socialism
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Lenin’s socialism: Labels and realities
Paul Le Blanc — Lenin's conception of socialism, which he shared with Marx and Engels, with Eugene V. Debs and Rosa Luxemburg, and with many others, remains a possible alternative to capitalism that is worth considering and fighting for.
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The state and the future of socialism
Michael A. Lebowitz — When capital is in crisis, there are always two options – to give in or to move in. If masses are armed with a clear conception of the socialist alternative, they can turn a crisis in capitalism into the crisis of capitalism. Of course, it is possible that current struggles against the capitalist offensive ultimately may lead to a glorious defeat. It is possible but we must take that chance.
How did socialists respond to the advent of fascism?
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The following talk was given on 21 July 2018 to a two-day seminar at Yor
Five principles of a socialist climate politics
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More than universal healthcare: the meaning of socialism
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Schemes of state and municipal ownership, if unaccompanied by this
co-operative principle, are but schemes for the perfectioning of the
mechanism of capitalist government - schemes to make the capitalist
regime respectable and efficient for the purposes of the capitalist; in
the second place they represent the class-conscious instinct of the
business man who feels that capitalist should not prey upon capitalist,
while all may unite to prey upon the workers... To the cry of the middle
class reformers, “make this or that the property of the government,” we
reply, “yes, in proportion as the workers are ready to make the
government their property.”
James Connolly [1]
By Doug Enaa Greene
August 1 2018 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Left Voice — A recent op-ed in the Los Angeles Times boldly stated, “Americans
like socialism now.” Increasingly among younger people, the word
“socialism” has lost its Cold War stigma. According to the article, the
new-found interest in socialism is linked to the 2008 crash and its
recovery, “which has seen nearly all newly created wealth claimed by the
1% while wages stagnate, has led to a rebirth of the American left.”[2]
In other words, for most people, capitalism just wasn’t working.
Rojava & the legacy of May '68
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Building on the legacy of socialism
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What is socialism for the twenty-first century?
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Georgi Plekhanov: Tragedy of a forerunner
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Michael Lebowitz's "The Socialist Alternative: Real Human Development"
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