Socialist Visions

316 Pages·1983·31.345 MB·English

by  Stephen Rosskamm Shalom

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SOCIALIST VISIONS

SOCIALIST
VISIONS
Edited by
Stephen Rosskamm Shalom
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"Capitalism, Socialism and The Built Environment" copyright © 1983
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^ "On-Going Rank and File Control: The One Effective Weapon Against
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contributors ix
Introduction
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Stephen Rosskamm Shalom
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POLITICS
I.
A Socialist Democracy for the United States 1
Herbert Gintis
On the Limits of a "Productivist" Vision of Socialist Politics 35
Isaac D. Balbus
Form Versus Substance in Socialist Democracy 45
Paula Rothenberg
Rejoinder 51
Herbert Gintis
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
II.
Capitalism, Socialism and the Built Environment 59
Dolores Hayden
Environmental Pluralism and the Socialist Visions 82
Gwendolyn Wright
Participatory Socialism and the Built Environment 87
Robert Goodman
A View From the Northeast 91
Martin Bierbaum
Rejoinder 95
Dolores Hayden
RACE AND NATIONALISM
III.
The Third Reconstruction: Black Nationalism and 101
Race " !ations After the Revolution
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S ^nd Class in Marable's Third Reconstruction 128
Tiffany Patterson
Nationalism and Pessimism 132
William K. Tabb
Response and Self-Critique 138
Manning Marable
THE DIVISION OF LABOR
IV.
Looking Forward: Letters From Luke, Jane & Runya 147
Twenty Years After the Revolution Begins
Joan Greenbaum and Laird Cummings
Socialism is What You Make It: A Response to "Looking Forward" 164
Jeremy Brecher
On-Going Rank and File Control: The One Effective 175
Weapon Against Bureaucrats In Any Society
Stan Weir
Rejoinder 186
Joan Greenbaum and Laird Cummings
FAMILY AND SEX ROLES
V.
The Family: What Holds Us, What Hurts Us 191
The Family In Socialist America
Lois Rita Helmbold and Amber Hollibaugh
Lust At Last 223
FAlen Herman
Black Family Structures: Foundations for the Future 231
Gloria Joseph
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Rejoinder 240
Lois Rita Helmbold
What Holds Us and What Hurts Us: A Last Word 242
Amber Hollibaugh
THE ECONOMY
VI.
Participatory Planning 247
Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel
Socialism and the Market 275
Michael Harrington
The Council Model of Decentralized Planning: A Critical Analysis 279
Carmen Sirianni
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Rejoinder 287
Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel
Suggested Readings 295
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