What Bernie Sees in the New Deal
Bernie Sanders’s embrace of the New Deal legacy is an opportunity to dispel some pernicious historical myths about the New Deal’s relationship with socialism and its attitude toward the struggle for racial equality.
Bernie Sanders speaks on health care at George Washington University on July 17, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong / Getty Images)
In the wake of Bernie Sanders’s speech on socialism, Jacobin’s Seth Ackerman spoke with managing editor Micah Uetricht about Bernie, the New Deal, socialism, and civil rights for our podcast The Vast Majority.
You can listen to the episode here. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity.
Micah Uetricht
Was the New Deal socialist?
Seth Ackerman
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