Correspondence Reply to a reader's questions on socialist program 26 June 2000 Use this version to print Hi, I attended the Melbourne Uni lecture by Nick Beams. I'm currently becoming more politically active and I'm researching various parties and policies, researching in general. Nick pointed out that we can't talk about an alternative until the workers are in power, and only then will a system be in place to work out an alternative. From a voter's point of view, this doesn't help at all. The socialist party will need to have an alternative system to 'sell'.
People like to know what they're in for.
Also, I notice in your 'other languages' section, you list 'Serbo-Croat'. It may be pedantic, but it'll mean certain individuals will be more open to the literature. You write that Beams did not outline in detail what a socialist society would be like. Humanity's social resources would be freed from the domination of the logic of the profit system. You will recall that the issue arose in a number of questions about the degradation of the environment.