The abcs of socialism jacobin amazonde sunkara bhaskar wrigglesworth phil fremdsprachige bucher. The abcs of socialism starts with a distinction between socialism and the government doing stuff theyre two things conflated surprisingly often in us political discourse and this little book often sticks to the role of clearing up confusions thats much of why its more successful than the abcs of capitalism at reaching broad audiences without misstating socialism. The abcs of socialism the remarkable run of self proclaimed democratic socialist bernie sanders for president of the united states has prompted for the first time in decades and to the shock of many a national conversation about socialism a new york times poll in late november found that. Written by young writers from the dynamic magazine jacobin alongside several distinguished scholars the abcs of socialism answers basic questions including ones that many want to know but might be afraid to ask doesnt socialism always end up in dictatorship will socialists take my kenny loggins records disarming and pitched to a general readership without sacrificing intellectual depth this will be the best introduction an idea whose time seems to have come again