THE SPECIFICITY OF SOVIET CAPITALISM

In: Monthly review: an independent socialist magazine, Band 37, Heft 4, S. 43-61

Abstract

THE AUTHOR AGREES WITH PAUL SWEEZY, AUTHOR OF "AFTER CAPITALISM, WHAT?" ON THE FOLLOWING POINTS: NONE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'S REVOLUTIONS WERE SOCIALIST IN THE SENSE MARX USED THE TERM, THESE REVOLUTIONS BROUGHT ELITE BUREAUCRACIES AND NOT THE PROLETARIAT TO POWER, THESE PARTIES STAMPED OUT ALL DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS, AND NONE OF THESE REVOLUTIONS HAVE ABOLISHED THE WAGE RELATION. THE AUTHOR DISAGREES OVER DEFINING CAPITALISM IN TERMS OF WAGE RELATION.