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Socialism and the Current Crisis
- Dissent
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Volume 57, Number 3, Summer 2010
- pp. 29-32
- 10.1353/dss.0.0162
- Article
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Today, because of the crisis, the relevance of socialism can and must be addressed not simply as a desirable long-term goal but as a question of practical policy, focused on securing jobs, benefits, and social provision. After giving some examples of this I will look at what remains valid and what needs to be changed in classic socialist values.