"democratic socialism"

Philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it.
— Karl Marx, Theses on Feuerbach

The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas.
— Karl Marx, The German Ideology

As long as the problems of the poor are not radically resolved by rejecting the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation and by attacking the structural causes of inequality, no solution will be found for the world’s problems or, for that matter, to any problems.
– Pope Francis I, Laudato Si

Are you confused by the Middle East? Here are some things you should know. (But you’ll probably still be confused.)