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The ABC of Socialism
Bakan, Abbie
Publisher: International Socialists, Toronto, CanadaYear First Published: Year Published: 2000 Pages: 63 pp ISBN: 0-921712-46-4 Resource Type: Book Explains where socialists stand on issues of racism, women and lesbians and gay liberation, trade unions, the state, and internationalism. Abstract: - Excerpt: It is in the concrete struggles where people are already beginning to fight that there is the best chance of changing things and people developing socialist ideas. People will take revolutionary politics seriously if they see it is of practical help in explaining and aiding their struggle. So socialists must agitate - suggesting a way forward and pointing out the best methods of winning solidarity. This will often mean arguing with others who do not see militant mass action as the way to go, like trade union officials or those committed to leaving everything up to the NDP members of parliament. But such arugments are part of the tradition of the socialist movement, and most activists are no strangers to debate. Subject Headings |