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The Socialist Party and the SDF merged to form the Socialist Party–Social Democratic Federation (SP–SDF) in 1957. A small group of holdouts refused to reunify, establishing a new organization called the Democratic Socialist Federation (DSF). When the Soviet Union led an invasion of Hungary in 1956, half of the members of communist parties ...
In 1982, the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee merged with the New American Movement, an organization of New Left activists, forming the Democratic Socialists of America. It was the principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International , which includes socialist and labour parties such as the Swedish and German Social Democrats and ...
Democratic socialism was also heavily influenced by the gradualist form of socialism promoted by the British Fabian Society and Eduard Bernstein's evolutionary socialism. [2] In the 19th century, democratic socialism was repressed by many governments; countries such as Germany and Italy banned democratic socialist parties.
Republican Party (future Socialist Party of America candidate and self-identified socialist) [37] George Lunn: House March 4, 1917: March 4, 1919: New York: Democratic Party (former Socialist Party of America member) [38] Meyer London: House March 4, 1915: March 3, 1919: New York Socialist Party of America [12] Harry Lane: Senate March 4, 1913 ...
Michael Harrington, founder of the Democratic Socialists of America [52] [53] Denis Healey, member of the Labour Party [68] [69] [70] Karl Kautsky, member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany [71] Neil Kinnock, leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition [72] Kevin Kühnert, member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany [73]
Although most democratic socialists seek a gradual transition to socialism, democratic socialism can support either revolutionary or reformist politics as means to establish socialism. As a term, democratic socialism was popularised by social democrats and other socialists who were opposed to the authoritarian socialist development in Russia ...
Map of states that have hosted a Democratic Socialists of America convention. This is a list of conventions of the Democratic Socialists of America. Conventions generally are held biennially; although special conventions can be held any time, no special conventions have been called in DSA's history.
One of the great postwar victories of democratic socialism was the election victory of the British Labour Party led by Clement Attlee in June 1945. Socialist (and in some places Stalinist) parties also dominated postwar governments in France, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, Norway and other European countries.