"We know not everyone on the progressive left agrees with us yet that... building a better society will take the far-reaching changes that we think are necessary. And many have not come to the same conclusion we have that the leadership of the Democratic Party is in the pocket of big business and criminally incompetent... In the short term, then, the task of democratic socialists in elections is to support campaigns that fight to improve the lives of working people and build working-class power... what all of our candidates have in common is support for Medicare for All, labor rights, a higher minimum wage, environmental protections, stopping deportations, and ending mass incarceration... Our goal is to get millions of people who have given up on politics to join the struggle, test the limits of what concessions can be won in the here and now, and to persuade our co-fighters on the progressive left that a more ambitious, socialist strategy is needed to build the kind of world we all want to live in."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
What Is Democratic Socialism?, by Neal Meyer, Jacobin magazine, July 20, 2018
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Democratic_socialism
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Democratic socialism
54 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Democratic socialism →
Related Quotes
"There is only one hope for mankind — and that is democratic Socialism."
"Democratic Socialism is not a middle way between capitalism and Communism. If it were merely that, it would be doomed…"
"A Gallup poll this month found that Democrats are warming up to the idea of socialism — or at least to the word. Whil…"
"Capitalism produces beasts, socialism produces men."
"It is really impressive what a filthy system capitalism is, that can't guarantee its own people employment, nor healt…"
"Capitalism is the way of the devil and exploitation, of the kind of misery and inequality that destroys social values…"
"Capitalism can not be transcended through capitalism itself; it must be done through socialism, true socialism, with …"
"Democratic socialist Bernie Sanders received the most votes in the first three primary elections. After centrist Joe …"
"The law itself is the instrument of the ruling class; hence it is a logical impossibility for another class to assume…"
"Trump’s dig on socialism means he’s scared, Ocasio-Cortez said... What really scares the pro-plutocrats on both sides…"