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Unavailable276: Red in the Stars and Stripes?: A History of Socialism in America
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276: Red in the Stars and Stripes?: A History of Socialism in America

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276: Red in the Stars and Stripes?: A History of Socialism in America

FromBackStory

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Length:
58 minutes
Released:
Apr 26, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

More candidates for political office in America today identify themselves as socialists than ever before. But isn’t the idea of socialism anathema to American values of free enterprise and entrepreneurism? BackStory reveals the rich history of socialism in the USA.
Image: The cover art for the album "Power to the Working Class: Revolutionary songs written & sung by workers & students in struggle." Source: Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/yan.1a38051/)
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Released:
Apr 26, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at Virginia Humanities. There’s the history you had to learn, and the history you want to learn - that’s where BackStory comes in. Each week BackStory takes a topic that people are talking about and explores it through the lens of American history. Through stories, interviews, and conversations with our listeners, BackStory makes history engaging and fun.