Gar Alperovitz, Aljazeera America

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator Gar Alperovitz, the author of “America Beyond Capitalism” and “What Then Must We Do? Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution,” is a former Lionel R. Bauman professor of political economy at the University of Maryland and a co-chair, with James Gustave Speth, of the Next System Project.

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Socialism with an American Face

By Gar Alperovitz, Aljazeera America Guest Commentator

We live in an era of experimentation, a time when none of the old ways offer answers to the problems millions of Americans face. These tentative new approaches may well presage potentially far-ranging change.

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ public defense of socialism in the Oct. 13 Democratic presidential debate has kicked off America’s first major discussion of the idea in more…

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