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Official narratives in the West treat socialism as a failure wherever it has been attempted, but this is not the case. We will look at lesser-known examples of successfully implemented socialist institutions, agendas, and programs from around the world throughout history.Little is widely known about East Germany in the west, beyond the Berlin Wall and the Stasi, and yet many Germans long for what life was like when it was around. How do we explain that?This is a sneak peek of our new course Socialism Success Stories. Sign-up for the free course to access it today.Passage members get access to every course lesson in audio format. To get the rest of the audio lessons of this course subscribe today and support independent, left media. Support the show (https://readpassage.com/subscribe/)

Author, political theorist and Passage course creator David Moscrop recently participated in a live Q/A. In it, we discussed the US election, the problems with how we understand democracy, understanding why and how democratic power must be equalized, and ideas for returning power to the people.Prefer to watch it? Check out our YouTube channel. The discussion focuses on David's new course at Passage called Deepening Democracy. You can access this course for free here.Follow David on Twitter and check out his book Too Dumb for Democracy?Like what you're listening to? Subscribe to Passage and help us run more interviews like this. It costs less than a fancy coffee every month. Support the show (https://readpassage.com/subscribe/)

Our country faces massive unemployment not seen in many of our lifetimes. Covid-19 has laid bare the inadequacy of our existing employment insurance system. As a result, Canada had to create a whole new suite of emergency programs, such as the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) to fill the gaps in Employment Insurance.Joel Laforest traces the history of EI, and how successive Liberal and Conservative governments have eroded these supporters and restricted their access, and argues if we want to live in a viable society, we need to build systems that will protect us from an increasingly uncertain world.Read the entire article here.Subscribe to Passage's weekly newsletters and get our best stories delivered to your inbox.Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and InstagramSupport the show (https://readpassage.com/subscribe/)

In an article published on March 26, 2020 Passage Managing Editor Davide Davide Mastracci argues Postmedia is still giving a platform to columnists to say dangerous things about COVID-19 that fly in the face of science and put people's lives at risk. Read the entire article here. Subscribe to Passage's weekly newsletter and get our best stories delivered to your inbox. Try Passage today for only $5 for 3 months and support an independent, leftist publication that challenges corporate media. Subscribe today. Support the show (https://readpassage.com/subscribe/)

Author Maggie Reid looks at the history of companies including British Petroleum, Amazon and Nike to show how these corporations use PR and marketing around progressive social causes to disguise their contributions to social problems.As corporations fall over themselves to embrace progressive issues, it’s critical we not lose site of the fact that as Maggie writes, these corporations are working to convince us that “the problems out there and not in their own houses.” Read the full article - Woke-Washing Can’t Erase Corporate Anti-Black RacismSign-up for our new email course How the Car Destroyed the World by author James Wilt. In it, James explores the history of suburban sprawl and car culture, and how we can build a better future with high-quality public transit for all. Course subscribers also get a special limited-time discount on James’ new book. Sign-up for free today.Try Passage today for only $5 for 3 months and support an independent, leftist publication that challenges corporate media. Subscribe today. Support the show (https://readpassage.com/subscribe/)

This week, we’re sharing a story from Passage Managing Editor Davide Maastraci.The story titled “Don’t Blame China for Your Government's COVID-19 Failures” critiques the anti-China narratives that pervade the news. Davide explains how the focus by our political leaders on China is nothing more than a distraction from our own government’s failed response to COVID-19 and the broader failure of neoliberalism that led us to this crisisThe story was published on April 7, 2020.Read the entire article and follow Davide on Twitter.Sign-up for our new email course How the Car Destroyed the World by author James Wilt. In it, James explores the history of suburban sprawl and car culture, and how we can build a better future with high-quality public transit for all. Course subscribers also get a special limited-time discount on James’ new book. Sign-up for free today. Try Passage today for only $5 for 3 months and support an independent, leftist publication that challenges corporate media. Subscribe today. Support the show (https://readpassage.com/subscribe/)

In a story from May 8th, Passage co-founder argues that with millions of Canadians out of work and a painful recovery ahead, it's time for a massive green stimulus.Don't miss a single story by subscribing to our weekly newsletters - sign-up todayPassage is funded by readers, not corporations. Use the code PassagePod to try a 3-month subscription to Passage for only $5 - subscribe today. As a nonprofit, all money goes towards paying great leftist writers and growing our publications.Support the show (https://readpassage.com/subscribe/)