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The first socialist to hold public office in the United States was Fred C. Haack, the owner of a shoe store in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Haack was elected to the city council in 1897 as a member of the Populist Party, but soon became a socialist following the organization of Social Democrats in Sheboygan. He was re-elected alderman in 1898 on the ...
The first socialist government of Canada and one of the most influential came to power in the province of Saskatchewan in 1944. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) of Tommy Douglas won an overwhelming victory toppling the age old Liberal regime which had dominated Saskatchewan politics since the founding of the province in 1905 ...
"The Arab Republic of Egypt is a Socialist Democratic State based on the alliance of the working forces of the people." The 2007 Amendments removed the mentioned of Egypt as a socialist state from Article One. [72] [73] [74] Socialism was still mentioned in the preamble and other sections, but fully removed following the 2011 revolution. [75 ...
Socialist Colony Freeland Association: Washington Dissident members of the Equality Colony 1900 1906 [6] A socialist commune. The first settlers dissident members of the nearby Equality Colony. [17] While the Freeland Association dissolved in 1906 [6] the census-designated place (CDP) of Freeland, Washington continues to exist. Post Texas C.W ...
Academics, political commentators and other scholars tend to distinguish between authoritarian socialist and democratic socialist states, with the first representing the Soviet Bloc and the latter representing Western Bloc countries which have been democratically governed by socialist parties such as Britain, France, Sweden and Western social ...
The Socialist Party of North America (SPNA) was a political party founded in 1911 and the first in North America to adopt the Object and Declaration of Principles of the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB). The party was formed when the Toronto local of the Socialist Party of Canada (SPC) seceded in protest over that party's reformism.
Socialist Party of America [12] Fiorello LaGuardia: House March 4, 1917: December 31, 1919: New York 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 ...
In 1944, the Saskatchewan CCF formed the first socialist government in North America and its leader Tommy Douglas is known for having spearheaded the adoption of Canada's nationwide system of universal healthcare called Medicare. [156] At the federal level, the NDP was the Official Opposition (2011–2015). [157]