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Throughout the final week of April, a group of over 400 Christians, mostly Catholic priests, met in Santiago, Chile, for the First Latin American Meeting of Christians for Socialism. Convened by the Chilean Secretariat of this movement, which has grown rapidly in the last year, the meeting drew participants from every Left Christian group and from virtually every country in Latin America. Observer-participants from North America and Europe were also welcomed.

THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT ARGUMENTS FOR WORKERS' CONTROL AND THEY ARE NOT RESTRICTED TO THE POLITICAL LEFT. THEY RANGE FROM CONTROL AS A MEANS TO A PRACTICAL OR REVOLUTION ARY END TO CONTROL AS A MEANS TO A FULLER SOCIAL LIFE. A DISTINCTION MUST BE MADE BETWEEN PARTICIPATION AND CONTROL. ARGUMENTS FOR WORKERS' CONTROL REVIVED IN BRITAIN, THOUGH THE MOVEMENT'S DEVELOPMENTS REMAINED VARIED.

This book, originally published in 1949 (but here re-issuing the second edition of 1966) presents a history of international socialism, not just from the political but also the economic standpoint.