Tag: Socialism

The group will seek to encourage students to reject a nationalistic view of both domestic and foreign policy, encouraging students to stand in solidarity with all who are oppressed (via Facebook)

George Washington University students form new club to ’embrace left-wing radicalism’

John Patrick · December 15, 2017 8:02 pm

But millennials aren't committed and principled socialists, so much as they have unrealistic views on what governments should do and are actually capable of doing. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Beltway Confidential

Millennials open to socialism are not living in the real world

Jerrod Laber · December 11, 2017 8:24 pm

While many posters were simply torn down, others were vandalized and left with expletives and defamatory statements directed toward the club (via the New Guard)

Memorial posters for ‘Victims of Socialism’ vandalized at SUNY Buffalo

Peter Van Voorhis · December 8, 2017 7:52 pm

People watch a TV screen showing images of U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Red Alert Politics

Communism’s creep on the anniversary of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir

Elias Atienza · November 27, 2017 5:01 am

The Kent State Socialist Collective and the Kent State Young Democratic Socialists said they would participate in a separate food drive. (iStock photo)

Red Alert Politics

Socialist students refuse to participate in charity event with young conservatives

Washington Examiner · November 15, 2017 2:47 pm

In this April 1, 2015, file photo, students and other supporters protest on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, in support of raising the minimum wage for campus workers to $15 an hour. Seattle's $15-an-hour minimum wage law has cost the city jobs, according to a study released Monday, June 26, 2017, that contradicted another new study published last week. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Beltway Confidential

Debunking socialist claims, part 3: Socialism best serves human opportunity

Tom Rogan · November 7, 2017 8:22 pm

Socialist medical systems are defined by less innovation, longer waiting periods for care, overstretched resources, and distinctly impersonal care. In the U.K., for example, emergency rooms have overflowed with patients. (Lewis Clarke / Wikimedia Commons)

Beltway Confidential

Debunking socialist claims, part 2: Socialism provides for a better quality of life than capitalism

Tom Rogan · November 7, 2017 7:08 pm

China's economy only exploded after Deng Xiaoping and Zhao Ziyang introduced major liberalization reforms to turn China into an export-driven economy. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Beltway Confidential

Debunking socialist claims, part 1: Capitalism has not helped the poor

Tom Rogan · November 7, 2017 6:49 pm

Capitalist market systems improved productivity, socialist planned ones did not. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Beltway Confidential

Dear Bernie Bros: It’s not about socialism or capitalism, it’s about markets

Tim Worstall · November 3, 2017 8:27 pm

Donald Trump Jr. tweeted a photo of his daughter Chloe on Halloween, writing, "I'm going to take half of Chloe's candy tonight & give it to some kid who sat at home. It's never to early to teach her about socialism." (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Stephen Colbert mocks Donald Trump Jr. after his Halloween tweet on socialism goes viral

Caitlin Yilek · November 2, 2017 12:44 pm

Donald Trump Jr. tweeted Tuesday night that he would give half of his daughter's candy and give it to "some kid who sat at home" to teach the girl a lesson about socialism. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Donald Trump Jr. takes Halloween jab at socialism with daughter’s candy

Daniel Chaitin · November 1, 2017 3:34 am

Enrollment in Massachusetts Medicaid, also known as MassHealth, was high before, but MassHealth now covers more than one in four commonwealth residents and has expanded well beyond being a safety net to being a major insurer in the state. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Massachusetts shows rationing is inevitable when government is in charge of healthcare

Hadley Heath Manning · October 20, 2017 5:41 pm