The ABCs of Socialism

By: The Editors

We’re making a booklet explaining the basics of socialist thought to a wide audience. But not without your help.

Whatever you think of his campaign, there’s no doubt that the energy around Bernie Sanders is fueling broader public interest in socialism.

Every day, the Jacobin inbox is flooded with a dozen emails asking basic definitional questions about socialism. And our contributors will tell you that they’ve had more conversations about socialism with their friends and family in the past six months than in the last six years.

We hardly have all the answers, but we want to reach as many of these people as possible.

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Whatever you think of his campaign, there’s no doubt that the energy around Bernie Sanders is fueling broader public interest in socialism. Every day, the Jacobin inbox is flooded with a dozen emails asking basic definitional questions about socialism. And our contributors will tell you that they’ve had more conversations about socialism with their friends and family in the past six months than in the last six years. We hardly...