Revolution not reform

Capitalism cannot simply be reformed into a better system. It must be overthrown by mass revolutionary action.
There is no parliamentary road to socialism. Even the most democratic capitalist countries leave military power in the hands of an unelected group of generals and police chiefs, economic power in the hands of unelected heads of corporations and political power in the hands of unelected civil servants behind the scenes. Even where elections are held ? and in many capitalist countries they are not ? the people are left with no control over their elected representatives between elections and no real say about the running of their lives.

REVOLUTION fights for capitalist states to be overthrown by the mass of the working class and poor people. Force will need to be used to break up the real centres of capitalist power ? the armies, police forces and secret services.

In their place we want a global federation of socialist republics based on workers? democracy. This means the rule of workers? councils and working class defence organisations. These will be made up of directly elected delegates from workplaces and estates, drawing in the unemployed, the peasantry, the urban poor, women and the youth. All delegates will be subject to recall at any time by the people that elected them, so that they really reflect the interests and the will of the masses. To fight careerism and place-seeking, all delegates will be paid only the average wage of the people they represent. To prevent corruption and bureaucracy, any necessary official posts will be rotated.