Those who have had the opportunity to attend genuine socialist outdoor propaganda meetings will recall —upon reflection—that the Marxian soap-boxers invariably involve themselves and their audience in a variety of subjects. Over the course of a typical 2-3 hour session the speakers will be compelled, willy-nilly, to air their knowledge of politics, economics, history, sociology and anthropology, comparative religion and who knows what else? The fact that many socialists are capable of expatiating to some lengths in a wide area of disciplines indicates the degree to which the science of socialism inter-relates all knowledge. Socialists do have a penchant for sticking their noses into just about everything.
The radio scripts contained in this Special Issue certainly can be said to cover a multitude of topics. The problem is in separating them into neat categories. One finds that it makes for more tranquility to refrain from such departmentalization, considering the message of each on its own merits.
So far as we are concerned, one thing is certain. Whatever is said might well be said better so far as construction is concerned. But the attitude expressed throughout is a socialist perspective of capitalist society and Its problems.
The same can be said for the commentary on the Declaration of Principles of the Companion Parties. As goes the saying In the vernacular: it is double in spades.
We believe we have provided. In this Special Issue, a veritable Guide to Revolutionary Socialism — a sort of Handbook of Scientific Socialism in thought in action.
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