A 23-point manifesto of nonviolent socialist revolution, building on the legacy of Thomas Paine's Common Sense and other important leftist statements of purpose.

The author, Eric v.d. Luft, Ph.D., M.L.S., is a teacher of philosophy, religion, and history; a member of the Movement for a Democratic Society; Curator Emeritus of Historical Collections at SUNY Upstate Medical University; and is listed in Who's Who in the World. He has written or edited six books besides A Socialist Manifesto, including God, Evil, and Ethics: A Primer in the Philosophy of Religion, and is now writing Die at the Right Time! A Subjective Cultural History of the American Sixties.

Table of Contents:

Prologue
Principles
1. Freedom
2. Nonviolence
3. Democracy
4. Expansion of Suffrage
5. Elimination or Flattening of Hierarchies
6. Global Confederation of Sovereign Nations
7. Universal Access to Due Process
8. Abolition of Torture, Unfair or Cruel Imprisonment, and the Death Penalty
9. Education
10. Enhancement of Civilization
11. Respect for History
12. Regulation of Capitalism
13. Redistribution of Wealth
14. Elimination of Poverty
15. Public Ownership, Management, and Funding of Essential Services
16. Recognition of All People’s Natural Human Rights
17. Outlawing Conscription
18. Dismantling of Religious Hegemony and Elimination of Theocracy
19. Stewardship of the Environment
20. Universal Health Care
21. Decriminalization of Marijuana
22. Ownership of One’s Own Body
23. Immanuel Kant’s Categorical Imperative

Quotes:

"If religion were secure in the truth of its content, then it would not be afraid to set its content out as an equal competitor in the marketplace of ideas."

"Foreign military adventurism should become as repugnant in the general public opinion as the analogous idea of forcing our way into our neighbor’s home in an otherwise peaceful residential area and dictating how that neighbor ought to live."