Tasks of the Left in the U.S.A

Abstract

Left, "Center," and "Right" are terms which have a particular application to the US. They also have a general connotation for the western world. Their general connotation relates to the passing of capitalism as the dominant culture pattern of the West. Their particular application to the United States relates to the struggle to preserve capitalism as the accepted social pattern of this country and of the other nonsocialist areas of the world.

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