Plan for Three Talks on the Social-Democratic Programme

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Îą)Contemporary system.
β)Socialist aims and the class struggle.
Îł)Struggle against the autocracy.

[[ for 2-3 hours ]]

[BOX:] Divide Îą-Îł into three talks
[SQUIGLY:] Plan for first talk

[SQUIGLY:] on the Social-Democratic programme

α {{1.The struggle of the workers against their masters to improve their condition is world-wide. Strikes—socialism. What does this mean?
2.Contemporary society is arranged as follows: it is divided into working people and exploiters. Two classes. Property-owners and proletarians. Who maintains whom?
3.Workers’ plight: low wages. Malnutrition. Unemployment. Female labour. Child labour. “Degeneration of the nation.” Prostitution. Social and political oppression.
β {{4.In large-scale production, workers unite to fight against their masters. Under capitalism, the whole of society is more tightly knit, making possible a transition to socialist production. Example of the masters being quite useless in big factories and estates.
5.Socialist revolution=land and factories handed over to the workers. Socialist production, short working hours, etc.
6.Demands on modern society to facilitate the workers’ struggle and safeguard them against degeneration: labour reforms, 8-hour working day, weekly payment of wages, living quarters, medical aid, schools, etc.
γ {{7.Political demands. What is an autocracy? Struggle for political freedom. (Constitution—republic, freedom of speech, assembly, etc., etc.)
8.Revolutionary parties and their role in the working-class struggle. Narodnaya Volya and S o c i a l- D e m o c r a c y.