Abstract

The Future of Radical Political Action

The last election did not settle the future of political parties in the United States. It rather demonstrated the discontent of at least seven million voters with existing alignments. The general trend was definitely in behalf of policies which would use the agencies of government for the social control of industry and finance. It was far from an expression of confidence that the Democratic Party is capable of bringing about such control. For all who, like the present writer, believe that it is thoroughly incapable of doing the needed work, the article of Norman Thomas in "The Nation" of December 14 on "The Future of the Socialist Party," raises the question of what instrumentality will be the efficient agent for radical political change. Thomas holds that the Socialist Party alone has the philosophy which meets the political needs.