The Vast Majority: "Why Bernie Talks About the New Deal" with Seth Ackerman
Bernie Sanders has been talking a lot about the New Deal lately, mentioning it in his recent speech on democratic socialism. Ironically, the response from many liberals has been to argue that the New Deal wasn’t really socialism. Jacobin’s Seth Ackerman has a few quibbles. Plus, we talk about why the idea that the New Deal was racist doesn’t fully capture its relationship to white supremacy.
Read Seth’s article on Bernie’s New Deal rhetoric here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/<wbr />2019/06/new-deal-socialism-<wbr />bernie-sanders-democratic-<wbr />primary Read an interview…
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