“We conceive the function of Tribune to be the expression in popular form, and to as large a public as possible, of the views of the Left and Marxist wing of social democracy in this country. Its policy must be that of those who believe that the present leadership of the Labour Party is not sufficiently Socialist.” BelieveCountryFormLeftSocialViewsPartyDemocracyPolicyExpressionFunctionWingsLabourSocialistMarxistLabour PartySocial Democracy Author:Anthony Crosland
“We believe that the developing crisis in the capitalist system, by which we mean both economic stagnation, and the social and political conflicts to which it gives rise, makes it possible to think in terms of developing a sizeable and serious revolutionary socialist party in a way that was not possible 20 or even 10 years ago.” ThinkingWayGivingYearsBelieveMeanPoliticalSocialTermPartyEconomicSeriousConflictYears AgoCrisisDevelopingRevolutionaryCapitalistSocialistStagnationSocialist Party Author:Anthony Crosland
“We still retain in Britain a deeper sense of class, a more obvious social stratification, and stronger class resentments, than any of the Scandinavian, Australasian, or North American countries.” StillsCountrySocialClassStrongerObviousDeeperBritainResentmentScandinavians Author:Anthony Crosland
“Objectively, class differences in accent, dress, manners, and general style of life are very much smaller; and one cannot, strolling about the street or travelling on a train, instantly identify a person's social background as one can in England. Subjectively, social relations are more natural and egalitarian, and less marked by deference, submissiveness, or snobbery, as one quickly discovers from the cab-driver, the barman, the air-hostess and the drug-store assistant.” PersonsSocialNaturalDifferencesClassAirStreetsStyleDrugEnglandRelationDressesTrainStoresBackgroundsMannersDriversAccentsAssistantsStrollingCabSnobberyDeferenceHostessesSocial RelationsCab DriversBarmenClass Differences Author:Anthony Crosland
