The Importance of a Liberal Democratic Path to Socialism

The question as to whether or not a liberal democratic path to socialism is possible will be of only relative importance for a consistent socialist. The first reason has to do with the social order to which socialists aspire, which represents something beyond liberal democracy. We will not achieve economic democracy by simply adding some new economic rights to an existing set of political rights, but only by instituting such practices as to cite Sankara again, quote, democratic control over workplaces and other institutions that shape our communities.