"The question of how we grasp social democracy and its current retreat is now more than ever a practical one. The institutions of social democracy continue to be the focus of many contemporary struggles. In the UK context, this is exemplified in recurrent conflicts over privatization, employment rights and cuts in welfare spending. Hence we face the question of how we relate to these struggles: what do we want and how should we fight?"

"The collection of articles from the Aufheben Collective on 'The Retreat of Social Democracy' is on-line at http://lists.village.virginia.edu/~spoons/aut_html /Aufheben/socdem.html


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