A Failure of Vision: Michael Harrington and the Limits of Democratic Socialism w/ Doug Greene
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Harrington - Is He a Pragmatist?
In the early eighties, they 're growing closer to a group called the new american movement. They were kind of like these every influenced by third world marxism and lenonism but not revolutionary communists. As time went on, they became interested in electoral politics,. And they kind of saw kindred spirits with it, between a them and harrington's group, deso. So they ended up fusing in 19 82. There was a little point of contention between them, because the new america movement was very pro palestine, where harrington was a zianist. In 19 82 they formed a united organization called the democratic socialist of america with roughly, i think
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