Case for Socialism

by Paul Foot

Paperback

Published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Rob Manwaring · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite possibly I'm the only person reading a book published by the Socialist Workers Party in the middle of the Australian Federal election. I like this pamphlet, and I like Paul Foot even more, and he is sadly missed. This though, is not his finest book - his 'Red Shelley' remains that. Still, a sound account of the socialism, with a roubust attack on Eastern European 'state-capitalism' post-Stalin. But what does socialism look like in a modern economy, again, the Left fail to describe this. Foot gives partial answers, but only partial ones. The familiar critique of Marx for failing to outline a communist society equally applies here. I wonder too who this book was for? His fellow Comrades? The 'working man'?