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![Bernie Sanders stands in front of California's state flag during a campaign event](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0302-bernie-california-400x300.jpg)
Dem Voters in Texas and California View Socialism More Favorably Than Capitalism
The same survey showed Sen. Bernie Sanders leading the presidential primary field in both Texas and California.
![A screenshot from ''The Big Lie", a 1951 anti-communist propaganda movie by the U.S. Army.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/The_Big_Lie_1951_film_image_01-400x300.jpg)
Antipathy Towards Socialism Has Roots in State and Corporate Cold War Propaganda
In 1942, the U.S. created a war propaganda unit called the Ad Council to link American identity with capitalism.
![Students and their supporters protest as they demand transformative climate action during the Black Friday sales in Santa Monica, California, on November 29, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/02/2020_0213-climate-protest-400x300.jpg)
Will Climate Change Provoke a Widespread Revival of Socialism?
The fate of our species and the planet demands no less.
![Perhaps one of the rallying cries of the 21st-century labor movement could be for the decommodification of time — for our time to be returned to us to do with as we wish.Â](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/02/GettyImages-641846686-400x300.jpg)
It’s Time to Shorten the American Workweek
A shorter workweek requires a radical reimagining of how we conceive of work.
![Fans of Sen. Bernie Sanders cheer while holding his sineage](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/02/2020_0203-bernie-fans-400x300.jpg)
Echoes of Occupy Wall Street Are Reverberating Through the Iowa Caucus
Nearly a decade after Occupy Wall Street, more people than ever are naming capitalism as the enemy.
![The trailer for the latest Bond film, No Time to Die, is aired for the first time on the large screen in London's Piccadilly Circus.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/01/2020_0126-bond-no-time-to-die-400x300.jpg)
Is the New James Bond Film Just More Neoliberal Hype?
James Bond ultimately serves the interests of that small, real-life group of people he pretends to want to vanquish.
![Money on the mind](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/01/2020_0105-money-mind-400x300.jpg)
How Economists Tricked Us Into Thinking Capitalism Works
Our species has survived through caring and sharing, not competing in markets as economists claim.
![People grow and nurture ideas](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/12/2020_0102-economy-people-400x300.jpg)
A Growing Movement Shows There Is an Alternative to Capitalism
There is literally a new economy being born, and we have decades of history proving the efficacy of these models.
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The Mount Sinai Scandal Shows Everything That’s Wrong With US Health Care
A new report reveals how profit-driven understaffing and overcrowding lead to deaths and deplorable worker conditions.
![Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the opening keynote at the Facebook F8 Conference at McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California, on April 30, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/12/2019_1208-facebook-zuckerberg-400x300.jpg)
Social Media Penetrates Every Aspect of Our Online Lives for Profit
We must act to make the commodification of our lives and opinions unprofitable.