll be asking about the some of the planned topics and debates of conference  and the hidden history of working-class and socialist struggles.   

Socialism2017: A SocialistWorkers.org Conference In Chicago

In this episode we disucss the popular myths about Marxism and why Marx was right. We'll use Terry Eagleton's Why Marx Was Right, a very readable book about the critical and most criticized concepts and theories of Karl Marx and socialism. Some of the myths include that Marxism is a form of determinism, that Marxism reduces everything to economics, that Marx was a solely a materialist, that class is outdated, that Marist advocate violent political action, and that Marxism advocates an all power state. 

Debunking Five Myths About Marxism

This is episode will focus on the John Bellemy Foster's article, "Neofacism in the White House", published in the April 2017 editon of Monthly Review. Charting the rise of neofascism in this country is crucial to understanding and responding to the futher undermining of democratic institutions, the rise and consolidation of oligarchy, and how the market system of capitalism influences the neofacist direction. 

Neofacism in the White House and Beyond

As a follow-up to the international March for Science day, we discuss why the development of modern socialism must have at its core the use of the scientific methodology and wide range democratic decision making in order to make for a true revolution in how we manage resources and govern our lives beyond capitalism. We'll examine why the traditional models of bourgeois capitalism and democracy are not serving the needs of most of the people on the planet. Feel free call in: 347-857-1319

Why Socialism Must Be Scientific and Democratic

This is our 3rd and last espisode about the The Commonist Manifesto, by Karl Marx and Frederick Engles. If you have never read it, there's no way that you really can undertand the contributions Marx and Engles made to the birth of left movements and revolutions  worldwide. If you're a part of the working class, a student, a journalist, an activist, etc, you owe it to yourself to read the Communist Manifesto.  This 3rd installment will focus on Marx's views of private property and their analysis of socialist parties and movements of the time period when the manisfesto was being writting. 

Part 3: We Discuss the Communist Manifesto In the Time of Class Struggle

Part II of our discssion about the Communist Manifesto.  There's no better time than now in the midst of class struggle in the United States and the around the world to review the classic pamaphlet, The Commonist Manifesto, by Karl Marx and Frederick Engles. If you have never read it, there's no way that you really can undertand the contributions Marx and Engles made to the birth of left movements and revolutions  worldwide. If you're a member of the working class, a student, a journalist, an activist, etc, you owe it to yourself to read the Communist Manifesto. Here's a link to a PDF version of the pamaphlet.  If you get a chance to read it, or if you have read it before, we encourage you to call in with your questions and feedback.  Also, if you're a frequent listener to our show, we really would like you to follow us here on BlogTalk. Our followers will be get brief show notes after each new show. Thank you for being a listener. 

Part 2: We Discuss the Communist Manifesto In the Time of Class Struggle

There's no better time than now in the midst of class struggle in the United States and the around the world to review the classic pamaphlet, The Commonist Manifesto, by Karl Marx and Frederick Engles. If you have never read it, there's no way that you really can undertand the contributions Marx and Engles made to the birth of left movements and revolutions  worldwide. If you're a member of the working class, a student, a journalist, an activist, etc, you owe it to yourself to read the Communist Manifesto. Here's a link to a PDF version of the pamaphlet.  If you get a chance to read it, or if you have read it before, we encourage you to call in with your questions and feedback.  Also, if you're a frequent listener to our show, we really would like you to follow us here on BlogTalk. Our followers will be get brief show notes after each new show. Thank you for being a listener.   

We Discuss the Communist Manifesto In the Time of Class Struggle

Recently U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was quoted as saying, there's "no such thing as a free lunch," a euphanism that dates back decades.  In this episode, we examine what should DeVos means by "no free lunch," and why the bourgeois class is so reistent to public funding of food, housing, medical care, education, and the like. We futher discuss how socialism could address the needs of the masses of people, providing "free lunches" and lots more for everyone! 

Free Lunches and More Under Socialism

In this episode we talk with political philiospher and professor Jodi Dean, about the nature of crowds, protests, resistance to capitalism, left political parties, and her views on communism. Jodi Dean's most recent books include Democracy and Other Neoliberal Fantasies, The Communist Horizon, and Crowds and Party. Dr. Dean has several interviews posted on YouTube, and we're looking forward to speaking with her about her insights. The last 20 minutes of this show is open to call-in questions: 347-857-1319. 

Crowds and Party: An Interview with Jodi Dean

We discuss, explain, and debate, the visions of a scientific socialist system. Don't let the concept scare you away. Listen, learn, and ask questions.

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