by Josh Guckert A Quebec woman named Valentine Sicotte requested an appointment with a specialist at Saint-Eustache Hospital back in 2007. Just last week, she finally got a call back. Said Sicotte, “I tried not to laugh on the phone. I couldn’t remember even having requested the appointment. I told them to give my place to someone…
Why you aren’t a socialist, and why identifying as a democratic socialist doesn’t make it better by Alexander Hammond According to a recent YouGov poll, favourability of socialism amongst young Americans is at an all-time high. In May 2015, socialism had a net favourability rating of +5 amongst 18-24 year olds. Between then and February…
Must you be a Liberal or a Conservative? Aya Katz Some people assume…
Venezuela Takes Extreme Measure to Solve Food Problems by Josh Guckert Recently, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro issued an executive order asserting that all workers, public and private, can be forced to work in farm fields for up to 60 days at a time, or “if circumstances merit,” even longer. The order is designed to address the problems recently afflicting…
By Blake Neff PHILADELPHIA — Sen. Bernie Sanders may have thrown his support behind Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention, but socialist die-hards aren’t ready to give up the ghost. Several people attending a “socialist convergence” in downtown Philadelphia Wednesday night declared Sanders a reviled traitor to the socialist cause, which would…
By Chris White Nearly 50 animals have starved to death in Venezuelan zoos due in large part to food shortages ravaging the country. The Caricuao zoo in Caracas includes Vietnamese pigs, rabbits and birds. Many of the animals have not eaten in several weeks, according toMarlene Sifontes, a union leader for the state agency controlling…
By Connor D. Wolf Republican party leadership expressed doubt Monday that Democratic voters are truly behind Hillary Clinton, since so many at the Democratic National Convention are still supporting Sen. Bernie Sanders. Clinton secured the nomination June 6 over Sanders, her primary rival. Clinton has still struggled to unite the party, even with Sanders endorsing her himself. The…
2016 has been annoying in a multitude of ways. As a millennial, perhaps the most obnoxious phase of this year’s cycle was watching my peers jump on the Bernie Sanders bandwagon to join a “political revolution.” On college campuses across the country, “Feel the Bern” stickers spread like wildfire, which — as a libertarian —…
One of the major talking points across the political spectrum in 2016 has been the so-called “death of the middle class.” From Trump’s plan to uplift average Americans on his quest to “Make America Great Again”, to Sanders’ dream of massive wealth redistribution, candidates on both sides of the aisle have engaged in tremendous class-warfare…
By JP Carroll Former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (1954-2013) would not have been so well-known in the U.S. were it not for powerful friends in the halls of Congress and studios in Hollywood. Chavez, who ruled over Venezuela from February 1999 until his death from cancer in March 2013, won the presidential election in 1998. The socialist dictator quickly…