We Own the Future: Democratic Socialism-American Style

Kate Aronoff · Peter Dreier · Michael Kazin

Feb 2021 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Kirsten Potter and Kyle Tait

About this audiobook

It's a strange day when a New York Times conservative columnist is forced to admit that the left is winning, but as David Brooks wrote recently, "the American left is on the cusp of a great victory." Among Americans under thirty, 43 percent had a favorable view of socialism, while only 32 percent had a favorable view of capitalism. Not since the Great Depression have so many Americans questioned the fundamental tenets of capitalism and expressed openness to a socialist alternative. We Own the Future: Democratic Socialism-American Style offers a road map to making this alternative a reality, giving readers a practical vision of a future that is more democratic, egalitarian, inclusive, and environmentally sustainable. The book includes a crash course in the history and practice of democratic socialism, a vivid picture of what democratic socialism in America might look like in practice, and compelling proposals for how to get there from the age of Trump and beyond. With contributions from some of the nation's leading political activists and analysts, We Own the Future articulates a clear and uncompromising view from the left-a perfectly timed book that will appeal to a wide audience hungry for change.

About the author

Actress Kirsten Potter has performed on stage, film, and television, including roles on Medium, Bones, and Judging Amy. Her narrations have won AudioFile Earphones Awards, and she earned an Audie nomination for her reading of Rise Again by Ben Tripp.

Kyle Tait is a professionally trained voice actor and narrator in Atlanta, Georgia. His first brush with a microphone came in sports radio, calling baseball in the Atlanta Braves' organization. He started voicing audiobooks during the off-season; a few years later, he left baseball to work as a narrator full-time.

Journalist Kate Aronoff's writing has appeared in Harpers, the Guardian, the Nation, Rolling Stone, the New Republic, the American Prospect, Dissent, Jacobin, and the New York Times. The coeditor of We Own the Future: Democratic Socialism-American Style, she lives in Brooklyn.

Peter Dreier is E. P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics and chair of the Urban & Environmental Policy Department at Occidental College. The coeditor of We Own the Future: Democratic Socialism-American Style, he lives in Los Angeles.

Michael Kazin is a professor of history at Georgetown University and a coeditor of Dissent magazine. The coeditor of We Own the Future: Democratic Socialism-American Style, he lives in Washington, DC.