ABSTRACT
In the preceding pages, we have discussed the thought life of socialism, and the efforts of socialists and of communists, through the control of the state, to put their theories into practice. While the socialist forces have been gathering strength, in their efforts to reconstruct industrial society, tens of thousands of workers, through the consumers' co-operative societies, have been quietly engaged in the practical work of building up an industrial democracy owned and controlled by working-class consumers within the framework of the capitalistic order.
