"Reimagining Socialism"

From the most recent issue of The Nation:

Socialism's all the rage. "We Are All Socialists Now,"Newsweek declares. As the right wing tells it, we're already living in the U.S.S.A. But what do self-identified socialists (and their progressive friends) have to say about the global economic crisis? The following essay will, we hope, kick off a spirited dialogue, with four replies in this issue and more to come at TheNation.com. --The Editors

Read the essay, authored by By Barbara Ehrenreich & Bill Fletcher Jr., here.

I'll post on this when I have more time to read it carefully and respond.