A review by colin_cox
The ABCs of Socialism by Bhaskar Sunkara

4.0

I like this volume because it delivers what it promises: a brief, accessible introduction to socialism and socialist thought. With its emphasis on workers and the rights of workers, The ABCs of Socialism pivots off the enthusiasm of the Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign. This is not meant to sound like a criticism. If anything, the Sanders campaign illuminated the value of and zeal for a particular variation of socialism, while also dispelling a popular narrative about this country's antagonism toward socialist thought. To its credit, this is also what The ABCs of Socialism does so well.