Tag Archives: Socialism

A TRIBUTE TO RONALD DELLUMS

Posted on October 27, 2024 by mdbwell

One of the classiest, sincerest, and most charismatic persons I had the pleasure of meeting was Congressman Ronald Vernie Dellums of California. He came to the university where I worked to discuss Black history and the debt the United States … Continue reading →

Tagged capitalism, human-rights, Japanese interment, pacifism, Peace, Racism, Reparations, Socialism, Wae | Leave a comment

Has Capitalism “Worked”?

Posted on June 7, 2019 by mdbwell

It’s laughable to me when critics of socialism parrot the cliché that “it has never worked anywhere in the world.” Usually, that prosaic statement is made not from primary research, but from lazy borrowing from others—who more than likely also … Continue reading →

Posted in Poverty, Social Ethics | Tagged apostles, Barbara Ehrenreich, capitalism, compassion, Cornel West, Democratic Socialism, economic freedom, free enterprise, Harvey Cox, haves and have-nots, J. Philip Wogaman, Jane Addams, Jesus, Letty Russell, livable wages, Manning Marable, Martin Luther King Jr., mixed economy, poverty elimination, prophets, social services, Socialism, W. E. B. Du Bois, Walter Muelder | Leave a comment

EDELMAN’S SO RICH, SO POOR, IN REVIEW

Posted on June 26, 2013 by mdbwell

I was happy to see that Peter Edelman decided to grapple with the problem of poverty based upon his work with Sen. Robert Kennedy in the mid-to-late 1960s. I have tremendously admired the valiant oeuvre of his spouse, Marian Wright … Continue reading →

Posted in Poverty | Tagged Antipoverty Programs, capitalism, Cornel West, Peter Edelman, Poverty, SNAP, Socialism, TANF, Tavis Smiley, The Rich and the Rest of Us | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Socialism

A TRIBUTE TO RONALD DELLUMS

EDELMAN’S SO RICH, SO POOR, IN REVIEW

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