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Eugene V. Debs, five-time Socialist Party of America presidential candidate [62] Tommy Douglas, father of Medicare [63] Evan Durbin, member of the Labour Party [52] Michael Foot, leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition [64] Peter Hain, member of the Labour Party [65] [66] Joel Harden, member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament ...
Socialist Party: Homer Bone: Senate January 3, 1933: November 13, 1944: Washington: Democratic Party (former Socialist Party of America member) [36] Fiorello LaGuardia: House March 4, 1927: March 3, 1933: New York Republican Party (former Socialist Party of America candidate and self-identified socialist) [37] Fiorello LaGuardia: House March 4 ...
The history of socialism has its origins in the Age of Enlightenment and the 1789 French Revolution, ... the two leaders of socialist group the Saint-Simonians, ...
The socialists had lost a major ally in the IWW Wobblies and their free speech had been restricted, if not denied. Immigrants, a major base of the socialist movement, were discriminated against and looked down upon. Eugene V. Debs—the charismatic leader of the socialists—was in prison, along with hundreds of fellow dissenters.
This category lists people who have, at one time or another, been active members of the Socialist movement in the United States. It should not be taken for granted that inclusion in this category implies that figures necessarily were or continue(d) to be socialists.
Name Place of birth Place of death Nationality Life Tendency Victor Adler: Prague, Austria-Hungary: Vienna, Austria: Austrian 1852–1918 Social democracy, Austro-Marxism ...
ISS A founder or key member of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society, 1905, later League for Industrial Democracy IWW A founder of the Industrial Workers of the World , 1905. SDL Left to found the Social Democratic League of America , 1917.
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a political nonprofit organization, not a political party. Therefore, DSA members and endorsees usually run as members of the Democratic Party , Green Party , Working Families Party , or as independents .