Socialism After Capitalism
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Bhaskar Sunkara discusses the future of socialism in the 21st century with Luke Savage, exploring its compatibility with capitalism and the relationship between socialism and social democracy.
2026 Ellen Meiksins Wood Prize and Lecturer Bhaskar Sunkara spoke to Luke Savage at Toronto Metropolitan University about what a modern 21st century socialism should look like. What’s worked, what’s failed, and what comes next? Is economic democracy compatible with capitalism? When so many figures, from Rosa Luxemburg, to Ed Broadbent, to Tony Blair, have at one point called themselves “social democrats,” is there a tension or confusion between social democracy and socialism? Sunkara’s discus...
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