The S word : a short history of an American tradition... socialism /
Nichols, John.
The S word : a short history of an American tradition... socialism / John Nichols. - Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2011. - xvi, 307 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes index.
A short, sharp, irreverent rejoinder to right-wing red-baiting. A few months before the 2010 midterms, Newt Gingrich described the socialist infiltration of American government and media as "even more disturbing than the threats from foreign terrorists." John Nichols offers an unapologetic retort to the return of red-baiting in American political life -- arguing that socialism has a long, proud, American history. Tom Paine was enamored of early socialists, Horace Greeley employed Karl Marx as a correspondent, and Helen Keller was an avowed socialist. The "S" Word gives Americans back a crucial aspect of their past and makes a forthright case for socialist ideas today."--Publisher's description
9781844676798 184467679X
2011281195
GBB084379 bnb
015601077 Uk
Socialism--History.--United States
United States--Politics and government.
HX83 / .N53 2011
320.5310973
The S word : a short history of an American tradition... socialism / John Nichols. - Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2011. - xvi, 307 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes index.
A short, sharp, irreverent rejoinder to right-wing red-baiting. A few months before the 2010 midterms, Newt Gingrich described the socialist infiltration of American government and media as "even more disturbing than the threats from foreign terrorists." John Nichols offers an unapologetic retort to the return of red-baiting in American political life -- arguing that socialism has a long, proud, American history. Tom Paine was enamored of early socialists, Horace Greeley employed Karl Marx as a correspondent, and Helen Keller was an avowed socialist. The "S" Word gives Americans back a crucial aspect of their past and makes a forthright case for socialist ideas today."--Publisher's description
9781844676798 184467679X
2011281195
GBB084379 bnb
015601077 Uk
Socialism--History.--United States
United States--Politics and government.
HX83 / .N53 2011
320.5310973