The Intelligent Woman's Guide: To Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism and
As a Fabian and lifelong socialist, Shaw believed that economic inequality was a poison destroying every aspect of our lives. Family affections and relations between the sexes were perverted by it. From Parliament to eduction our institutions were "corrupted at the root by pecuniary interest". Idealism, integrity and piecemeal attempts at political reform were all futile in the face of the gross injustice built into our economic system. And because a capitalist economy could never function smoothly, private property was not merely a form of robbery, but robbery with violence.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) a Noble prize-winning Irish playwright and critic, as well as an ardent socialist and tireless activist for the working class.
Author: Bernard Shaw
Format: Hardback, 480 pages
Published: 2012, Alma Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Current Affairs & Issues
As a Fabian and lifelong socialist, Shaw believed that economic inequality was a poison destroying every aspect of our lives. Family affections and relations between the sexes were perverted by it. From Parliament to eduction our institutions were "corrupted at the root by pecuniary interest". Idealism, integrity and piecemeal attempts at political reform were all futile in the face of the gross injustice built into our economic system. And because a capitalist economy could never function smoothly, private property was not merely a form of robbery, but robbery with violence.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) a Noble prize-winning Irish playwright and critic, as well as an ardent socialist and tireless activist for the working class.