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“The recent announcement by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, an avowed “democratic socialist,” that he is running for the Democratic nomination for President raises the question of whether Americans will vote for a candidate with that political orientation.
During the first two decades of the twentieth century, the idea of democratic socialism — democratic control of the economy — had substantial popularity in the United States. At the time, the Socialist Party of America was a thriving, rapidly-growing political organization, much like its democratic socialist counterparts abroad — the British Labour Party, the French Socialist Party, the German Social Democratic Party, the Australian Labor Party, and numerous other rising, working class-based political entities around the world. In 1912, when the United States had a much smaller population than today, the Socialist Party had 118,000 dues-paying members and drew nearly a million votes for its candidate, Eugene V. Debs, the great labor leader, for President. (The victor that year was the Democratic candidate, Woodrow Wilson, who drew six million votes.) Furthermore, the party held 1,200 public offices in 340 cities, including 79 mayors in 24 states. Socialist administrations were elected in: Minneapolis, Minnesota; Butte, Montana; Flint, Michigan; Schenectady, New York, and in 75 other cities across the country. In 1912, the Socialist Party claimed 323 English and foreign language publications with a total circulation in excess of two million.”
Author: Lawrence S. Wittner
Published in: Las Vegas Informer http://lasvegas.informermg.com/2015/06/07/will-americans-vote-democratic-socialist/
Grassroots Press http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2015/06/07/will-americans-vote-for-a-democratic-socialist/
Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-wittner/will-americans-vote-for-a_b_7531624.html
Rahaf Online News http://rahafonline.com/?p=146818
Counterpunch http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/06/08/will-americans-vote-for-a-democratic-socialist/
Latest Nigerian News http://www.latestnigeriannews.com/news/1591240/will-americans-vote-for-a-democratic-socialist.html
History News Network http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/159564
Truth Out http://www.truth-out.org/speakout/item/31274-will-americans-vote-for-a-democratic-socialist
Time Magazine http://time.com/3912696/american-socialism-election-history/
Daily Kos http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/07/1391391/-Will-Americans-Vote-for-a-Democratic-Socialist#
Bullhead City Bee http://bullheadcitybee.us/opinions/will-americans-vote-for-a-democratic-socialist/
Sierra County Prospect http://www.sierracountyprospect.org/2015/06/10/a-socialist-current-61015/
History News Network http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/159564
Kane Republican http://www.kanerepublican.com/sites/default/files/e-edition%20Kane%2006-09-15.pdf
War is a crime http://warisacrime.org/content/will-americans-vote-democratic-socialist
Gilmer Free Press http://www.gilmerfreepress.net/index.php/fpopin/will_americans_vote_for_a_democratic_socialist/
Date: June 7,8,9,10,11,28,2015
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