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Teaching Radical Alternatives
Speech
Mel Leiman
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Jan. 25, 2006, 4:04 p.m.
Fascinating history of Liberalism and Conservatism: mercantile to industrial to present era. Understanding these terms and how they've changed will help us challenge the assumptions of capitalism and design future systems of democracy WITH justice.
Audio by CrowMoonSound
This is the fourth in a series of lectures by Mel Leiman. This one teaches some vital concept in a way that is accessible to everyone. Given some basic concepts it becomes much easier to understand, for example, how we can have relatively liberal and relatively conservative parties while they both drift to the Right

Mel Leiman is a retired professor of Economics from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton. He is author of the classic text book, "The Political Economy of Racism". He now lives and teaches on Bainbridge Island WA, a 30-min ferry ride from Seattle.

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00:55:09 1 Jan. 20, 2006
Bainbridge Island WA
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