Kenyan Socialism & Tanzanian Socialism

Patriotism and Socialism

“There is to be a parade and mass meeting of the Socialist Labor Party tonight. The leaders are opposed to the expression of pro-Spanish sentiments, and say so. But here a difficulty comes in. Socialists are opposed to the theory of nationality and national sentiment. They do not believe that you should fight for your country, because the nation is not a unit recognized by them. A Socialist of ...

The Future of Socialism

Introduction The theoretical crisis facing Marxism, and the political crisis gripping the socialist movement internationally, is clearly grave. In marked contrast to the past few decades, where to be progressive was to be socialist and to be intellectual was to be left, we are entering a decade where socialism is in retreat and leftists are on the defensive. Indeed, some have concluded that to ...

Contraception, Abortion and State Socialism

The paper explores the politics of birth control in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), with Russia, Poland and Romania as main cases. By looking at abortion and contraception policies and discourses during and after state socialism, I will discuss to what extent the transition has affected birth control policies. Furthermore, constructions of birth control under and after state socialism are use...

Hayek and Socialism

I have received many helpful comments on this paper from participants at the History of Economics Society meetings at the University of British Columbia, at seminars given at the University of Georgia, at the Austrian Colloquium at New York University, at the York University-University of Toronto Workshop on the History of Economics, and at the Duke University History of Political Economy Works...

Prussianism And Socialism