| Popis: |
Socialism is a system of government that provides an equal status to everyone in every respect. It has been in use since Russian revolution 1917. It has been nearly 100 years since that revolution succeeded in overthrowing the old order in order to found a new society. But within a matter of 10 years the revolution turned into its opposite. As result, though there were mass workers’ revolts in those tumultuous years, especially in Western Europe failed to change at least one country in to socialism. The reason for failure in Russia was not due to industrialisation faced by the Russian working class, but the years of civil war and invasions by 14 different imperialist countries thinking that there was a vacuum created by the revolution essentially destroyed the Russian working class and making it impossible to maintain workers’ control over production and workers’ democracy in the administration of society’s overall affairs. That is why the author, as a socialist, says that there is no country in the world today that would describe as socialist. Because, though the world has seen two models for socialism, but neither them has lived up to the promise of human liberation in every respect. As a result, the transition from capitalism to socialism is a very gradual process. It needs continuous active struggles of workers with the guiding principle of human need before corporate greed. |
