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Bhaskar Sunkara on democratic socialism and the 2020 election

On the latest episode of ourVoices, we spoke with Jacobin founder Bhaskar Sunkara about the future of the Democratic party.

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26 May 2020, 5.35pm
Bhaskar Sunkara speaking with Labour MP Jon Trickett at the Verso loft in Brooklyn, March 27 2017
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This is part of ourEconomy’s series on the US election.

Bhaskar Sunkara is the founding editor and publisher of Jacobin magazine. He is also the former vice-chair of Democratic Socialists of America and author of The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality.

On this recent episode of ourVoices, we discussed the resurgence of the term “democratic socialism” in US politics and the future of the Democratic party beyond 2020.

You can listen to Bhaskar’s extended interview with ourEconomy below – as well as on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Soundcloud:

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