What is Socialism?

The Socialist Party of Great Britain is an organisation of convinced socialists who put forward the case that socialism can come only through the conscious and determined action of the working-class movement in this and other countries. More and more workers are questioning the whole capitalist set-up, and seeing more clearly that we have a common enemy–the ruling class of the bloodsucking rich, who live off the wealth we produce. Too many times the working class have been deceived that the abolition of the capitalist system can be postponed until tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow.

Socialism is the name given to that form of society where there is no such thing as a propertyless class, but in which the whole community own the means of production, the land, factories, mills, mines, transport and all the means whereby wealth is created and distributed to the community. Socialism stands for social or common property. Capitalism stands for private property. Socialism is a society without classes. Capitalism is divided into classes—the class owning property and the propertyless working class. The goal of Socialism is the classless society.  It is only by the abolition of the reign of capitalism and the establishment of socialism that humanity can come into the fulness of its heritage. Socialism alone can give its true meaning to the whole idea of human justice. We maintain that the means of production and wealth accumulated by humanity should be at the disposal of all.  According to us, every man and woman has a right to the means of development which society has created. Socialism is not an academic or utopian conception. To fight for socialism is consciously to struggle for the overthrow of capitalism and the State.

Socialism

·         The planet earth and its resources are the common heritage of all humankind

·         society is capable of producing an abundance of all the things we need so we need not be restricted by the  size of our wages

·         Capitalism has brought us to the threshold of a permanent golden age for our species, where the individual needs of each and every one of us can be met by existing technology

·         We  have at our disposal the potential to live truly fulfilling lives according to our inclinations.

·         For the working class, in the present age of potential plenty, rationing by the money system is an outdated way of distributing goods.

·         In an age when we could produce for use without anyone going short, producing for sale and profit is an obstacle to the real satisfaction of human needs and desires.

·         Socialism would mean the earth and its resources owned in common by the entire global community.

·         With the natural and technical resources of the world held in common and controlled democratically, the sole object of production would be to meet human needs

·         Democracy in socialism will mean everybody having the right to participate in deciding what is produced and how global resources will be used.

·         Productive activity will be chosen and undertaken voluntary  by human being with a view to producing the things they need in order to live and enjoy life, without any concern for capital investment, profit, wages, stock market or share holders.

·         There will be no class of wage workers to produce profits for the minority

·         Everybody would have free access to the goods and services

·         Socialism will mean an end to buying, selling and money.

The world and its resources should not be owned and controlled by a tiny minority; they are the common heritage of all humankind