This is the first time I have been exposed to a socialist who seems to have as much disdain for the socialism/communism of the 20th century as they do for capitalism. This book challenged my concepts of what socialism really is and has made me realize that I have a lot of internalized capitalist concepts that I need to consciously unlearn.

This book is a fantastic primer to thinking about a new socialism for this century. I wish it got into more specifics as to how to put the theory into practice, but then again this book is actually just a collection of essays and speeches made by the author throughout his career.