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Socialist Progressives

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3. A few socialists we admire...

Sun Sep 13, 2015, 07:31 AM

Sep 2015

A top ten:
http://listverse.com/2014/05/13/10-surprising-people-who-advocated-socialism/

10. Mark Twain
9. Oscar Wilde
8. Francis Bellamy
7. Bertrand Russell
6. Albert Einstein
5. Helen Keller
4. Pablo Picasso
3. George Orwell
2. Nelson Mandela
1. Martin Luther King Jr.

A larger list:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.politics.socialism/0JkluirU3cg

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The specter that still haunts capitalism [View all] TexasTowelie Sep 2015 OP

Neither socialism not capitalism really exist. Helen Borg Sep 2015 #1

Traditionally this has been the case - TBF Sep 2015 #6

I'm no opponent of capitalism. But, my God, the powers that be have Enthusiast Sep 2015 #2

A few socialists we admire... tecelote Sep 2015 #3

Things get buried fast by the labor posts TBF Sep 2015 #5

Oops, I did not see that you had made that post. TexasTowelie Sep 2015 #7

More exposure is good :) TBF Sep 2015 #8