Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 23:38:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Robert Peter Burns <rburns-AT-scf.usc.edu>
Subject: Labels


For goodness' sake, let's get our pejorative labels right! M. Strom refers
to me and Rosser as socdems.  I can't speak for Barkley "Snooty" Rosser,
but *I* am a demsoc, NOT a socdem!  Demsocs are FOR the abolition of
capitalist property relations, and FOR social ownership, democratic
workers' control, and public planning <with a subordinate and diminishing
role for markets until such times as we can dispense with them
completely>, and last but not least, democracy.  Socdems on the other hand
are for capitalism with a welfare state and little tiny bits of public
ownership and planning.  Demsocs recognize that class struggle is a
necessary prerequisite for achieving their aims.  Socdems delude
themselves into thinking that class struggle is not necessary for
achieving even their scandalously modest goals. 

Peter
rburns-AT-scf.usc.edu


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