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- title: 'Socialism 101 :: ProvDSA PoliEd'
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- # Socialism 101
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- **Objective:** To define the parameters of socialism--what is socialism, and what is not socialism?--and define some commonly-heard and commonly-misused terms new socialists will encounter. To distinguish between neoliberal progressivism, social democracy, “compassionate capitalism” and socialism.
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- **Please complete / read / listen to the following before this class:**
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- * Group A: [Last Week Tonight: Evictions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R652nwUcJRA&t=279s) (19 min)
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- * Group B: [Last Week Tonight: Meatpacking](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhO1FcjDMV4) (19 min)
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- * ["Democratic Socialism Isn't Social Democracy"](https://jacobinmag.com/2018/08/democratic-socialism-social-democracy-nordic-countries) by Michael A. McCarthy, Jacobin (7 min)
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- * ["How Capitalism Exploits You"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mI_RMQEulw) by Richard Wolff, Gravel Institute (5 min)
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- * ["The Difference Between Socialism, Communism, and Marxism Explained by a Marxist"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyl2DeKT-Vs) by AzureScapegoat (12 min)
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- * ["Workshop Talks"](https://www.marxists.org/archive/connolly/1909/talks/shoptlks.htm) by James Connolly (29 min)
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- **Agenda:**
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- * Intros and icebreaker
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- * Breakout Groups:
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- * Surprises from the terms/definitions
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- * Last Week Tonight discussion
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- * Share the Last Week Tonight takeaways
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- * Discussion on questions related to specific readings
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- ## Study Materials
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- * ["Democratic Socialism Isn't Social Democracy" by Michael A. McCarthy](https://jacobinmag.com/2018/08/democratic-socialism-social-democracy-nordic-countries), *Jacobin*
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- * ["How Capitalism Exploits You" by Richard Wolff](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mI_RMQEulw), Gravel Institute
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- * ["The Difference Between Socialism, Communism, and Marxism Explained by a Marxist"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyl2DeKT-Vs) by AzureScapegoat
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- * ["Workshop Talks"](https://www.marxists.org/archive/connolly/1909/talks/shoptlks.htm) by James Connolly
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- ## Breakouts
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- Discuss how the issue presented in your group’s LWT video could look different in a Socialist society and where this progressive liberal analysis falls short.
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- ## Questions
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- * How do we make the transition from capitalism to socialism? What would it require? Are there pit stops along the way?
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- * What are the dangers of capitalism to a socialist society, both externally and internally? Can socialism be maintained when Capitalism still exists elsewhere?
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- * Can you think of an example of material conditions bringing about change, from history or modern times?
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- * In what ways does John Oliver correctly depict the issue in the video and potential causes and solutions? In what ways does he (and progressivism) fall short?
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