'Socialist Manifesto' author on past failures and governing in the real world

Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast by WNYC Studios

Oct 6, 202600:22:07Society & Culture

As the DSA and other ideologies on the political left begin to gain footholds in elected offices including NYC's mayoralty, we look at what 'socialism' really is, in practice.

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