Socialism with US characteristics
Based in the founding principles of the American Republic
On December 10, 2022, the Friends of Socialist China and the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China sponsored an online seminar on the theme of “The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and its World Significance.” One of the presentations at the event was made by Dr. Hugh Goodacre, Managing Director of the Institute for Independence Studies and lecturer in the History of Economic Thought at University College London. His speech, “On the application of Xi Jinping Thought in an imperialist country,” was subsequently published on December 23 on the website of the Friends of Socialist China.
Goodacre focuses on the question of the implications of Xi Jinping Thought for the United Kingdom. I take his comments as a point of departure for my commentary today, in which I address the characteristics of socialist revolution in the USA.
Goodacre observes that Xi Jinping Thought considers the cultural and intellectu…