What will socialism be like?
Everyone who wants a job would have one. The large industries and banks would be democratically owned, controlled and run by the people, not by individuals who run them for personal proft. Everyone would be guaranteed a decent home, free medical care, free and equal public education and affirmative action to reverse centuries of discrimination. After all what is society for if not to guarantee the basic needs of all people? Socialism will come to our country when the great majority of people make that decision. Socialism USA will have many advantanges. It will begin with a strong democratic tradition, including a tradition of a multi-party electoral system. Each country develops socialism based on its own history, traditions and needs. There are no models. Socialism here will be a uniquely American socialist system. The CPUSA is an advocate of Bill of Rights socialism. A socialist USA will guarantee all the liberties defined, but never fully realized, in the Bill of Rights.
