Gar Alperovitz: Infrastructure for Socialism in the United States is Growing!
Whether or not you think Bernie Sanders is really a socialist, and whether or not you think that he can win the primaries, a major point is that people under thirty are not afraid of using the word socialism to describe themselves. But maybe more important than this, the infrastructure for socialism is growing, as Gar Alperovitz’s article points out. These include movements for publicly owned banks in at least 3 cities, 250 land trusts to prevent gentrification and 450 municipally owned internet systems.
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Bruce
Bruce Lerro has taught for 25 years as an adjunct college professor of psychology at Golden Gate University, Dominican University and Diablo Valley College. He has applied a Vygotskian socio-historical perspective to his four books: From Earth-Spirits to Sky-Gods: the Socio-ecological Origins of Monotheism, Individualism and Hyper-Abstract Reasoning Power in Eden: The Emergence of Gender Hierarchies in the Ancient World Co-Authored with Christopher Chase-Dunn Social Change: Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present and Lucifer's Labyrinth: Individualism, Hyper-Abstract Thinking and the Process of Becoming Civilized He is also a representational artist specializing in pen-and-ink drawings. Bruce is a libertarian communist and lives in Olympia WA.