Socialism: Past and Future

“Mr. Harrington is a sensitive, compassionate advocate of a just, humane, and civilized future. . . . [Socialism] has a lively air of optimism and boldly challenges traditional ideas.”—New York Times

A Thoughtful, Compassionate Treatise on the Role of Democratic Socialism in Modern Society

On learning his cancer was inoperable, renowned intellectual Michael Harrington simply asked the doctors to keep him alive long enough “to complete a summary statement of the themes I had thought of throug...