Is Socialism a Western Concept?

By
Nivedita Majumdar

Socialism is not Eurocentric because the logic of capital is universal — and so is resistance against it.

Socialism is in the air. It returned to the United States with the 2008 economic crisis, which made capitalism’s exploitative nature clear for a new generation, and unleashed struggles to challenge austerity and staggering income inequality. Activists in a host of movements helped create the environment in which a presidential candidate could talk about socialism […]

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