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Opinion Piece by Prof. Freeman: “Democratic Socialism All Around: What Bernie Sanders’ New York Can Teach Us About America’s future”

As Bernie Sanders has emerged as the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, his insistence that he is a democratic socialist is a dealbreaker for many voters and pundits. What does socialism mean in the context of modern America, and could it ever succeed? More here