Why does the WIL believe that a labor party should stand for socialism?
Capitalism is in a serious crisis and cannot be fixed or regulated back to health. As a result of the crisis, everyone is affected, but it is the workers, the poor and the middle class who shoulder the biggest burden. Therefore, it is not in the interest of workers to continue to be exploited by this rotten system. Socialism would mean that society could democratically plan the use of natural resources and technology to meet human needs and wants in a way that does not destroy the earth and make it unlivable. It would be a society of full employment, free universal health care and education, plenty of quality affordable housing, and well-maintained roads, bridges, and other infrastructure. Small businesses and worker co-operatives would be coordinated with worker-controlled state-owned industry to achieve these goals. However, as stated above, a labor party government that tried to manage capitalist crisis rather than transform society would lead to disaster and the public would turn a
