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PART II

BRITISH LABOUR PROGRAMMES AND
THE FORCES BEHIND THEM
CHAPTER I
WHAT IS THE BRITISH LABOUR PARTY? 		53
Historical outline of the Party; its constituent elements.
Its position in the ebb and flow of present party reorgan-
ization in England. The general question of political
action by trade-union forces in England. The gradual
disappearance of "absolute " socialism in Europe, and the
substitution for cast iron dogmas a general socializing
tendency in radical political programmes. Socialism and
Democracy; "Socialism versus the State." French syn-
dicalism, British guild socialism, Bolshevism, and im-
possibilism in Labour politics. The English Parliamen-
tary system and comparison with the American Constitu-
tion.
CHAPTER II
THE PROPOSED MEASURES 		92
The outstanding measures proposed by the sub-commit-
tee of the British Labour Party in their report on Recon-
struction. The means to the end. Features in a pro-
gramme of the Lansbury-Herald group.
CHAPTER III
IS IT POSSIBLE? 		105
Most of the measures proposed are actually now in op-
eration for the purposes of the war, and have given mate-
rial results far in excess of anything which would have
been thought possible in August, 1914. The feasibility of
Collectivism, tested in material terms, has been demon-
strated. What is now demanded is that that which can
be done for purposes of war shall also be done for the
purposes of peace. The political training and scientific
spirit of the new Labour Party.
CHAPTER IV
THE IDEAL OF A REAL DEMOCRACY AND "A NEW
SOCIAL ORDER" 		127
What is the feeling behind the declaration that the old
order is done with, and that there will be no attempts to

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Publication Information: Book Title: The British Revolution and the American Democracy: An Interpretation of British Labour Programmes. Contributors: Norman Angell - author. Publisher: B. W. Huebsch. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1919. Page Number: xxii.
    
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