ABSTRACT
It is common knowledge that the position of the wage-labouring class is conditioned by the character of capitalist growth and in particular we have learned both that all social movements have their origin in the situation created by capitalism, and also that modern Socialism is only a response to capitalism. The American worker does not embrace the 'spirit' of Socialism as we now understand it in continental Europe, which is essentially Socialism with a Marxist character. People must ask whether the statement that there is no Socialism in the United States, especially no American Socialism, is actually correct. This chapter presents a series of studies that to introduce some material that answers certain questions on the rise of Socialism, the wake of capitalism, and the non-Socialist working class. It explores if we can now apply what Marx had stated about England in 1867.
