Seattle Central Comm. College, Room 4115
"We're All Socialists Now" exclaimed a troubled Newsweek Magazine recently, and "Communism" has once again become the tired old rallying cry of the GOP.
From expanding Welfare, unemployment and healthcare to bailing out homeowners and placing salary caps on CEOs, Obama's recent budget proposal and $787 billion stimulus package certainly signals a huge shift in Washington. But do these reforms signal a move towards Socialism in the US? Unfortunately, they do not, but any socialist should welcome the public attention the ideas of Marx are getting! Expanding social services will be a huge relief millions of working and poor Americans, they will leave the role of private corporations unchecked and, according to many liberal economists, Obama's reforms do not go nearly far enough.
Join the ISO for a discussion about where the US economy is headed, what Obama's reforms mean for the future of capitalism and what "Socialism" actually means to the people to who fight FOR it, not against it.
Helpful reading on the topic:
Socialist Worker Articles
The Return of Socialism?
Has the Economy Gone Over the Edge?
Series: Marx is Back
The Marxist View of the State
The Republican March Toward Oblivion
What's at Stake In the Battle Over the Budget?
Will Obama's Housing Plan Provide Relief?
Articles from the new International Socialist Review
Obama's Mixed Messages
The US Economic Crisis: Causes and Solutions
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