What would a future socialist society look like?
Leela Yellesetty looks at what the Marxist tradition has said about the question--as well as what the experience of past struggles and movements can tell us about the answer. This three-part series was published in on
socialistworker.org in July 2010
Capitalism has no answers for the vast majority of people who don't enjoy its tremendous wealth. But what would an alternative look like?
The best way to see the potential of a future society is to look at the mass movements of the past that have shaken capitalism.
Imagine growing up in a world where you've never known war or poverty or exploitation, and where people's needs, not profits, have always come first.