Cover -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Publisher's Note -- Part 1: Revolution and The State -- A Fundamental Understanding of Human Society--and How It Changes -- Matter has not disappeared--reality is not just "virtual" -- Why there is no basic "right to eat" under capitalism -- The base and the superstructure--economics, politics, the state, and ideology--and why this system cannot be reformed -- The "Divine Right of Kings" and "Democracy"--Two "Cohering Mythologies" of Two Different Systems of Exploitation -- The Real Bases for Change--and the Real Alternatives -- A Crucial Breakthrough, A Deeper Grounding in Materialism: Understanding the "Driving Force of Anarchy" as the Decisive Dynamic of Capitalism -- You Want to Radically Change the World--You Have to Make Revolution, and Establish a Revolutionary State Power -- A Materialist, Not a Utopian, Approach to Changing the World -- A valuable experience, and valuable lessons, in method and materialism -- Democratic Intellectuals, Idealist Notions, and the Need for Materialism -- The hierarchical nature of this society... the deeper roots and larger implications -- The Theory of "Social Contract" and the Lack of Materialism -- The outlook and interests of the petite bourgeoisie cannot lead to a real, radical and emancipating transformation -- The Fundamental Difference Between Communism and Anarchism -- Dictatorship--of the Proletariat--and the Transition Beyond Dictatorship -- Back to Birds and Crocodiles -- Incorporating Aspects of Utopianism--On a Materialist Foundation -- Constitutions and Laws, Property Relations and Class Interests -- The Social Content of Law and Its Interpretation -- The link between legal rulings and ruling class interests--some lessons from history -- The Peculiar History of the United States: Slavery, "States' Rights" and the Federal Government.

Bourgeois Political Philosophy, Its Limitations and Distortions -- Bourgeois Democracy: A Reflection of Material Interests and Forces -- The Notion of "Human Nature"--As a Reflection of Capitalist Society -- The Basic Nature, and the Constitution, of a Socialist State -- An Historic Leap, A Whole New Height and Vista -- Recognizing and confronting a real contradiction -- Socialism and Capitalism, Constitutions and Laws: Similarities--and Profound Differences -- A Legitimate Understanding of "Legitimacy" -- Communism--A Radical, Epochal Transformation -- The transition from the bourgeois to the communist epoch -- Communism and Capitalism: Fundamentally Contrasting Views of Human Nature and Human Freedom -- Part 2: Building The Movement for Revolution -- Culture and Morality--a Critical Arena of Struggle -- Parasitism, "suburbanism," and fascist forces -- A Radical Revolt Against a Revolting Culture -- Some Further Thoughts Relating to "On the Possibility of Revolution" -- Imperialist countries -- Countries in the Third World -- The "two historically outmodeds"--and the crucial importance of a revolutionary orientation and strategic conception -- We ARE BUILDING a Movement for Revolution... and What That Means -- The development of U.S. imperialism, shifts in social relations and conditions, and challenges in making revolution -- Countering wrong-headed theories and "stratagems" which serve the imperialist system -- The mythology, and the actual nature, of elections and bourgeois democracy -- Basic Contradictions, Forces for Revolution, and the UFuLP Strategy -- Bedrock forces for revolution, breaking with dogma and stereotypes -- Youth, "what made things so good" in the 1960s, and the potential today -- Profound and acute contradictions, real potential for revolution -- Intellectual and cultural ferment, the intelligentsia and communist revolution.

The strategy of United Front under the Leadership of the Proletariat -- Hastening While Awaiting a Revolutionary Situation -- "Revolutionary tenseness" -- Accumulating Forces for Revolution -- "Enriched What Is To Be Done-ism" -- Alternate Authority and Building the Movement for Revolution -- The Two Mainstays -- A Materialist, and Internationalist, Orientation and Approach -- Bringing Alive the Link Between What We're Doing and the Possibility of Revolution -- The Party and Organizing Forces for Revolution -- Meeting, and Advancing in the Face of, Repression -- Conclusion: The "Impossible Dream" of a Radically Different World--and the Scientific Methods and Means That Make It Possible -- Endnotes (for Parts 1 and 2) -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Author -- Copyright.