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Chavez calls Venezuela vote mandate for socialism
President Hugo Chavez says a referendum victory that removed limits on his re-election is a mandate to intensify his socialist agenda for decades to come...

What is Wrong with Socialism?
The Acton Institute Power Blog reports: “The inspiration for this week?s question is a brief exchange on Fox News Channel, which includes Bob Beckel asking, ‘What is wrong with some form of socialism in certain areas?’? Aristotle on What is Wrong with Socialism: “Writing well over 2000 years ago, Aristotle answered Plato, whose Republic advocated socialism, [...

Are we close to socialism?
Robert Hayes writes in the Hattiesburg American: Is America heading toward socialism? That’s a popular talking point on the mainstream media, but what does the average person in the Pine Belt think about socialism, communism, or any “ism” for that matter? ...

Progressive Taxation and Socialism
ataxingmatter: Progressive Taxation--Socialism? or Just Standard USA Tax Policy?, by Linda Beale The Brandies Hoot: Book of Matthew: Defending a Progressive Tax Plan, by Bret Matthew Fox News: Special Report Panel Discuses Whether Obama's Tax Plan Is Socialism in Disguise...

"Socialism"
I seem to be having Internet problems. I can't download, or even find any reference to, the McCain proposal to replace the income tax with a uniform head tax...

Socialism has died under the Labour government
Socialism has died under the Labour governmentAccording to Newsnight tonight, the rich have got richer and the poor have got poorer under a Labour government...

Lind on the Question of Obama?s ?Socialism?
Check out Michael Lind’s article in Salon.com.  Here’s a sample: “John McCain, struggling to catch up with Barack Obama in the last days of the campaign, has finally found a theme for a campaign that until now has lacked one...

The Harvard Mandate
We learned recently via Michael Lines’ post “Harvard Adopts an Open Access Mandate for Faculty Publications” that that Faculty of Arts and Sciences has adopted an open access mandate...

More on ?Socialism? and ?Spreading the Wealth Around?
Americans concerned about “socialism,” “spreading the wealth around,” and “class warfare” might do well to check out this piece in CommonDreams...