Class Democratic Socialists of America
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Class is the official podcast of the National Political Education Committee of the Democratic Socialists of America. We believe working people should run both the economy and society democratically to meet human needs, not to make profits for a few. Class is a podcast where we ask socialists about why they are socialists, what socialism looks like, and how we, as the working class, can become the ruling class.
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The Ongoing Crisis of American Politics, Part 2
Send us a Text Message.Send us a Text Message.This is the second part of our conversation with Sanjiv Gupta and Paul Heideman about U.S. politics, conflict within the Republican Party, and the current state of American democracy. We invited Saniv and Paul back onto the podcast as a follow-up to their 2022 presentation at the Socialism Conference in Chicago. Sanjiv Gupta is a member of the River Valley DSA chapter in Western Massachusetts and a sociologist at UMass-Amherst. Paul Heid...
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The Ongoing Crisis of American Politics
Send us a Text Message.In today’s episode, we talk with Sanjiv Gupta and Paul Heideman about U.S. politics, conflict within the Republican Party, and the current state of American democracy. We invited Saniv and Paul back onto the podcast as a follow-up to their 2022 presentation at the Socialism Conference in Chicago. Sanjiv Gupta is a member of the River Valley DSA chapter in Western Massachusetts and a sociologist at UMass-Amherst. Paul Heideman is a writer and high school teache...
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Communist Manifesto "Bourgeois and Proletarians", a Summary of the
Send us a Text Message.This episode is an attempt to make the first part of the Communist Manifesto, the part called “Bourgeois and Proletarians” intelligible for some one knew to socialism. This text is a part of the DSA NPEC “What is Capitalism?” curriculum. Written in 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, this is one of the foundational texts of the socialist movement. The first chapter covers the expansion of capital and the consolidation of the bourgeoisie as a class, as well as t...
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Marxism and Queer Liberation: Why Socialism Needs Queer Liberation and Queer Liberation Needs Socialism
Send us a Text Message.Achieving the liberation of the queer community requires realizing the intersecting nature of all U.S. cultural oppressions — including class oppression — ties the liberation of all to the end of capitalism. Today, queer oppression is being used not only to sustain capitalism but to help grow fascism. When so many people’s personal hierarchy of needs requires them to spend their limited resources struggling simply to survive an onslaught of existential attacks, how does...
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'Democracy' in the United States (a debate)
Send us a Text Message.In the Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels wrote that “the first step in the revolution by the working class is to raise the proletariat to the position of ruling class, to win the battle of democracy.” Almost two centuries later, the battle for democracy continues. Today, economic precarity and social upheavals have led many to question our present political system. In these times, DSA’s position that the United States is “no democracy at all” is a rousing and powerfu...
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Socialist Night School
Send us a Text Message.Local DSA chapters have been conducting what is called Socialist Night School. Socialist Night School is a democratic space for people to participate in the education process. In today’s episode we talk with Guy Brown, Molly Culhane and Evan Moravansky. They are members of the National Political Education Committee. Evan is the chair. They will explain more about what the National Political Education Committee is, and they’ll explain much more about Socialist...
Customer Reviews
Intro to socialism
A great introduction to socialism and anti-capitalism.
Excellent!
I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how much I like this podcast. It’s concise, clear and an unexpectedly easy listen. The host and guests are excellent teachers! Thank you DSA.
Excellent Socialist Education
I’ve been really enjoying the format and content. Well done by DSA. The episodes are on the short side (15-20 minutes) which is fine by me since so many left podcasts are 90 minutes or more.