Impossibilism

Impossibilism
"Not reformism nor vanguardism to get to socialism!"
Basic Information
Aliases	Anti-reformist Socialism Anti-vanguardist Socialism Anybody you don't like
Alignments	LibLeft Socialists Communists  Left Communists
Ideological Influences
Influenced by	Marxism
Influenced	De Leonism Luxemburgism Mao-Spontex

Impossibilism is a Marxist, libertarian left, anti-reformist, and revolutionarily spontaneous ideology. Impossibilists hold that any reforms to ameliorate social ills in capitalism are ultimately futile since it believes immediate reforms strengthen capitalism instead of achieving socialism in the long term. Adherents to this ideology support structural changes instead of evolutionary reforms like many democratic socialists. They also believe that spontaneous revolutionary actions are the only viable method to achieve a socialist society. Because of this, impossibilists oppose vanguardism and democratic centralism in Leninism.

History

The idea of impossibilism was brought up by Daniel De Leon, American Marxist theoretician, though he did not coin the term.

How to draw

The design for Impossibilism is based on this, but with the colors reversed.

1. Draw a ball,
2. Color the ball dark red,
3. In the center, draw a white star,
4. Draw a dark red clenched fist inside of the star,
5. Add two eyes and you're done.

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Red	#B50A10	181, 10, 16
	White	#F0F0F0	240, 240, 240

Relationships

Friends

• De Leonism - My father who taught me almost everything I know.
• Luxemburgism - She's opposed to both reformism and vanguardism like me. Also, worker councils and unions are great.
• Mao-Spontex - Not sure about democratic centralism, but I enjoy your commitment to a spontaneous revolution nonetheless.

Frenemies

• Revolutionary Syndicalism - Sorry, but trade unions aren’t effective as a form of revolutionary organization.
• Leninism - The working class themselves needs to create a revolution, not just a professional vanguard.
• Democratic Socialism - I appreciate your socialist ideal, but I don't think that can be achieved by participating in liberal democracy. Social reforms will only stabilize capitalism!

Enemies

• Social Democracy - Because of decades of reformism, you made too many compromises with the bourgeoisie. You're just a capitalist with a large welfare state!
• Social Capitalism - All the welfare of the world won't erase the fact that your unequal exploitative structure still remains.

Further Information

Literature

• Non-Market Socialism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries by Maximilien Rubel and John Crump

Wikipedia

• Impossibilism

Political Parties

• Socialist Party of Great Britain
• World Socialist Party (Ireland)
• World Socialist Party of India
• Socialist Party of Canada (WSM)
• World Socialist Party (New Zealand)
• World Socialist Party of the United States
• League of Democratic Socialists