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A Socialist for President?;by David O'Brian


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"The long-time Senator from Vermont,Bernie Sanders. a political independent and self-declared socialist, will challenge Hillary for the Democratic nomination. Sanders has always been a democratic socialist, convinced that democracy, rule of and by and for the people, must be economic and social as well as political. Democracy requires "public work": engaged citizens taking their full share of responsibility for the common good. When they do so Americans will find that socialism is the best way to organize the political economy. Sanders is an experienced politician, articulate and strategically smart enough to get a lot of free media attention, but is less interested in criticizing his Democratic rival than in raising basic issues of economic injustice, inequalities of power, and the need for democratic policies but even more for democratic practices -- on the part of everyone.
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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have additional Master' Degrees in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side Middle School, which (more...)
 

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