Tag: Socialism (Theory and Philosophy)

Patrick Haggerty, ‘Lost Pioneer’ of Gay Country Music, Dies at 78

In 1973, he put out a little-noticed album of songs about same-sex love and social protest. Forty-one years later, he became an unlikely star.

Why One of America’s Leading Socialists Is Worried About His Movement

Bhaskar Sunkara explains the reasons for the progressive left’s setbacks in winning power — and elections — in America.

Thomas Piketty’s Radical Plan for a More Equal World

The economist makes his case for universal inheritance, worker ownership and ‘participatory socialism.’

On a Remote Mountain, the ‘Sistine Chapel of Socialism’ Awaits Its Fate

An enormous monument to the Communist Party in Bulgaria is now a decrepit ruin. The country is wrestling with how to deal with a symbol of an unwanted and, in many ways, deeply ugly past.