This book makes the case for socialism. It explores what socialism means, whether it can rise again, how, and why. It answers questions such as: What about Stalin? Are revolutions democratic? How can we have a planned economy? And is socialism still relevant? A dialogue, plus additional texts by many authors.
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Can Socialism Make Sense? makes the case for an authentic, emancipatory socialism; while a companion volume Democracy, Direct Action and Socialism argues for a revolutionary approach against the traditional reformist Labour left. Buy them as a pair — which comes with a paper study guide for the former — or as part of the Introduction to Workers' Liberty study course.
The left is still weak and disoriented. The Left in Disarray unpicks why, and how to change this; while Can Socialism Make Sense? makes the case for an authentic, emancipatory socialism. Buy them as a pair — which comes with a paper study guide for each — or as part of the Introduction to Workers' Liberty study course.
A book from Workers’ Liberty which makes the case for socialism. Published in a time when socialism is the most searched word on the Merriam-Webster dictionary website, and more and more people call themselves socialists, this book explores what socialism means, whether it can rise again, how, and why.
It answers questions such as: What about Stalin? Are revolutions democratic? How can we have a planned economy? And is socialism still relevant?
The first section is formatted as an argumentative dialogue between a socialist and an anti-socialist critique. The other sections are collections of essays and real-world debates by a variety of authors.
The economic crisis of 2008 and its aftershocked cracked the mystique which the world capitalist system had built in the two decades after the collapse of Russian and European Stalinism. But socialism is in eclipse, still largely buried under the ruins of Stalinism.
Since the 2019 general election, the left has been again knocked back in the UK, in part by its failure to offer and convince people of such an unabridged socialism, and the continued legacy of Stalinism. As ecological crises and the nationalist hard right grow, the need to fight for genuine socialism is stronger than ever.
Introduction
§ A. Socialism in the 21st Century?
§ B. October 1917: The Workers' Revolution
§ C. Bedrock socialism
§ D. What socialists do, and why we do it — Sean Matgamna
§ E. As We Were Saying
Index
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