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...Although the opinion mongers like The Crimson are undoubtedly liberal, and even socialist, they convey a distorted picture of the student body. A substantial, latent conservative stratum exists," Kesler said...
When Eric L. Davin ran for the school committee two years ago, he was a "closet socialist." Now he's running for the city council on the Cambridge Convention slate, but this time is an "out-front" socialist, trying to promote radical change...
...focus for worker unrest and serves to unite wage-earners in a common struggle, thereby drawing attention away from the wage policy, which could otherwise prove divisive. It also gives workers some control over technological development, ameliorating the effects of structural change. Finally, it tends to splinter the non-socialist opposition parties, with the Liberal and Center Parties often supporting many of the specific reforms (especially in matters of health and safety) with only the Conservatives consistently voting against the reforms...
...second part of the campaign seeks to democratize the economy by eliminating the private ownership of large corporations. Although this is economic democracy in the more orthodox socialist sense, the method proposed is rather innovative. The same L.O. convention which called for the abolition of Paragraph 32 also commissioned L.O. economist Rudolf Meidner to do a study of "wage-earners' funds" for the control of corporate profits. Originally, the intent was to get at the profits left behind by L.O.'s solidarity wage policy in high wage firms. What has emerged, however, is a plan for the gradual socialization...
...both Social Democrats and union leaders have been cautious in their comments so far. In fact, the party seems almost embarassed by Meidner's proposal and would probably have preferred to deal with it after next September's elections. However, it fits in well with the traditions of the socialist labor movement in Sweden. And, given the party's commitment to redistribution of income and socialization of productive wealth, it will probably be impossible (for it) wholly to dismiss the proposal. In the end, there will probably be some form of collective profit-sharing even if not of the type...