Of Socialists, Liberals & Others

Some of the contributors to this collection of essays would describe themselves as democratic socialists. Some as liberals. Others as liberal-socialists. And a few perhaps as people of the democratic left who prefer not to be labeled.

So be it. Whatever our long-range outlooks, we all agree on the need for the programs advanced in these pages. Still, it may be of interest if I put down a few remarks about the relationship between socialists and liberals, as seen by one of the former.