But to get from here to there, the workers' movement must organize politically as well as industrially. Until the majority agrees to change society along these lines, a change cannot take place. A labor party with a straightforward revolutionary program will rally the people behind it. Its vote will indicate the level of support reached for the program, and encourage others to support it. And once it has won a majority of the electorate, the vote will be the legal mandate to transfer ownership of the industries to the people, and the signal for the industrial unions to assume government authority.
Political action is thus essential to minimize violence and bloodshed.
With the new government secure, and in control of the nation, the old State powers can be dismantled, and, with them, their potential for future mischief.