Right-wing politicians often conjure up a caricature vision of socialism defined either by Soviet-style gulags or the authoritarianism and shortages seen in modern-day Venezuela. But debates over the ...

Dumont, N.J.: To Voicer Charles T. Compton: Thank you for your well-researched and erudite response to my letter on democratic socialism. I stand by my comments about leadership in Nordic countries ...

Because they believe absurd myths. Like the claim that the Soviet Union “wasn’t real socialism.” Socialism guru Noam Chomsky tells students that. He says the Soviet Union “was about as remote from ...

I’ve mentioned here before that I have a younger brother who is a committed Marxist. He has lived on various communes for more than 40 years – and believes that capitalism is all about greed, ...