The Right’s Arguments Against “Free Stuff” Don’t Make Sense
The Right loves to claim that socialists want a bunch of “free stuff.” On some level, they’re right. We do. But so do they.
3 Articles by: Scott Sehon
Scott Sehon is a professor of philosophy at Bowdoin College and the author of Free Will and Action Explanation. He is currently working on a book titled Socialism for Smart People.
No, the Nazis Were Not Socialists
The idea that the Nazis were socialists is transparently absurd. Unfortunately, it’s also an idea that prominent figures on the Right like Sen. Rand Paul have taken up. So let’s all say it together now: no, the Nazis were not socialists. They were, in fact, committed anti-socialists.
What Democratic Socialists Should Think About Anti-Communism
A deep commitment to democracy is at the heart of the socialist project. Anticommunists have historically claimed they oppose states like the Soviet Union out of a concern for democracy. But those anticommunists’ real project has nothing to do with democracy — and everything to do with smashing the Left.