William Morris, Lenin and the ex-SWP
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From the pamphlet Russia 1917-1967.
Quote:How much agreement there was about the nature of the transformation they hoped to bring about by their different policies, can be seen for example in the Manifesto of English Socialists issued jointly in 1893 by the Fabian Society, the Social Democratic Federation and the Hammersmith Socialist Society. The signatories including William Morris, George Bernard Shaw, H. M. Hyndman and Sidney Webb, were able to agree on the following declaration which appeared in the Manifesto:“On this point all Socialists agree. Our aim, one and all, is to obtain for the whole community complete ownership and control of the means of transport, the means of manufacture, the mines and the land. Thus we look to put an end for ever to the wage system, to sweep away all distinctions of class, and eventually to establish national and international communism on a sound basis.”http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/pamphlets/russia-1917-1967-socialist-analysis
Did anyone catch the BBC documentary a couple of days ago, the third in a series about Gothic art, titled Blood for Sale: Gothic Goes Global? http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04nqpz3/the-art-of-gothic-britains-midnight-hour-3-blood-for-sale-gothic-goes-globalKarl Marx and William Morris, get …..err…..high brow treatment.
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