SOCIALISE VISIONS Rosskamm Steve Shalom Socialist visions / HX86 .S655 1983 18988 NEW COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA (SF) HX 86 .S655 1983 Socialist visions #12625 ROOM DATEOUE BORROWER'SNAME MUMBEH #12625 HX 86 Socialist visions / edited by Stephen S655 Rosskamm Shalom* Boston South : 1S83 End Press* cl983* — xif 300 p. ill. 22 cm. (South : ; End political controversies series 3) ; Bibliography: p. 295-300. jyi2625 Gif t:James H. Craig S . . ISBN 0-89608-169-9 pbk. ( ) — 1. Socialism United States. 2. Socialism. Shalomt Stephen I. Rosskamm 1948- II. Series: South f End Press political controversies series 3. • / 23 JAN 93 9929170 NEWCx<? 82-61155r90 SOCIALIST VISIONS SOCIALIST VISIONS Edited by Stephen Rosskamm Shalom SOUTH END PRESS BOSTON © Copyright 1983 by Stephen Rosskamm Shalom "Socialist Democracy For the United States: Representation and Par- ticipation" copyright © 1983 by Herbert Gintis "Capitalism, Socialism and The Built Environment" copyright © 1983 by Dolores Hayden "The Third Reconstruction: Black Nationalism and Race RelationsAfter J^\ the Revolution" copyright © 1983 by Manning Marable "The Family: What Holds Us, What Hurts Us: The Family in Socialist L- America" copyright © 1983 by Lois Rita Helmbold \ "Socialism Is What You Make It" copyright © 1983 by Jeremy Brecher ^ "On-Going Rank and File Control: The One Effective Weapon Against Bureaucrats in Any Society" copyright © 1983 by Stan Weir • ? Copyrights are still required for book production in the United States. However, in our case it is a disliked necessity. Thus, any properly V ' footnoted quotation of up to 500 sequential words may be used without ^ permission, as long as the total number of words quoted does not exceed 2000. For longer quotes or for a greater volume of total words quoted, written permission from the publisher is required. Library of Congress number 82-061 155 ISBN 0-89608-169-9 paper ISBN 0-89608-170-2 cloth First printing in USA Production by South End Press Cover design by Lydia Sargent SOUTH END PRESS 302 COLUMBUS AVE BOSTON MA 021 16 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Contributors ix Introduction 1 Stephen Rosskamm Shalom , POLITICS I. A Socialist Democracy for the United States 1 Herbert Gintis On the Limits of a "Productivist" Vision of Socialist Politics 35 Isaac D. Balbus Form Versus Substance in Socialist Democracy 45 Paula Rothenberg Rejoinder 51 Herbert Gintis THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT II. Capitalism, Socialism and the Built Environment 59 Dolores Hayden Environmental Pluralism and the Socialist Visions 82 Gwendolyn Wright Participatory Socialism and the Built Environment 87 Robert Goodman A View From the Northeast 91 Martin Bierbaum Rejoinder 95 Dolores Hayden RACE AND NATIONALISM III. The Third Reconstruction: Black Nationalism and 101 Race " !ations After the Revolution inningMarable S ^nd Class in Marable's Third Reconstruction 128 Tiffany Patterson Nationalism and Pessimism 132 William K. Tabb Response and Self-Critique 138 Manning Marable THE DIVISION OF LABOR IV. Looking Forward: Letters From Luke, Jane & Runya 147 Twenty Years After the Revolution Begins Joan Greenbaum and Laird Cummings Socialism is What You Make It: A Response to "Looking Forward" 164 Jeremy Brecher On-Going Rank and File Control: The One Effective 175 Weapon Against Bureaucrats In Any Society Stan Weir Rejoinder 186 Joan Greenbaum and Laird Cummings FAMILY AND SEX ROLES V. The Family: What Holds Us, What Hurts Us 191 The Family In Socialist America Lois Rita Helmbold and Amber Hollibaugh Lust At Last 223 FAlen Herman Black Family Structures: Foundations for the Future 231 Gloria Joseph 1. Rejoinder 240 Lois Rita Helmbold What Holds Us and What Hurts Us: A Last Word 242 Amber Hollibaugh THE ECONOMY VI. Participatory Planning 247 Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel Socialism and the Market 275 Michael Harrington The Council Model of Decentralized Planning: A Critical Analysis 279 Carmen Sirianni J. Rejoinder 287 Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel Suggested Readings 295 fyfTE m«il£n<' I