So, if the issues that address human rights are labeled “socialist”, then I must proclaim that I am a socialist to the core, and I invite anyone to challenge the premise of my conviction. If taking climate change seriously—which scientific evidence overwhelmingly confirms and is affecting the quality of life and livelihood of billions of people on the planet, and believing it must be tackled immediately is socialism, then I am proud to be a socialist. So, if the issues that address human rights are labeled “socialist”, then I must proclaim that I am a socialist to the core, and I invite anyone to challenge the premise of my conviction. If rectifying the immigration system and providing the approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants on whom many American industries, especially farming rely with a path to citizenship is socialism, then I am proud to be a socialist. If tackling the problem of widespread homelessness, estimated at 568,000 in the United States—the greatest stigma on a country as rich and innovative as America—is called socialism, then I am proud to be a socialist.

Source: Pakistan Today March 02, 2020 18:11 UTC