Socialism: It's Baaack!
COURSE FULL. TO GO ONTO WAITING LIST PLEASE E-MAIL US AT [email protected]
Socialism was supposed to be dead, with the fall of the Soviet Union and its ideology. However, like Monty Python’s parrot, maybe it ain’t dead after all. Forget what socialism looks like in Venezuela and Cuba. It's actively being touted as a solution to the many ills of our current political economy in the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe. What's going on?
Could it be that socialism, in a new and improved form, is making a serious comeback? If so, why? Is the Green New Deal, a socialist manifesto, viable? Can socialism work in liberal democracies alongside capitalism or are they fundamentally inconsistent? What would a socialist democracy look like? Scandinavia or more than that? Will Millennials, inspired by new leaders like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, embrace socialism and change the whole electoral landscape? What about Canada? Are we unlikely ever to embrace a socialist agenda? Should we? In this course we’ll consider all of this.
Moderator: John Simke
Date and Time: Thursdays, May 16 and 23 (2 weeks), 2-4 PM
Location: OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, Room TBA
Cost: $12
Maximum Class Size: 30
Booking: See Terms and Conditions. Please note, maximum of two spots per person. When the course is full, to go onto the waiting list, please send us an e-mail at [email protected]
Could it be that socialism, in a new and improved form, is making a serious comeback? If so, why? Is the Green New Deal, a socialist manifesto, viable? Can socialism work in liberal democracies alongside capitalism or are they fundamentally inconsistent? What would a socialist democracy look like? Scandinavia or more than that? Will Millennials, inspired by new leaders like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, embrace socialism and change the whole electoral landscape? What about Canada? Are we unlikely ever to embrace a socialist agenda? Should we? In this course we’ll consider all of this.
Moderator: John Simke
Date and Time: Thursdays, May 16 and 23 (2 weeks), 2-4 PM
Location: OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, Room TBA
Cost: $12
Maximum Class Size: 30
Booking: See Terms and Conditions. Please note, maximum of two spots per person. When the course is full, to go onto the waiting list, please send us an e-mail at [email protected]