Revolution is not a goal in itself.

For Marx, 'pure' economic theory, that is economic theory which abstracts from a specific social structure, is impossible.

You cannot make a socialist revolution without really trying.

There has been hardly a single year since 1917, and in a certain sense since 1905, without a revolution somewhere in the world in which the workers participated in a rather important way.

I do not believe in self-proclaimed parties.

And you cannot have a socialist revolution commandeered from the top, ordered around by some omniscient leader or group of leaders

Socialist democracy is not, a luxury and its need is not limited to the most advanced industrial countries.