How socialism can be won

From GLW issue 871, How socialism can be won.

First of all, where are we headed?

To win socialism — a society democratically owned and run by and for the majority of people — we have to get rid of the capitalist system that stands in our way.

Who is going to do it?

It's those who are exploited and oppressed by the system that have an interest in changing it.

How are we going to get there?

Because every reform can be reversed, the struggle for reform as an end in itself is insufficient. Socialists fight for reforms in order to make a revolution.

Every time working people win reforms, they get a glimpse of their power to change society. Every time they occupy an office or factory, they know they don't need a boss to run it.