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Statement of Principles of the Hammersmith Socialist Society
Morris, William
http://www.connexions.org/CxArchive/MIA/morris/works/1890/hammer.htmhttp://www.marxists.org/archive/morris/works/1890/hammer.htm Year Published: 1890 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX7187 Advocates "an essential change in the basis of society: the present basis is privilege for the few and consequent servitude for the many; the further basis will be equality of condition for all, which we firmly believe to be the essence of true society." Abstract: Excerpt: As Socialists, it is a true society which we desire. Of that true society the workers contain the genuine elements, although they are outcasts from the false society of the day, the tyranny of privilege; and it is their business to show the privileged that it is so, by constituting themselves even now, under the present tyranny, into a society of labour definitely opposed to the society of privilege. Such a society would be able to ameliorate the lot of the workers by wringing concessions from the masters, while it was sapping the strong-hold of privilege, the individual ownership of the means of production, and developing capacity for administration in its members; so that when the present system is overthrown they might be able to carry on the business of the community without waste or disaster. ... We believe then, that it should be our special aim to make Socialists, by putting before people, and especially the working-classes, the elementary truths of Socialism Subject Headings |