"Socialism is Dead" ... Really?(Review)

Whole Earth | June 22, 2000| | Copyright

"Socialism is Dead" ... Really? by Mark Dowie Mark Dowie, an investigative historian living in northern California, is finishing a book for MIT Press chronicling the first century of American foundation philanthropy.

There is a serious misconception that's been circling the globe since the end of the Cold War. It alleges that the 1981 breakup of the Soviet Union and the heralded "triumph of capitalism" signal the death knell of socialism, and a global loss of faith in communal ideals. This is utter nonsense.

What the collapse of Soviet totalitarian ...

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