Posted: June 2nd, 2009 | Author: MHI | Filed under: Economic Crisis, Economics, Events | Tags: capitalism, Economic Crisis, event, labor, seminar, underconsumption | 3 Comments »
UPDATE: Video for the June 23 meeting is now available.
Confronting Capitalism’s Economic Crisis
–Meeting & 4-part Seminar–
all events at TRS, 44 East 32nd St., 11th floor,
New York, NY, from 7 pm to 9 pm
sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative
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Posted: April 25th, 2009 | Author: Andrew Kliman | Filed under: News | Tags: Alternatives to Capitalism, capitalism, polls, socialism | No Comments »
A Rasmussen poll conducted earlier this month found strong support for socialism, especially among low-income people and youth. And Scott Rasmussen is a Republican pollster.
In a nationwide U.S. survey of 1000 adults conducted on April 6 and 7, Rasmussen asked, “Which is a better system–capitalism or socialism?” Overall, 53% of respondents favored capitalism, 20% favored socialism, and the rest were undecided. That in itself is a surprising degree of support for socialism. But it gets better.
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