By Kara HadgePosted Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at 11:45 AM ET
The Nation, March 23
In the cover package, Barbara Ehrenreich and Bill Fletcher Jr. rethink socialism. While both are staunch socialists, they did not expect capitalism to fail in the way that it seemingly has: "There was supposed to be a revolution," not the nationalization that has occurred. Meanwhile, capitalism has left us and our environment "with less than it found on this planet, about 400 years ago." To move forward, "we have to build organizations, including explicitly socialist ones, that can mobilize … talent, develop leadership and advance local struggles." … One of several pieces in response to the cover story argues, "[T]here was and is a revolution, just not one that looks the way socialists and a lot of '60s radicals imagined it." To wit, "[o]rganic, urban, community-assisted and guerrilla agriculture" puts up a small but significant fight against giant food corporations.
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