reformism

Lenin, no passive waiting type, differentiated between reforms, which are good, and reformism, which is horrible.

Matthew Yglesias » Sherri Berman: Progressives Must Believe in Change 2009

Then came the Vietnam War, and the old, reformist Left, defensive about its anticommunism as a source of catastrophic blundering in Southeast Asia, was challenged by a New Left now convinced that "reformism" was a cop out and a delusion, certain to fail in a "nation conceived in sin, irredeemable."

Robert F. Bauer: Richard Rorty and the Riches of Progressive Argument 2008

This while I have always been critical of the LCP for its Leninist-Stalinist rigidity, and its ineffective "reformism" as we used say.

Thursday, June 30, 2005 As'ad 2005

In Lenin's day, 'reformism' was the ultimate transgression for Communists: now it is their saving grace.

Reform or Revolution? Ash, Timothy Garton 1988

Such trite sentiment revealed the kind of reformism that some radicals detected in an

Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 21 Ray Esther 1969

Visiting Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Britain, he reported on wages, working conditions and the movement, hobnobbed with radicals, addressed meetings and poured scorn on 'reformism' and 'trade union fakirs'.

Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 7 Ray Esther 1969

It appears, then, that the overwhelming majority of the German Party is unalterably opposed to "reformism," "revisionism," opportunism, compromise, or any policy other than that of revolutionary Socialism.

Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement William English Walling

There can be no doubt that Socialist "reformism" has become very widespread.

Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement William English Walling

Turati's "reformism" seems to be less opportunistic than it was, but as long as he insists, as he does to-day, that it is only conditions that have changed and not his reformist tactics, that the revolutionaries are moving towards the reformists, the relation of the two factions is likely to remain as embittered as ever.

Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement William English Walling

While "reformism" only became a practical issue in the American Party in

Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement William English Walling