There's a certain orthodoxy often represented in press and media coverage that the New York Times, Vox and Media Matters are "left wing" publications. This definition of what counts as 'left versus right' is pure fiction, from my perspective, as I might call Media Matters centerist and would certainly call the others all right wing publications. I grew up on a media diet that included the venerable New Internationalist and Mother Jones, publications not even listed on the left-right spectrum because.... ??? well, I don't know. And there are more, like Monthly Review, Adbusters, Truthout and Center for American Progress. Never heard of them? This might be why the shockwave of the election of a democratic socialist in New York caused ripples even into the education blogosphere. This might be why it feels as though democratic socialism is coming from nowhere. But we've been here all along, working for a better future. This isn't the 'Silicon Valley Socialism' caricatured by pubs like Fast Company, or the Seattle socialism given this hatchet job by the Ringer. This is the real thing. Some of my writes: Everyday socialism (1998), Decomposting Socialism (2005), What Socialism is All About (2011).
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