The Importance of Electoral Politics in Socialism

The decline of organized labor and the deintegration of working class community life means that only a relatively small minority of workers are currently situated to take part in effective forms of collective action on the job or in their communities. There are few channels outside of electoral campaigns to engage and politicize a mass audience on a regular basis, says Therborne. An alternative strategy to achieving class formation is creating class-independent proletarian workplace and community organizations will be defended from my sonos objections.