The Socialist Object

The Socialist Party of Great Britain’s primarily concern is analysing the capitalist system, pointing out its defects and advocating for the replacement of the capitalist system by the common ownership and democratic administration of the means of production and distribution. Only socialism can turn the boundless potential of  people and resources to the creation of a world free from tyranny, greed, poverty and exploitation. It is our work to clarify and educate the vast amount of vague, undeveloped socialistic sentiment existing today, and crystallise and organise it into something palpable and definite.

Capitalism has failed, and so have efforts to reform it. That puts the socialist alternative on the immediate agenda. The needs of people, not profit, are the driving force of a socialist society. Under capitalism, labour is a commodity. Workers are used as replaceable parts, extensions of machines—as long as they provide dividends. Employers use their power of ownership to devastate the lives of workers through layoffs, shutdowns and neglect of health and safety. Unions, despite their courageous efforts, have encountered difficulties eliminating even the worst abuses of management power.

As socialists, we see that the only way for the working class to put an end to the increasingly vicious attacks on our working and living conditions is to overthrow the capitalist system that breeds them and build a new society of abundance. There is no fundamental solution to poverty, joblessness, homelessness, racism, sexism and all the other ills of this society short of socialism.