Friday, April 13, 2012

"As for Marxists, They’re in Short Supply in This Current Congress"

"But West might take a measure of comfort in knowing that he is not entirely wrong about the fact that the Congress has included readers of Marx, ideological allies of the Communist Party and members who were elected in alliance with the Socialist Party."For the most part, these radicals have operated under a single banner. But it is not that of the Congressional Progressive Caucus—and certainly not that of the Democratic Party."

John Nichols at The Nation explores the socialist past of the Republican Party.

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