2. History of the Alliance.—Labour’s Struggle for Political Power, 1825-1832—Labour’s Alliance with Revolutionary Socialism, 1832-1842—Labour’s Renunciation of Socialism, 1842-1885—The Era of Constitutional State Socialism, 1885-1905—The New Syndicalist Revolutionary Ferment of 1905—The Socialist Societies—The Social Democratic Federation—The Communist Party—The Fabian Society—The Independent Labour Party—The Socialist Labour Party—The Socialist Party of Great Britain—The National Guilds League. V The Labour Party’s Adoption of Socialism 56 3. The Home Socialistic Programme.—Nationalization of the Means of Production, Distribution and Exchange—The Labour Addendum to the Whitley Report, 1918—The Industrial Programme of 1918—Land Nationalization—The Control of Industry—Labour’s Report to the Industrial Conference, 1919—Nationalization of the Coal Industry. VI The Labour Party’s Adoption of Socialism 65 4. The International Socialistic Programme.—The First International—The Old Second International—The International Labour Charter of 1919—The New Second International—The Geneva Resolutions on Socialism of 1920—The Second International and Bolshevism—The Third or Moscow International. VII The Labour Party’s Adoption of Socialism 76 5. Approval of Direct Action.—The Meaning and Qualities of Direct Action—Direct Action on the Clyde, 1916—Conversion of the Labour Party to Use of Direct Action—Establishment of the Council of Action—Setting-up of Local Soviets. VIII The Labour Party’s Industrial and Land Policy 85 1. Details of the Proposals.—The Industries and Businesses to be Nationalized—Extension of Municipal Enterprise—Control of Capitalistic Industries and Businesses—Labour’s Agricultural Policy—Abolition of Landlordism—Councils for Agriculture—A Legal Minimum Agricultural Wage—Workers’ Control of Agriculture. IX The Labour Party’s Industrial and Land Policy 92 2. A Criticism.—What Capitalism is—Our Debt to Capitalism—The Alleged Defects of Capitalism—Where Reform is Admittedly Needed—The Failure of Past Socialistic Experiments—Limits within which Nationalization is Practicable—The Different Schemes of Land Nationalization—The Taxing-out Scheme—The State Purchase Scheme—The Socialistic Confiscation Schemes—The Conceptions Underlying Each Scheme—The Disadvantages of State Ownership of Land. X The Labour Party’s Policy for Unemployment 106