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Socialism | 2 minute idea –
This short video offers a two-minute idea of socialism, explaining the concept in its simplest terms. It sets out what socialism means at its…
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Decline of Socialism in Soviet Russia: Khrushchev’s Revisionism
When Joseph Stalin died in March 1953, the Soviet Union faced a question it had never answered in peacetime: how would power pass from…
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Trump Takes on the World Health Organisation
This video looks at Donald Trump's confrontation with the World Health Organisation in the spring of 2020, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.…
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Matt Schlapp: Socialism Is Inconsistent with the American Experience
In this interview, Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, argues that socialism is inconsistent with the American experience. For Schlapp, the United…
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Venezuela’s Broken Socialist Corrupt Political System
Venezuela's crisis is often described in economic terms: hyperinflation, shortages, collapsing oil production, and millions of people leaving home. This chapter is about the…
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Stossel: Rand Paul on The Case Against Socialism
In this Stossel interview, Senator Rand Paul makes the case against socialism, drawing on the book of the same name that he published in…
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Why Bernie Sanders’ Communist Misadventures Still Matter
This video takes up the same question as the earlier post on Sanders's communist misadventures, but from a different angle: not the history itself,…
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Sen. Bernie Sanders: We could learn a lot from Cuba
In this video, Senator Bernie Sanders argues that the United States could learn a lot from Cuba. He points to the areas where Cuba…
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Bernie Sanders and the Sanderistas
This video looks at Bernie Sanders and the movement that grew up around him — the supporters nicknamed the “Sanderistas,” a play on the…
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Why Bernie Sanders’ Communist Misadventures Still Matter
When Bernie Sanders ran for president, his opponents did not begin with his tax plan or his health care plan. They began with his…
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Bernie Sanders no longer praises Soviet-style socialism
This video examines a notable shift in Bernie Sanders's politics: he no longer praises Soviet-style socialism. Where his earlier remarks had drawn attention to…
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How Socialism Destroyed Africa
This video argues that socialism destroyed Africa, and it traces the continent's post-independence history through that lens. After colonial rule ended, many African leaders…
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Can Socialists and Capitalists Find Middle Ground?
This video returns to a familiar question — can socialists and capitalists find middle ground? — but approaches it from the side of incentives…
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Bernie Sanders, Mike Bloomberg, Joe Biden Spar Over Democratic Socialism | NBC News
This NBC News clip captures a sharp exchange from the 2020 Democratic primary, as Bernie Sanders, Mike Bloomberg and Joe Biden spar over democratic…
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Venezuela IS Socialism
This video argues, in its title and throughout, that Venezuela is socialism — not a distorted version of it, and not a country that…
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Socialism Fails Every Time
This video makes a sweeping historical argument: socialism fails every time it is tried, in every country and in every form. It surveys the…
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Sanders’ Scary History of Socialist Praise
This video looks back at Bernie Sanders's long history of praise for socialist governments and movements, long before he became a nationally known presidential…
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Can Socialists and Capitalists Find Middle Ground?
This video asks whether socialists and capitalists can find middle ground, rather than treating the two systems as an all-or-nothing choice. It brings the…
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Why Communists and Socialists lie? China on the Coronavirus – The Lies and the Truths
In early 2020, a new virus was spreading in Wuhan, a city of millions in central China, and the world was waiting for accurate…
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Bernie Asked Why He Wants The U.S. To Be Like The Soviet Union – YouTube
In this short video clip, Senator Bernie Sanders is asked a blunt question: why does he seem to want the United States to be…
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WOW: BERNIE STAFFER PRAISES SOVIET UNION!
This video centres on a member of Bernie Sanders's campaign staff who is heard praising the Soviet Union. In conversation, the staffer speaks admiringly…
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The Myth of Scandinavian Socialism
Scandinavia is often held up as proof that socialism works — that Sweden, Norway, and Denmark show the way to a fairer, more equal…
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Robin Hood Was Not A Socialist – YouTube
Robin Hood is often claimed as a hero of socialism — a man who stole from the rich and gave to the poor. This…
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Democratic Socialism defined by Bernie Sanders
For many Americans, the phrase democratic socialism arrived with Bernie Sanders. He used it openly, defended it in speeches, and made it the label…
