SAD i mogućnosti društvenih promjena
USA and the Possibilities of Social Change

Summary/Abstract: In examining the possibilities of social transformation in the most developed country in the world, the United States, the author attempts to answer three main questions: (a) whether there is any chance at all for a transformation of the American society; (b) which class and social forces might be the main strongholds of a policy of radical change; (c) by what means and forms of struggle would it be possible to effect such change. The prerequisites for a transformation of American society are confined at the present to the extremely high level of economic development and to a long democratic tradition, which, however, does not appear to be sufficient for radical change. The strategy of the "peaceful ways" of social transformation, which is the only acceptable concept for the U.S., presupposes structural changes of the system, and this can be attained only by the gradual takeover of particular institutions. This, in turn, is possible only if there is a broad political coalition, which will gradually achieve its goals through a policy of compromise. The author argues with some views from Marcuse's Counterrevolution and Revolt, especially his espousal of decentralized forms of resistance in the strategy of revolutionary struggle, suggesting that, on the contrary, linkage is needed of the separate and fragmented parts of the resistance movement.

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