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This essay examines Ralph Miliband’s attempt to provide a theoretical justification for the creation of a new socialist organization independent of both Stalinism and Labourism. Despite the fact that Miliband ultimately failed to realize this project, it is my contention that the questions he asked about socialist politics and the answers he suggested to these questions continue to offer a rich source of insight that commands serious and critical attention from the left.
Miliband’s writings have been a vital resource for all those who wished to rescue the cause of socialism from the accommodations of social democracy and the brutalities of Stalinism (Blackburn, 1994, p. 16).
Thanks to Clyde Barrow, Peter Burnham, Kristyn Gorton and Paul Wetherly for their comments on this essay in draft.
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Blackledge, P. (2008). On Moving on from ‘Moving On’: Ralph Miliband, Marxism and Politics. In: Wetherly, P., Barrow, C.W., Burnham, P. (eds) Class, Power and the State in Capitalist Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230592704_4
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