For the Human Family

1. The abolition of the private ownership of the means of production.

2. Elimination of competition and production for exchange value and its replacement by democratic planning and production for use.

3. Workers’ and people’s management of the economy and society.

4. The abolition of wage labour.

5. The elimination of classes.

6. The disappearance of the state.

7. Full socialist development of the productive forces in the context of world socialism

8. From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs.

Class society is not specific to capitalism, nor does the abolition of private property necessarily imply the abolition of class society. Too often the left has fallen into the trap of associating the abolition of private ownership and its replacement by a nationalised economy as the key process in establishing socialism. 

So long as the capitalists remain in possession of the reins of government all the powers of the state will be used to protect and defend their property rights in the means of wealth production, and their control of the product of labour. The capitalist system gives to the capitalist an ever-swelling stream of profits, and to the worker an ever-increasing measure of misery and degradation. The interest of the working class lies in the direction of setting itself free from capitalist exploitation by the abolition of the wage system. To accomplish this necessitates the transformation of capitalist property in the means of wealth production into collective or working class property. The irrepressible conflict of interests between the capitalist and the worker is rapidly culminating in a struggle for possession of the powers of government—the capitalist to hold, the worker to secure it by political action. 

“Get to work! Work faster! Work harder! Work longer for the same pay!” This is the song of all the bosses. This is the class struggle.

Therefore, we call upon all wage-earners to organize under the banner of the Socialist Party, with the object of conquering the public powers for the purpose of setting up and enforcing the economic program of the working class, as follows:

1. The transformation, as rapidly as possible, of capitalist property in the means of wealth production (natural resources, factories, mills, railways, etc.) into the collective property of the working class.

2. Thorough and democratic organization and management of industry by the workers.

3.  The establishment, as speedily as possible, of production for use in lieu of production for profit.

The Socialist Party shall always and everywhere, until the present system is utterly abolished, make the answer to this question its guiding rule of conduct: Will this legislation advance the interests of the working class and aid the workers in their class struggle against capitalism? If it will, the Socialist party is for it; if it will not, the Socialist Party is absolutely opposed to it. The Socialist Party pledges itself to conduct all the public affairs placed in its hands in such manner as to promote the interests of the working class alone.

The Socialist Party stands upon the clearest and most uncompromising platform in the world. We shall exert ourselves in the effort to reconstruct human society on the basis of socialism. Ours is a party for the oppressed everywhere. We address ourselves to all workers. We cannot wait patiently for capitalism to collapse. Rally to the call for complete emancipation.