A SOCIALIST LIFE: A collection of articles published in the Socialist Standard

"[in present day society] there is an erosion of everything socialism requires and capitalism despises - co-operation, self-respect, love even. I hesitate to use the word 'love' when talking about human relationships' - the suspicious sidelong glances I get sometimes make me wonder if it is thought I am advocating multiple orgasms for everyone. love to me represents the possibility of having such good feelings about ourselves that we can afford to have them about other people too. yet in this miserable society where money and exploitation must come first, we are discouraged from showing too much concern for one another in case this detracts from our real purpose - to provide profit and power for a minority". -- from the text