Is an American socialist revolution really feasible?
That depends on what you mean by feasible! We do think it is feasible if you take a long-term view that understands, in a Marxist way, that the struggle for reforms today (quantitative change) is dialectically connected to bringing about a revolution (qualitative change). If your question means do we think a small party can cause a revolution by itself, the answer is certainly no. We think of revolutions as profoundly democratic events, which if they are to succeed, must involve the support of a majority of the working class. A revolution that is a version of a coup won’t succeed in the long term, because to fundamentally transform society requires the active involvement and support of a majority. So feasible, yes, quick, no. The main obstacles to a socialist country in the US lie not in the formal system of representative government or the division of government into branches with checks and balances. The main obstacles come from the economic system, which is undemocratic, and uses th
