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“The best available science” calls for an ethically managed economy

“The best available science” calls for an ethically managed economy

"The best available science" is a code of ethics in resource management.  We need to apply it to the economy as a whole, which means getting rid of a system...

BY: A. Jake Benecke| October 21, 2019
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In other words, democracy

In other words, democracy

CPUSA practices democratic centralism.  What does that mean, and how is it different from capitalist democracy?

If you own a bike under communism, is it your bike?

If you own a bike under communism, is it your bike?

Rick Nagin joins The Specter to talk myths and facts of communism.

BY: Susie Davtyan And Rick Nagin| June 29, 2019
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Interview with “socialist defector” Victor Grossman

Interview with “socialist defector” Victor Grossman

Victor Grossman, who defected to the German Democratic Republic in 1952, joins The Specter to talk about the Cold War and the need for socialism.

June 28, 2019
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The new McCarthyism and Donald Trump

The new McCarthyism and Donald Trump

The old anti-communist scare no longer has the same impact, especially for generations born after the Cold War.

BY: John Bachtell| February 26, 2019
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