“Socialism and the Realities of Life” by Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore (speech at the Council Meeting of the Socialist International)

This booklet reproduces the speech given by then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew at the Council Meeting of the Socialist International in Zurich on 10 October 1967. It sheds light on the socialist roots of the People’s Action Party (PAP) and the political ideologies of its leader, Lee, in the early years of Singapore.