The only road is the socialist road.

Socialist society will be the first society run according to the planned fulfilment of genuine human needs. The establishment of a socialist, planned economy, based on the needs of the people, will mean the end to the chaos of capitalist production with its lack of planning, repeated crises, unemployment, inflation and criminal waste. Socialist revolution is the most radical break with oppression and exploitation in history. Socialism will release a level of productive forces unknown before in the history of mankind.

Each step in the struggle of class society and each battle of the oppressed against the oppressor has been a step towards socialism. Exploitation, oppression, and degradation will not exist in socialist society. Commodity production, that is, production for sale or exchange on the market, will not exist. The system of wage labour will be abolished and the guiding principle will be “from each according to ability, to each according to need.” The means of production will be held communally and private property will be eliminated. With the abolition of classes and class distinctions, all social and political inequality arising from them will disappear. The conflicts of interest between workers and farmers, town and country, manual and intellectual labour will disappear. As classes will not exist, the state will not be necessary as an instrument of class rule and will wither away.

There is a working class and a capitalist class. There is a class war. Socialism is the expropriation of that capitalist class. The Labourites do not recognise this task. The Socialist Party must be a party in the interests of the working class and it must have a definite objective—Socialism. For inside the socialist society the means of production will be free to provide for the needs of the people. The capitalist profit-makers will have passed into the limbo of history. The working people will be in control of industry. Only a socialist world can give us peace and plenty. Look how the capitalist world totters on the brink of destruction. Wars are a grim reality, expressing the stark cruelty of capitalism. The capitalist parties are as rotten and bankrupt as the system they uphold. For the future they offer only continued insecurity and increasing hardships. The myriad evils of capitalism will disappear only with the destruction of capitalism and the building of socialism. Today it is the ballot that we use against capitalism. Vote, then, for socialism. Vote for the Socialist Party, the only party that keeps the revolutionary banner unfurled in unremitting struggle for world socialism. We, socialists, refuse to join the reformists in leading the workers into the camp of capitalism. Let us overturn the putrid capitalist system in all lands. It is the working class that must overthrow capitalism.

elections provide an opportunity for the capitalist class to test their ability to deceive the masses of the people. Every three years we are asked to choose between capitalist parties offering minor variations of the same diet of falling wages, reduced social services, poverty and desperation for many, and support for wars. The capitalists created parliaments to secure their power after they defeated feudalism centuries ago. They set the rules and know the game inside out. Parliamentary elections are the home-ground of the capitalist class; their representatives are highly resourced, supported by scores of paid organisers, vast advertising budgets, and highly experienced and skilled in manipulation and deceit. In this context, many people feel obliged to support one of the capitalist parliamentary parties as “ the lesser evil” . This is mistaken, however, as it strengthens those forces that are trying to defeat us. The Socialist Party does not shy away from the electoral struggle, however. We do not seek salvation in the false promises of the capitalist parties nor offer false hope of palliatives. We see the election as an opportunity to criticise capitalism, a rallying point for the people. Every political party defends the interest of one class or another in society. On all questions, in every battle, the Socialist Party defends the interests of the working class, and works to prepare its victory over the capitalists. The Socialist Party’s role is to educate, organise and mobilise the working class. The Socialist Party is the organisation that can orient the struggle of the entire class. The Socialist Party can arouse the anger and the righteous rage of the workers to the level of conscious political struggle to put an end to this criminal system. socialism will be the first stage of the development towards communism, a truly class-free society. Socialism will allow the amalgamation of peoples into one, making nation-states themselves unnecessary. Socialism will realise the ideal "from each according to one's ability, to each according to one's need." Classes will disappear, the state will "wither" away, and an exciting new era of human freedom and prosperity will dawn.