Distributism

Martin Meenagh writes:

The Catholic Workers' movement was important to the origins of the Labour Party in this country, and also, of course, to Christian Democracy in Europe. Guild socialism, which was a sort of secular counterpart (though it sprang from different sources) was also embraced in the late twentieth century by critics of Liberal progressivism who wished to recover a communitarian left, like Christopher Lasch.

ChesterBelloc made up Distributism on the back of Rerum Novarum in one of my favourite pubs, which is now haunted by shady barristers from the Court of Appeal and people maintaining their blood alcohol levels. Shadows still sway from journalists who could once be found in the place but who got parted from their shade by the fumes of wine when Britain had a King.

So, imagine how happy I was to find the following quality hand out on The Distributist Review. Feel free to link to it, or to download it. It's not just a document of intellectual history, but also increasingly recognised as a viable tributary to any modern, viable communitarianism.

There follows this, by my old friend John C Médaille.