The Meaning of Socialism

This is my presentation about Marxism, democracy, and republicanism for the series Why Marx? The thesis statement for my presentation read: “Socialism is the period of workers’ political rule during the transition from capitalism to communism: the dictatorship of the proletariat. A radical republican and insightful critic of the labor movement, including the Paris Commune, Marx explained why the dictatorship of the proletariat would take the form of a social republic. In essence, Marx understood socialism as the fullest extension of democracy.”