Podcast: Paul Le Blanc on COVID-19, Bernie Sanders and the future of socialism

May 1, 2020
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This episode of Green Left is a recording of an online forum with long time revolutionary socialist and historian Paul Le Blanc, who is based in the United States. Le Blanc addresses the character of the COVID-19 disaster under late capitalism, Bernie Sanders' campaign for preselection as the Democratic presidential candidate and the future of socialism in the US. The forum took place on April 26 and was organised by Green Left & Socialist Alliance.

Paul Le Blanc has been a member of the Socialist Workers Party (US) and the International Socialist Organisation, among other organisations. He is the author of various books, including Lenin and the Revolutionary Party and editor of Rosa Luxemburg: Reflections and Writing.

Hosted by Alex Bainbridge. Produced by Jacob Andrewartha.

A Facebook livestream video of this forum can be viewed here.

US socialist Paul Le Blanc addressed a forum on COVID-19, Bernie Sanders and the future of socialism on April 26.

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