The Long Transition Towards Socialism and the End of Capitalism

About this book

The Long Transition… lays bare the global contradictions of capitalism and delivers a strategic blueprint for building a socialist world rooted in historical lessons and urgent contemporary realities.. The Long Transition Towards Socialism and the End of Capitalism is an essential work from renowned revolutionary Torkil Lauesen, whose decades of activism and scholarship have made him a leading voice in global anti-imperialist movements. Drawing on his deep involvement in revolutionary struggles, Lauesen offers a comprehensive analysis of socialism's long, unfolding transition. By examining pivotal moments—from the 1848 revolutions to China's market reforms—Lauesen reframes these struggles not as isolated failures but as integral steps in the global shift away from the capitalist world-system. For those committed to socialist theory and anti-imperialism, The Long Transition provides essential insights into how the decline of capitalism and the rise of a global counter-hegemonies offer new opportunities for socialist transformation.