Project Gutenberg 2022-12-05 Public domain in the USA. 167 Benson, Allan L. (Allan Louis) 1871 1940 13009162 The truth about socialism $aUnited States :$bB.W. Huebsch,$c1912,copyright 1913. Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Truth About Socialism" by Allan L. Benson is a political manifesto written in the early 20th century. The work explores the principles and implications of socialism, arguing for public ownership of the means of production and challenging the inequalities perpetuated by capitalism. The author addresses issues such as poverty, labor rights, and the manipulation of the working class by wealthy capitalists, aiming to provide a more equitable society through collective action. At the start of the text, Benson passionately appeals to the "disinherited," stating that the American nation should belong to all its citizens rather than a privileged few. He acknowledges the existence of vast wealth alongside extreme poverty, urging readers to reclaim their right to a fair share of the nation's resources. He critiques the ineffectiveness of traditional political solutions and emphasizes that socialism is the remedy for achieving true economic justice and individual empowerment. The opening establishes a tone of urgency and calls for a unified movement toward societal change. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/cu31924030332211 20190926225013benson 1912 US Reading ease score: 71.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Socialism HX Text Category: Politics Category: Economics 396916 2025-07-27T11:52:51.961604 text/html 371837 2024-10-19T02:19:25 text/html 394935 2025-07-27T11:52:59.061532 application/epub+zip 392029 2025-07-27T11:52:54.073546 application/epub+zip 359217 2025-07-27T11:52:52.926542 application/epub+zip 1138616 2025-07-27T11:53:02.878511 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1109988 2025-07-27T11:52:58.098553 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 356325 2025-07-27T11:52:51.195561 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 336370 2024-10-19T02:19:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15565 2025-07-27T11:53:03.059503 application/rdf+xml 14702 2025-07-27T11:52:53.314565 image/jpeg 2032 2025-07-27T11:52:53.110545 image/jpeg 1728435 2025-07-27T11:52:52.012569 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia