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'''Socialism''' is a range of [[economic systems|economic]] and [[social system]]s characterised by [[social ownership]] and [[workers' self-management|democratic control]] of the [[means of production]];{{refn|<ref>{{Cite book|title = Upton Sinclair's: A Monthly Magazine: for Social Justice, by Peaceful Means If Possible|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=i0w9AQAAMAAJ|date = 1918-01-01|last = Sinclair|first = Upton|authorlink= Upton Sinclair|quote = Socialism, you see, is a bird with two wings. The definition is 'social ownership and democratic control of the instruments and means of production.'}}</ref><ref name="Nove">{{cite web|last=Nove|first=Alec|title=Socialism|work=New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition (2008)|url= http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/article?id=pde2008_S000173|quote= A society may be defined as socialist if the major part of the means of production of goods and services is in some sense socially owned and operated, by state, socialized or cooperative enterprises. The practical issues of socialism comprise the relationships between management and workforce within the enterprise, the interrelationships between production units (plan versus markets), and, if the state owns and operates any part of the economy, who controls it and how.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Rosser|first= Mariana V. and J Barkley Jr.|title= Comparative Economics in a Transforming World Economy|publisher= MIT Press|date=July 23, 2003|isbn= 978-0262182348|pages = 53|quote=Socialism is an economic system characterized by state or collective ownership of the means of production, land, and capital.}}</ref><ref name="N. Scott Arnold 1998. pg. 8">"What else does a socialist economic system involve? Those who favor socialism generally speak of social ownership, social control, or socialization of the means of production as the distinctive positive feature of a socialist economic system" N. Scott Arnold. ''The Philosophy and Economics of Market Socialism : A Critical Study''. Oxford University Press. 1998. pg. 8</ref><ref name="Busky1">{{cite book |last = Busky|first = Donald F.|title = Democratic Socialism: A Global Survey|publisher = Praeger|date = 20 July 2000|isbn = 978-0275968861|pages = 2|quote = Socialism may be defined as movements for social ownership and control of the economy. It is this idea that is the common element found in the many forms of socialism.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1= Bertrand Badie |author2= Dirk Berg-Schlosser |author3= Leonardo Morlino |title= International Encyclopedia of Political Science |publisher= SAGE Publications, Inc |year= 2011|isbn= 978-1412959636|page = 2456|quote=Socialist systems are those regimes based on the economic and political theory of socialism, which advocates public ownership and cooperative management of the means of production and allocation of resources.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Zimbalist, Sherman and Brown|first= Andrew, Howard J. and Stuart|title= Comparing Economic Systems: A Political-Economic Approach|publisher= Harcourt College Pub|date=October 1988|isbn= 978-0155124035|pages = 7|quote=Pure socialism is defined as a system wherein all of the means of production are owned and run by the government and/or cooperative, nonprofit groups.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Brus|first= Wlodzimierz|title= The Economics and Politics of Socialism|publisher= Routledge|date=5 November 2015|isbn= 978-0415866477|pages = 87|quote=This alteration in the relationship between economy and politics is evident in the very definition of a socialist economic system. The basic characteristic of such a system is generally reckoned to be the predominance of the social ownership of the means of production.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Michie|first= Jonathan|title= Readers Guide to the Social Sciences|publisher= Routledge|date=1 January 2001|isbn= 978-1579580919|pages = 1516|quote=Just as private ownership defines capitalism, social ownership defines socialism. The essential characteristic of socialism in theory is that it destroys social hierarchies, and therefore leads to a politically and economically egalitarian society. Two closely related consequences follow. First, every individual is entitled to an equal ownership share that earns an aliquot part of the total social dividend…Second, in order to eliminate social hierarchy in the workplace, enterprises are run by those employed, and not by the representatives of private or state capital. Thus, the well-known historical tendency of the divorce between ownership and management is brought to an end. The society – i.e. every individual equally – owns capital and those who work are entitled to manage their own economic affairs.}}</ref>}} as well as the political ideologies, theories, and movements that aim at their establishment.<ref name="Socialism at The Free dictionary">"2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any of various social or political theories or movements in which the common welfare is to be achieved through the establishment of a socialist economic system" [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/socialism "Socialism" at The Free dictionary]</ref> Social ownership may refer to forms of [[state ownership|public]], [[Collective ownership|collective]], or [[cooperative]] ownership; to [[citizen ownership of equity]]; or to any combination of these.<ref>{{cite book |last= O'Hara|first= Phillip |title= Encyclopedia of Political Economy, Volume 2 |publisher= [[Routledge]]|date=September 2003|isbn= 0-415-24187-1|page = 71|quote=In order of increasing decentralisation (at least) three forms of socialised ownership can be distinguished: state-owned firms, employee-owned (or socially) owned firms, and citizen ownership of equity.}}</ref> Although there are many varieties of socialism and there is no single definition encapsulating all of them,<ref name="Peter Lamb 2006. p. 1">Peter Lamb, J. C. Docherty. ''Historical dictionary of socialism''. Lanham, Maryland, UK; Oxford, England, UK: Scarecrow Press, Inc, 2006. p. 1.</ref> social ownership is the common element shared by its various forms.<ref name="Busky1"/><ref>{{cite book |last= Arnold|first= Scott|title= The Philosophy and Economics of Market Socialism: A Critical Study|publisher= Oxford University Press|date=1994|isbn= 978-0195088274 |pages = 7–8|quote= This term is harder to define, since socialists disagree among themselves about what socialism ‘really is.’ It would seem that everyone (socialists and nonsocialists alike) could at least agree that it is not a system in which there is widespread private ownership of the means of production…To be a socialist is not just to believe in certain ends, goals, values, or ideals. It also requires a belief in a certain institutional means to achieve those ends; whatever that may mean in positive terms, it certainly presupposes, at a minimum, the belief that these ends and values cannot be achieved in an economic system in which there is widespread private ownership of the means of production…Those who favor socialism generally speak of social ownership, social control, or socialization of the means of production as the distinctive positive feature of a socialist economic system.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Hastings, Mason and Pyper|first= Adrian, Alistair and Hugh |title= The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought |publisher= Oxford University Press|date= December 21, 2000|isbn= 978-0198600244|page = 677|quote=Socialists have always recognized that there are many possible forms of social ownership of which co-operative ownership is one...Nevertheless, socialism has throughout its history been inseparable from some form of common ownership. By its very nature it involves the abolition of private ownership of capital; bringing the means of production, distribution, and exchange into public ownership and control is central to its philosophy. It is difficult to see how it can survive, in theory or practice, without this central idea.}}</ref>

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Socialist economic systems can be divided into both non-market and [[Market (economics)|market]] forms.<ref name="Kolb">{{cite book |last= Kolb|first= Robert|title= Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society, First Edition|publisher= SAGE Publications, Inc|date=19 October 2007|isbn= 978-1412916523|pages = 1345|quote=There are many forms of socialism, all of which eliminate private ownership of capital and replace it with collective ownership. These many forms, all focused on advancing distributive justice for long-term social welfare, can be divided into two broad types of socialism: nonmarket and market.}}</ref> Non-market socialism involves the substitution of [[factor market]]s and [[money]] with engineering and technical criteria based on [[Calculation in kind|calculation performed in-kind]], thereby producing an economic mechanism that functions according to different [[Law of value|economic laws]] from those of [[capitalism]]. Non-market socialism aims to circumvent the inefficiencies and [[Economic crisis|crises]] traditionally associated with [[capital accumulation]] and the profit system.{{refn|<ref>{{cite book |last= Bockman|first= Johanna |title= Markets in the name of Socialism: The Left-Wing origins of Neoliberalism|publisher= Stanford University Press|year= 2011|isbn= 978-0-8047-7566-3|page = 20|quote= socialism would function without capitalist economic categories – such as money, prices, interest, profits and rent – and thus would function according to laws other than those described by current economic science. While some socialists recognised the need for money and prices at least during the transition from capitalism to socialism, socialists more commonly believed that the socialist economy would soon administratively mobilise the economy in physical units without the use of prices or money.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Steele|first= David Ramsay |title= From Marx to Mises: Post Capitalist Society and the Challenge of Economic Calculation |publisher= Open Court|date=September 1999|isbn= 978-0875484495|pages = 175–177|quote= Especially before the 1930s, many socialists and anti-socialists implicitly accepted some form of the following for the incompatibility of state-owned industry and factor markets. A market transaction is an exchange of property titles between two independent transactors. Thus internal market exchanges cease when all of industry is brought into the ownership of a single entity, whether the state or some other organization...the discussion applies equally to any form of social or community ownership, where the owning entity is conceived as a single organization or administration.}}</ref><ref>''Is Socialism Dead? A Comment on Market Socialism and Basic Income Capitalism'', by Arneson, Richard J. 1992. Ethics, vol. 102, no. 3, pp 485-511. April 1992: "Marxian socialism is often identified with the call to organize economic activity on a nonmarket basis."</ref><ref>''Market Socialism: The Debate Among Socialists'', by Schweickart, David; Lawler, James; Ticktin, Hillel; Ollman, Bertell. 1998. From "The Difference Between Marxism and Market Socialism" (pp. 61–63): "More fundamentally, a socialist society must be one in which the economy is run on the principle of the direct satisfaction of human needs...Exchange-value, prices and so money are goals in themselves in a capitalist society or in any market. There is no necessary connection between the accumulation of capital or sums of money and human welfare. Under conditions of backwardness, the spur of money and the accumulation of wealth has led to a massive growth in industry and technology ... It seems an odd argument to say that a capitalist will only be efficient in producing use-value of a good quality when trying to make more money than the next capitalist. It would seem easier to rely on the planning of use-values in a rational way, which because there is no duplication, would be produced more cheaply and be of a higher quality."</ref><ref>''The Economics of Feasible Socialism Revisited'', by Nove, Alexander. 1991. (P.13): "Under socialism, by definition, it (private property and factor markets) would be eliminated. There would then be something like ‘scientific management’, ‘the science of socially organized production’, but it would not be economics."</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Socialism and Capitalism: Are They Qualitatively Different Socioeconomic Systems?|last= Kotz|first=David M.|accessdate=19 February 2011|work=University of Massachusetts|url=http://people.umass.edu/dmkotz/Soc_and_Cap_Diff_Syst_06_12.pdf|format=PDF}} "This understanding of socialism was held not just by revolutionary Marxist socialists but also by evolutionary socialists, Christian socialists, and even anarchists. At that time, there was also wide agreement about the basic institutions of the future socialist system: public ownership instead of private ownership of the means of production, economic planning instead of market forces, production for use instead of for profit."</ref><ref name="Toward a Socialism for the Future, in the Wake of the Demise of the Socialism of the Past 1">''Toward a Socialism for the Future, in the Wake of the Demise of the Socialism of the Past'', by Weisskopf, Thomas E. 1992. Review of Radical Political Economics, Vol. 24, No. 3-4, pp. 2: "Socialism has historically been committed to the improvement of people's material standards of living. Indeed, in earlier days many socialists saw the promotion of improving material living standards as the primary basis for socialism's claim to superiority over capitalism, for socialism was to overcome the irrationality and inefficiency seen as endemic to a capitalist system of economic organization."</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Prychito|first= David L. |title= Markets, Planning, and Democracy: Essays After the Collapse of Communism |publisher= Edward Elgar Publishing|date= July 31, 2002|isbn= 978-1840645194|pages = 12|quote= Socialism is a system based upon de facto public or social ownership of the means of production, the abolition of a hierarchical division of labor in the enterprise, a consciously organized social division of labor. Under socialism, money, competitive pricing, and profit-loss accounting would be destroyed.}}</ref>}} By contrast, [[market socialism]] retains the use of monetary prices, factor markets, and, in some cases, the profit motive with respect to the operation of socially owned enterprises and the allocation of capital goods between them. Profits generated by these firms would be controlled directly by the workforce of each firm or accrue to society at large in the form of a [[social dividend]].<ref name="Social Dividend versus Basic Income Guarantee in Market Socialism, 2004">''Social Dividend versus Basic Income Guarantee in Market Socialism'', by Marangos, John. 2004. International Journal of Political Economy, vol. 34, no. 3, Fall 2004.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= O'Hara|first= Phillip |title= Encyclopedia of Political Economy, Volume 2 |publisher= [[Routledge]]|date=September 2000|isbn= 978-0415241878|page = 71|quote=Market socialism is the general designation for a number of models of economic systems. On the one hand, the market mechanism is utilized to distribute economic output, to organize production and to allocate factor inputs. On the other hand, the economic surplus accrues to society at large rather than to a class of private (capitalist) owners, through some form of collective, public or social ownership of capital.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Pierson|first= Christopher |title= Socialism After Communism: The New Market Socialism |publisher= Pennsylvania State Univ Press|date=August 1995|isbn= 978-0271014784|page = 96|quote=At the heart of the market socialist model is the abolition of the large-scale private ownership of capital and its replacement by some form of ‘social ownership’. Even the most conservative accounts of market socialism insist that this abolition of large-scale holdings of private capital is essential. This requirement is fully consistent with the market socialists’ general claim that the vices of market capitalism lie not with the institutions of the market but with (the consequences of) the private ownership of capital...}}</ref> The feasibility and exact methods of resource allocation and calculation for a socialist system are the subjects of the [[socialist calculation debate]].

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The socialist [[political movement]] includes a diverse array of political philosophies that originated amid the revolutionary movements of the mid-to-late 1700s and of a general concern for the social problems that were associated with capitalism.<ref name="Peter Lamb 2006. p. 1"/> In addition to the debate over markets and planning, the varieties of socialism differ in their form of social ownership, how management is to be organized within productive institutions, and the role of the state in constructing socialism.<ref name="Nove" /><ref name="Peter Lamb 2006. p. 1"/> Core dichotomies associated with these concerns include [[reformism]] versus [[revolutionary socialism]], and [[state socialism]] versus [[libertarian socialism]]. Socialist politics has been both centralist and decentralized; internationalist and nationalist in orientation; organized through political parties and opposed to party politics; at times overlapping with trade unions and at other times independent of, and critical of, unions; and present in both industrialized and developing countries.<ref>"In fact, socialism has been both centralist and local; organized from above and built from below; visionary and pragmatic; revolutionary and reformist; anti-state and statist; internationalist and nationalist; harnessed to political parties and shunning them; an outgrowth of trade unionism and independent of it; a feature of rich industrialized countries and poor peasant-based communities" Michael Newman. Socialism: A very Short introduction. Oxford University Press. 2005. pg. 2.</ref> While all tendencies of socialism consider themselves democratic, the term "[[democratic socialism]]" is often used to highlight its advocates' high value for [[Economic democracy|democratic processes in the economy]] and democratic [[political system]]s,<ref>Often, this definition is invoked to distinguish democratic socialism from authoritarian socialism as in Malcolm Hamilton ''Democratic Socialism in Britain and [[Sweden]]'' (St Martin's Press 1989),in Donald F. Busky, Democratic Socialism: A Global Survey Greenwood Publishing, 2000, See pp.7-8., Jim Tomlinson's ''Democratic Socialism and Economic Policy: The Attlee Years, 1945-1951'', Norman Thomas ''Democratic Socialism: a new appraisal'' or [[Roy Hattersley]]'s ''Choose Freedom: The Future of Democratic Socialism''</ref> usually to draw contrast to tendencies they may perceive to be undemocratic in their approach. The term is frequently used to draw contrast to the political system of the Soviet Union, which some have argued operated in an [[authoritarian]] fashion.<ref>Nicholas Guilhot, The democracy makers: human rights and international order, 2005, page 33 "The opposition between the West and Soviet totalitarianism was often presented as an opposition both moral and epistemological between truth and falsehood. The democratic, social, and economic credentials of the Soviet Union were typically seen as "lies" and as the product of a deliberate and multiform propaganda...In this context, the concept of totalitarianism was itself an asset. As it made possible the conversion of prewar anti-fascism into postwar anti-communism</ref><ref>David Caute, Politics and the novel during the Cold War, 2009, pages 95-99</ref><ref>George A Reisch, How the Cold War transformed philosophy of science: to the icy slopes of logic, 2005, pages 153-154</ref>

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By the late 19th century, and after further articulation and advancement by [[Karl Marx]] and his collaborator [[Friedrich Engels]] as the culmination of technological development outstripping the economic dynamics of capitalism,<ref>{{cite book |author1= Bertrand Badie |author2= Dirk Berg-Schlosser |author3= Leonardo Morlino |title= International Encyclopedia of Political Science |publisher= SAGE Publications, Inc |year= 2011|isbn= 978-1412959636|page = 1497|quote=By continually modernizing the forces of production and promoting the division of labor, capitalism prepared the material conditions necessary for social cooperation and planned management in economic life...The search for private profit imposed fetters on the further development of production. The capitalist relations of production came finally into conflict with its forces of production.}}</ref> "socialism" had come to signify opposition to capitalism and advocacy for a [[Post-capitalism|post-capitalist]] system based on some form of social ownership of the means of production.<ref>{{cite book |last= Gasper|first= Phillip |title= The Communist Manifesto: a road map to history's most important political document |publisher=Haymarket Books|date=October 2005|isbn= 1-931859-25-6|page = 24|quote=As the nineteenth century progressed, "socialist" came to signify not only concern with the social question, but opposition to capitalism and support for some form of social ownership.}}</ref><ref name="Anthony Giddens 1994, p. 71">Anthony Giddens. ''Beyond Left and Right: The Future of Radical Politics''. 1998 edition. Cambridge, England, UK: Polity Press, 1994, 1998. p. 71.</ref> By the 1920s, [[social democracy]] and [[communism]] became the two dominant political tendencies within the international socialist movement.<ref>"Chapter 1 looks at the foundations of the doctrine by examining the contribution made by various traditions of socialism in the period between the early 19th century and the aftermath of the First World War. The two forms that emerged as dominant by the early 1920s were social democracy and communism." Michael Newman. ''Socialism: A Very Short Introduction''. Oxford University Press. 2005. pg. 5</ref> Socialism proceeded to emerge as the most influential secular political-economic worldview of the twentieth century,<ref>"Socialism was the most influential secular movement of the twentieth century, worldwide. It was a political ideology (or world view), a wide and divided political movement..." George Thomas Kurian (ed). ''The Encyclopedia of Political Science'' CQ Press. Washington D.c. 2011. Pgs. 1554</ref> and while the emergence of the [[Soviet Union]] as the world's first nominally [[socialist state]] led to socialism's widespread association with the [[Soviet-type planning|Soviet economic model]], many economists and intellectuals have argued that in practice the model functioned as a form of [[state capitalism]],<ref>[http://www.hetsa.org.au/pdf/34-A-08.pdf 'State Capitalism' in the Soviet Union], M.C. Howard and J.E. King</ref><ref>[[Richard D. Wolff]] (27 June 2015). [http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31567-socialism-means-abolishing-the-distinction-between-bosses-and-employees Socialism Means Abolishing the Distinction Between Bosses and Employees]. ''[[Truthout]].'' Retrieved 9 July 2015.</ref><ref>[[Noam Chomsky]] (1986). [https://chomsky.info/1986____/ The Soviet Union Versus Socialism]. ''chomsky.info''.</ref> or a non-planned administrative or command economy.<ref name="The Soviet Union Has an Administered, Not a Planned, Economy, 1985">{{cite journal |title=The Soviet Union Has an Administered, Not a Planned, Economy |last=Wilhelm |first=John Howard |year=1985 |journal=[[Europe-Asia Studies|Soviet Studies]] |pages=118–130 |volume=37 |issue=1 |doi=10.1080/09668138508411571 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Ellman |first=Michael |chapter=The Rise and Fall of Socialist Planning |title=Transition and Beyond: Essays in Honour of Mario Nuti |editor1-first=Saul |editor1-last=Estrin |editor2-first=Grzegorz W. |editor2-last=Kołodko |editor3-first=Milica |editor3-last=Uvalić |location=New York |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=2007 |isbn=0-230-54697-8 |page=22 |quote=In the USSR in the late 1980s the system was normally referred to as the ‘administrative-command’ economy. What was fundamental to this system was not the plan but the role of administrative hierarchies at all levels of decision making; the absence of control over decision making by the population...}}</ref> [[Socialist Party|Socialist parties]] and ideas remain a political force with varying degrees of power and influence in all continents, heading national governments in many countries around the world. Today, some socialists have also adopted the causes of other social movements, such as [[Eco-socialism|environmentalism]], [[Socialist feminism|feminism]] and [[Liberal socialism|liberalism]].<ref>Garrett Ward Sheldon. ''Encyclopedia of Political Thought''. Fact on File. Inc. 2001. p. 280.</ref>

==Etymology==
The origin of the term socialism may be traced back and attributed to a number of originators, in addition to significant historical shifts in the usage and scope of the word. 

[[File:Ehrerbietige Vorstellung und Einladung an meine lieben Mitmenschen.pdf|thumb|Utopian socialist pamphlet of [[Rudolf Sutermeister]]]]
For Andrew Vincent, "The word ‘socialism’ finds its root in the Latin ''sociare'', which means to combine or to share. The related, more technical term in Roman and then medieval law was ''societas''. This latter word could mean companionship and fellowship as well as the more legalistic idea of a consensual contract between freemen."<ref>Andrew Vincent. Modern political ideologies. Wiley-Blackwell publishing. 2010. pg. 83</ref> 

The term "socialism" was created by [[Henri de Saint-Simon]], one of the founders of what would later be labelled "[[utopian socialism]]". Simon coined "socialism" as a contrast to the liberal doctrine of "[[individualism]]", which stressed that people act or should act as if they are in isolation from one another.<ref name="Marvin Perry 1600, p. 540">Marvin Perry, Myrna Chase, Margaret Jacob, James R. Jacob. ''Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics, and Society – From 1600, Volume 2''. Ninth Edition. Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2009. p. 540.</ref> The original "utopian" socialists condemned liberal individualism for failing to address social concerns during the industrial revolution, including poverty, social oppression, and gross inequalities in wealth; viewing liberal individualism as degenerating society into supporting selfish [[Egotism|egoism]] that harmed community life through promoting a society based on competition.<ref name="Marvin Perry 1600, p. 540"/> They presented socialism as an alternative to liberal individualism based on the shared ownership of resources, although their proposals for socialism differed significantly. Saint-Simon proposed economic planning, scientific administration, and the application of modern scientific advancements to the organization of society; by contrast, [[Robert Owen]] proposed the organization of production and ownership in cooperatives.<ref name="Marvin Perry 1600, p. 540"/><ref>{{cite book |last= Gregory and Stuart|first= Paul and Robert|title= The Global Economy and its Economic Systems|publisher= South-Western College Pub|date=February 28, 2013|isbn= 978-1285055350|pages = 159|quote=Socialist writers of the nineteenth century proposed socialist arrangements for sharing as a response to the inequality and poverty of the industrial revolution. English socialist Robert Owen proposed that ownership and production take place in cooperatives, where all members shared equally. French socialist Henri Saint-Simon proposed to the contrary: socialism meant solving economic problems by means of state administration and planning, and taking advantage of new advances in science.}}</ref> 

The term ''socialism'' is attributed to [[Pierre Leroux]],<ref>Leroux: socialism is "the doctrine which would not give up any of the principles of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" of the [[French Revolution]] of 1789. "Individualism and socialism" (1834)</ref> and to [[Marie Roch Louis Reybaud]] in France; and in Britain to Robert Owen in 1827, father of the [[cooperative movement]].<ref>Oxford English Dictionary, etymology of socialism</ref><ref>Russell, Bertrand (1972). A History of Western Philosophy. Touchstone. p. 781</ref>

The modern definition and usage of "socialism" settled by the 1860s, becoming the predominant term among the group of words "co-operative", "mutualist" and "associationist", which had previously been used as synonyms. The term "communism" also fell out of use during this period, despite earlier distinctions between socialism and communism from the 1840s.<ref name="Williams 1983 288">{{cite book |last= Williams|first= Raymond |title= Keywords: A vocabulary of culture and society, revised edition|publisher= Oxford University Press|year= 1983|isbn= 0-19-520469-7|page = 288|chapter= Socialism|quote = Modern usage began to settle from the 1860s, and in spite of the earlier variations and distinctions it was socialist and socialism which came through as the predominant words...Communist, in spite of the distinction that had been made in the 1840s, was very much less used, and parties in the Marxist tradition took some variant of social and socialist as titles.}}</ref> An early distinction between "socialism" and "communism" was that the former aimed to only socialise production while the latter aimed to socialise both production and consumption (in the form of free access to final goods).<ref name="Steele 1992 43">{{cite book |last= Steele |first= David |title= From Marx to Mises: Post-Capitalist Society and the Challenge of Economic Calculation |publisher= Open Court Publishing Company |year= 1992|isbn= 978-0875484495|page = 43|quote=One widespread distinction was that socialism socialised production only while communism socialised production and consumption.}}</ref> However, by 1888 Marxists employed the term "socialism" in place of "communism", which had come to be considered an old-fashion synonym for "socialism". It wasn't until 1917 after the [[Bolsheviks|Bolshevik]] revolution that "socialism" came to refer to a distinct stage between capitalism and communism, introduced by [[Vladimir Lenin]] as a means to defend the Bolshevik seizure of power against traditional Marxist criticisms that Russia's [[productive forces]] were not sufficiently developed for socialist revolution.<ref name="Steele 1992 44-45">{{cite book |last= Steele |first= David |title= From Marx to Mises: Post-Capitalist Society and the Challenge of Economic Calculation |publisher= Open Court Publishing Company |year= 1992|isbn= 978-0875484495|pages = 44–45|quote=By 1888, the term ‘socialism’ was in general use among Marxists, who had dropped ‘communism’, now considered an old fashioned term meaning the same as ‘socialism’...At the turn of the century, Marxists called themselves socialists...The definition of socialism and communism as successive stages was introduced into Marxist theory by Lenin in 1917...the new distinction was helpful to Lenin in defending his party against the traditional Marxist criticism that Russia was too backward for a socialist revolution}}</ref> 

A distinction between "communist" and "socialist" as descriptors of political ideologies arose in 1918 after the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party renamed itself to the All-Russian Communist Party, where "Communist" came to specifically mean socialists who supported the politics and theories of [[Leninism]], Bolshevism and later [[Marxism-Leninism]];<ref>{{cite book |last= Busky|first= Donald F.|title= Democratic Socialism: A Global Survey|publisher= Praeger|date=July 20, 2000|isbn= 978-0275968861|page = 9|quote=In a modern sense of the word, communism refers to the ideology of Marxism-Leninism.}}</ref> although Communist parties continued to describe themselves as socialists dedicated to socialism.<ref>{{cite book |last= Williams|first= Raymond |title= Keywords: A vocabulary of culture and society, revised edition|publisher= Oxford University Press|year= 1983|isbn= 0-19-520469-7|page = 289|chapter= Socialism|quote = The decisive distinction between socialist and communist, as in one sense these terms are now ordinarily used, came with the renaming, in 1918, of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) as the All-Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks). From that time on, a distinction of socialist from communist, often with supporting definitions such as social democrat or democratic socialist, became widely current, although it is significant that all communist parties, in line with earlier usage, continued to describe themselves as socialist and dedicated to socialism.}}</ref>

Linguistically, the contemporary connotation of the words ''socialism'' and ''communism'' accorded with the adherents' and opponents' cultural attitude towards religion. In Christian Europe, of the two, communism was believed the [[Atheism|atheist]] way of life. In Protestant England, the word ''communism'' was too culturally and aurally close to the Roman Catholic ''[[communion rite]]'', hence English atheists denoted themselves socialists.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Williams|first=Raymond|authorlink=Raymond Williams|title=[[Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society|Keywords: a vocabulary of culture and society]]|publisher=Fontana|year=1976|isbn=0-00-633479-2}}</ref> [[Friedrich Engels]] argued that in 1848, at the time when the ''[[Communist Manifesto]]'' was published, "socialism was respectable on the continent, while communism was not." The [[Owenites]] in England and the [[Fourierists]] in France were considered "respectable" socialists, while working-class movements that "proclaimed the necessity of total social change" denoted themselves communists. This latter branch of socialism produced the communist work of [[Étienne Cabet]] in France and [[Wilhelm Weitling]] in Germany.<ref>Engels, Frederick, ''Preface to the 1888 English Edition of the Communist Manifesto'', p. 202. Penguin (2002)</ref> The British [[moral philosopher]] [[John Stuart Mill]] also came to advocate a form of economic socialism within a liberal context. In later editions of his ''[[Principles of Political Economy]]'' (1848), Mill would argue that "as far as economic theory was concerned, there is nothing in principle in economic theory that precludes an economic order based on socialist policies."<ref>Wilson, Fred. "[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mill/ John Stuart Mill]." ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', 10 July 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2016.</ref><ref>"Mill, in contrast, advances a form of liberal democratic socialism for the enlargement of freedom as well as to realise social and distributive justice. He offers a powerful account of economic injustice and justice that is centered on his understanding of freedom and its conditions."  Bruce Baum, "[J. S. Mill and Liberal Socialism]," Nadia Urbanati and Alex Zacharas, eds., ''J. S. Mill's Political Thought: A Bicentennial Reassessment'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007).</ref> While democrats looked to the [[Revolutions of 1848]] as a democratic revolution, which in the long run ensured liberty, equality, and fraternity, Marxists denounced 1848 as a betrayal of working-class ideals by a bourgeoisie indifferent to the legitimate demands of the proletariat.<ref>Robert Gildea, "1848 in European Collective Memory," in Evans and Strandmann, eds. ''The Revolutions in Europe, 1848–1849'' pp 207–235</ref>

==History==
{{Main article|History of socialism}}

===Early socialism===
{{Main article|Utopian socialism|Revolutions of 1848|Paris Commune|History of anarchism#Early history}}
[[File:Hw-fourier.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Charles Fourier]], influential early French socialist thinker]]Socialist models and ideas espousing common or public ownership have existed since antiquity. It has been claimed, though controversially, that there were elements of socialist thought in the politics of classical Greek philosophers [[Plato]]<ref>pp. 276–277, [[Alfred Edward Taylor|A.E. Taylor]], ''Plato: The Man and His Work'', Dover 2001.</ref> and [[Aristotle]].<ref>p. 257, [[W. D. Ross]], ''Aristotle'', 6th ed.</ref>  [[Mazdak]], a Persian communal proto-socialist,<ref>''A Short History of the World''. Progress Publishers. Moscow, 1974</ref> instituted communal possessions and advocated the public good. [[Abu Dharr al-Ghifari|Abū Dharr al-Ghifārī]], a [[Sahaba|Companion]] of Prophet Muhammad, is credited by many as a principal antecedent of [[Islamic socialism]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-link=[[John Esposito]] |title=Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World |year=1995 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=0-19-506613-8 |oclc=	 94030758 |page=19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
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</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=And Once Again Abu Dharr |authorlink=[[Ali Shariati]] |url=http://www.iranchamber.com/personalities/ashariati/works/once_again_abu_dhar1.php |accessdate=15 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Arab Socialism: A Documentary Survey |last=Hanna  |first=Sami A. |author2=George H. Gardner |year=1969 |publisher=E.J. Brill |location=Leiden |pages=273–274 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zsoUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA273&lpg=PA273#v=onepage&q=&f=false |accessdate=23 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hanna  |first1=Sami A. |last2= |first2= |year=1969 |title=al-Takaful al-Ijtimai and Islamic Socialism |journal=The Muslim World |volume= 59 |issue=3-4 |pages=275–286 |url=http://www.financeinislam.com/article/1_37/1/309 | doi = 10.1111/j.1478-1913.1969.tb02639.x}} 
</ref> In the period right after the [[French Revolution]], activists and theorists like [[François-Noël Babeuf]], [[Étienne-Gabriel Morelly]], [[Philippe Buonarroti]], and [[Auguste Blanqui]] influenced the early French labour and socialist movements.<ref name="George Thomas Kurian 2011">George Thomas Kurian (ed). ''The Encyclopedia of Political Science'' CQ Press. Washington D.c. 2011. Pgs. 1555</ref> In Britain, [[Thomas Paine]] proposed a detailed plan to tax property owners to pay for the needs of the poor in ''[[Agrarian Justice]]''<ref>Paine, Thomas (2004). Common sense [with] Agrarian justice. Penguin. ISBN 0-14-101890-9. pp. 92–3.</ref> while [[Charles Hall (economist)|Charles Hall]] wrote ''The Effects of Civilization on the People in European States'', denouncing capitalism's effects on the poor of his time<ref name="Blaug 1986 358">{{cite book| last = Blaug | first = Mark | title = Who's Who in Economics: A Biographical Dictionary of Major Economists 1700-1986 | publisher = The MIT Press | year = 1986 | isbn = 0-262-02256-7| page = 358}}</ref> which influenced the utopian schemes of [[Thomas Spence]].<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Bonnett | first1 = Alastair | year = 2007 | title = The Other Rights of Man: The Revolutionary Plan of Thomas Spence | url = | journal = History Today | volume = 57 | issue = 9| pages = 42–48 }}</ref> 

The first "self-conscious socialist movements developed in the 1820s and 1830s. [[Robert Owen|The Owenites]], [[Saint-Simonianism|Saint-Simonians]] and [[Charles Fourier|Fourierists]] provided a series of coherent analyses and interpretations of society. They also, especially in the case of the Owenites, overlapped with a number of other working-class movements like the [[Chartism|Chartists]] in the United Kingdom."<ref>Andrew Vincent. Modern political ideologies. Wiley-Blackwell publishing. 2010. pg. 88</ref> The Chartists gathered significant numbers around the People's Charter of 1838, which demanded the extension of suffrage to all male adults. Leaders in the movement also called for a more equitable distribution of income and better living conditions for the working classes. "The very first trade unions and consumers’ cooperative societies also emerged in the hinterland of the Chartist movement, as a way of bolstering the fight for these demands."<ref>Nik Brandal, Øivind Bratberg and Dag Einar Thorsen. ''The Nordic Model of Social Democracy''. Pallgrave-Macmillan. 2013. pg. 20</ref> A later important socialist thinker in France was [[Pierre Joseph Proudhon|Pierre-Joseph Proudhon]] who proposed his philosophy of [[Mutualism (economic theory)|mutualism]] in which "everyone had an equal claim, either alone or as part of a small cooperative, to possess and use land and other resources as needed to make a living".<ref name="britannica.com1">{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/551569/socialism|title=socialism|work=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> There were also currents inspired by dissident Christianity of [[Christian socialism]] "often in Britain and then usually coming out of left liberal politics and a romantic anti-industrialism"<ref name="George Thomas Kurian 2011"/> which produced theorists such as [[Edward Bellamy]], [[Frederick Denison Maurice]], and [[Charles Kingsley]].<ref name="ReferenceC">"The origins of socialism as a political movement lie in the Industrial Revolution." [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/551569/socialism "Socialism" in [[Encyclopedia Britannica]] Online]</ref>

The first advocates of socialism favoured social levelling in order to create a [[meritocratic]] or [[technocratic]] society based on individual talent. Count [[Henri de Saint-Simon]] is regarded as the first individual to coin the term ''socialism''.<ref name="fsmitha.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/h44-ph.html |title=Adam Smith |publisher=Fsmitha.com |accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref> Saint-Simon was fascinated by the enormous potential of science and technology and advocated a socialist society that would eliminate the disorderly aspects of capitalism and would be based on equal opportunities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/marx/contemp/pamsetc/socfrombel/sfb_2.htm |title=2:BIRTH OF THE SOCIALIST IDEA |publisher=Anu.edu.au |accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=December 2011}} He advocated the creation of a society in which each person was ranked according to his or her capacities and rewarded according to his or her work.<ref name="fsmitha.com"/> The key focus of Saint-Simon's socialism was on administrative efficiency and industrialism, and a belief that science was the key to progress.<ref name="SocialismAVeryShortIntroduction">''Newman, Michael''. (2005) ''Socialism: A Very Short Introduction'', Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-280431-6</ref> This was accompanied by a desire to implement a rationally organised economy based on planning and geared towards large-scale scientific and material progress,<ref name="fsmitha.com"/> and thus embodied a desire for a more directed or [[planned economy]]. Other early socialist thinkers, such as [[Thomas Hodgkin]] and Charles Hall, based their ideas on [[David Ricardo]]'s economic theories. They reasoned that the equilibrium value of commodities approximated prices charged by the producer when those commodities were in elastic supply, and that these producer prices corresponded to the embodied labour – the cost of the labour (essentially the wages paid) that was required to produce the commodities. The [[Ricardian socialism|Ricardian socialists]] viewed profit, interest and rent as deductions from this exchange-value.{{cn|date=August 2016}}

West European social critics, including [[Robert Owen]], [[Charles Fourier]], [[Pierre-Joseph Proudhon]], [[Louis Blanc]], [[Charles Hall (economist)|Charles Hall]], and [[Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon|Saint-Simon]], were the first modern socialists who criticised the excessive poverty and inequality of the [[Industrial Revolution]]. They advocated reform, with some such as Robert Owen advocating the transformation of society to small communities without private property. Robert Owen's contribution to modern socialism was his understanding that actions and characteristics of individuals were largely determined by the social environment they were raised in and exposed to.<ref name="SocialismAVeryShortIntroduction"/> On the other hand, [[Charles Fourier]] advocated [[Phalanstère|phalansteres]] which were communities that respected individual desires (including sexual preferences), affinities and creativity and saw that work has to be made enjoyable for people.<ref>"In Fourier's system of Harmony all creative activity including industry, craft, agriculture, etc. will arise from liberated passion – this is the famous theory of "attractive labour." Fourier sexualises work itself – the life of the Phalanstery is a continual orgy of intense feeling, intellection, & activity, a society of lovers & wild enthusiasts....The Harmonian does not live with some 1600 people under one roof because of compulsion or altruism, but because of the sheer pleasure of all the social, sexual, economic, "gastrosophic," cultural, & creative relations this association allows & encourages".[http://hermetic.com/bey/lemonade.html "The Lemonade Ocean & Modern Times A Position Paper] by [[Hakim Bey]]</ref> The ideas of Owen and Fourier were tried in practice in numerous [[intentional communities]] around Europe and the American continent in the mid-19th century.

====Paris Commune====
[[File:Commune 28 mars.jpeg|thumbnail|The celebration of the election of the Commune, 28 March 1871. The [[Paris Commune]] was a major early implementation of socialist ideas]]
The [[Paris Commune]] was a government that briefly ruled Paris from 18 March (more formally, from 28 March) to 28 May 1871. The Commune was the result of an uprising in Paris after France was defeated in the Franco-Prussian War. The Commune elections held on 26 March elected a Commune council of 92 members, one member for each 20,000 residents.<ref>Rougerie, Jacques, ''La Commune de Paris''. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. ISBN 978-2-13-062078-5.</ref> Despite internal differences, the Council began to organise the public services essential for a city of two million residents. It also reached a consensus on certain policies that tended towards a progressive, secular, and highly-democratic [[social democracy]]. 

Because the Commune was only able to meet on fewer than 60 days in all, only a few decrees were actually implemented. These included the [[separation of church and state]], the remission of rents owed for the entire period of the siege (during which, payment had been suspended), the abolition of [[night working|night work]] in the hundreds of Paris [[bakery|bakeries]], the granting of pensions to the unmarried companions and children of National Guards killed on active service; the free return, by the city [[pawnshop]]s, of all workmen's tools and household items valued up to 20 francs, pledged during the siege.<ref name="Milza, Pierre, La Commune">Milza, Pierre, ''La Commune''.</ref> The Commune was concerned that skilled workers had been forced to pawn their tools during the war; the postponement of commercial [[debt]] obligations, and the abolition of interest on the debts; and the [[workers' self-management|right of employees to take over and run an enterprise]] if it were deserted by its owner; the Commune, nonetheless, recognised the previous owner's right to compensation.<ref name="Milza, Pierre, La Commune"/>

===First International===
[[File:Bakunin speaking.png|right|thumb|upright=0.85|[[Mikhail Bakunin]] speaking to members of the [[International Workingmen's Association|IWA]] at the Basel Congress in 1869]]
The International Workingmen's Association (IWA), also known as the First International, was founded in London in 1864. The [[International Workingmen's Association]] united diverse revolutionary currents including French followers of [[Pierre-Joseph Proudhon|Proudhon]],<ref>{{cite book | last = Blin | first = Arnaud | title = The History of Terrorism | publisher = University of California Press | location = Berkeley | year = 2007 | isbn = 0-520-24709-4 |page=116}}</ref> [[Blanquism|Blanquists]], [[Philadelphes]], English trade unionists, socialists and [[social democrats]]. The IWA held a preliminary conference in 1865 and had its first congress at [[Geneva]] in 1866. Due to the wide variety of philosophies present in the First International, there was conflict from the start. The first objections to Marx came from the [[Mutualism (economic theory)|Mutualists]] who opposed communism and [[statism]]. However, shortly after [[Mikhail Bakunin]] and his followers (called ''[[Collectivist anarchism|Collectivists]]'' while in the International) joined in 1868, the First International became polarised into two camps headed by Marx and Bakunin respectively.<ref>"It is unnecessary to repeat the accounts of the Geneva and Hague Congresses of the International in which the issues between Marx and Bakunin were fought out and the organisation itself split apart into the dying Marxist rump centered around the New York General Council and the anti-authoritarian majority centred around the Bakuninist Jura Federation. But it is desirable to consider some of the factors underlying the final emergence of a predominantly anarchist International in 1872."[[George Woodcock]]. ''Anarchism: A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements'' (1962). p. 243.</ref> The clearest differences between the groups emerged over their proposed strategies for achieving their visions of socialism. The First International became the first major international forum for the promulgation of socialist ideas.

The followers of Bakunin were called [[Collectivist anarchism|collectivist anarchists]] and sought to collectivise ownership of the means of production while retaining payment proportional to the amount and kind of labor of each individual. Like Proudhonists, they asserted the right of each individual to the product of his labor and to be remunerated for their particular contribution to production. By contrast, anarcho-communists sought collective ownership of both the means and the products of labor. Errico Malatesta put it: "...instead of running the risk of making a confusion in trying to distinguish what you and I each do, let us all work and put everything in common. In this way each will give to society all that his strength permits until enough is produced for every one; and each will take all that he needs, limiting his needs only in those things of which there is not yet plenty for every one."<ref name="dwardmac.pitzer.edu">{{cite web|title=A Talk About Anarchist Communism Between Two Workers|author=Errico Malatesta|url=http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/anarchist_Archives/malatesta/MalatestaATAC.html|website=Anarchy Archives|accessdate=14 April 2016}}</ref> [[Anarchist communism]] as a coherent, modern economic-political philosophy was first formulated in the Italian section of the [[First International]] by [[Carlo Cafiero]], Emilio Covelli, [[Errico Malatesta]], [[Andrea Costa]] and other ex-[[Giuseppe Mazzini|Mazzinian]] Republicans.<ref name="Nunzio Pernicone pp. 111-113">Nunzio Pernicone, "Italian Anarchism 1864 – 1892", pp. 111–113, AK Press 2009.</ref> Out of respect for [[Mikhail Bakunin]], they did not make their differences with [[collectivist anarchism]] explicit until after Bakunin's death.<ref name="marxists.org">James Guillaume, [http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/guillaume/works/bakunin.htm "Michael Bakunin - A Biographical Sketch"]</ref>

[[Syndicalism]] emerged in France inspired in part by the ideas of [[Pierre Joseph Proudhon|Pierre-Joseph Proudhon]] and later by [[Fernand Pelloutier]] and [[Georges Sorel]].<ref name="ReferenceB">[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/551569/socialism "Socialism"] at ''[[Encyclopedia Britannica]]''</ref> It developed at the end of the 19th century "out of the French trade-union movement—''syndicat'' is the French word for trade union. It was a significant force in Italy and Spain in the early 20th century until it was crushed by the fascist regimes in those countries. In the United States, syndicalism appeared in the guise of the [[Industrial Workers of the World]], or "Wobblies," founded in 1905."<ref name="ReferenceB"/> Syndicalism is an [[economic system]] where industries are organised into [[confederations]] (syndicates);<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/syndicalism|title=Syndicalism - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary|work=merriam-webster.com}}</ref>  the economy is managed by negotiation between specialists and worker representatives of each field, comprising multiple non-competitive categorised units.<ref>Wiarda, Howard J. ''Corporatism and comparative politics''. M.E. Sharpe, 1996. pp. 65–66, 156.</ref> Thus, syndicalism is a form of communism and economic [[corporatism]], and also refers to the political movement and tactics used to bring about this type of system. An influential anarchist movement based on syndicalist ideas is [[anarcho-syndicalism]].<ref>Rocker, Rudolf. 'Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice' AK Press (2004) p. 73</ref> The [[International Workers Association]] is an international anarcho-syndicalist federation of various labour unions from different countries.

[[File:George-douglas-howard-cole.jpg|upright|thumbnail|left|[[G. D. H. Cole]], English socialist theorist who was a member of the [[Fabian Society]] as well as the main theorist of [[guild socialism]]]]
[[The Fabian Society]]' is a [[History of Socialism in Great Britain|British socialist]] organisation which was established with the purpose of advancing the principles of socialism via [[gradualism|gradualist]] and [[reformism|reformist]] means.<ref name=gt76>{{cite book |last=Cole |first=Margaret |title=The Story of Fabian Socialism|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0804700917|year=1961}}</ref> The society laid many of the foundations of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] and subsequently affected the policies of states emerging from the [[decolonisation]] of the [[British Empire]], most notably [[India]] and Singapore. Originally, the Fabian Society was committed to the establishment of a [[socialist economy]], alongside a commitment to [[British imperialism]] as a progressive and modernising force.<ref name="Discovering Imperialism: Social Democracy to World War I, p. 249">''Discovering Imperialism: Social Democracy to World War I'', 25 November 2011. (p. 249): "...the pro-imperialist majority, led by Sidney Webb and George Bernard Shaw, advanced an intellectual justification for central control by the British Empire, arguing that existing institutions should simply work more 'efficiently'."</ref> Today, the society functions primarily as a [[think tank]] and is one of 15 [[Socialist society (Labour Party)|socialist societies]] affiliated with the Labour Party. Similar societies exist in Australia (the [[Australian Fabian Society]]), Canada (the [[Douglas-Coldwell Foundation]] and the now disbanded [[League for Social Reconstruction]]) and in New Zealand.

Guild socialism is a political movement advocating [[workers' control]] of industry through the medium of trade-related [[guilds]] "in an implied contractual relationship with the public".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/248652/Guild-Socialism|title=Guild Socialism|work=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> It originated in the United Kingdom and was at its most influential in the first quarter of the 20th century. Inspired by the medieval [[guild]], theorists such as [[Samuel George Hobson|Samuel G. Hobson]] and [[G.D.H. Cole]] advocated the public ownership of industries and their organisation into guilds, each of which would be under the democratic control of its trade union. Guild socialists were less inclined than Fabians to invest power in a state.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> At some point "like the American [[Knights of Labor]], guild socialism wanted to abolish the wage system".

===Second International===
As the ideas of Marx and Engels took on flesh, particularly in central Europe, socialists sought to unite in an international organisation. In 1889, on the centennial of the French Revolution of 1789, the [[Second International (politics)|Second International]] was founded, with 384 delegates from 20 countries representing about 300 labour and socialist organisations.<ref>[http://www.marxisthistory.org/subject/usa/eam/secondinternational.html ''The Second (Socialist) International 1889–1923'']. Retrieved 12 July 2007.</ref> It was termed the "Socialist International" and Engels was elected honorary president at the third congress in 1893. Anarchists were ejected and not allowed in, mainly due to pressure from Marxists.<ref name="Anarchism 1962 pp. 263">[[George Woodcock]]. ''Anarchism: A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements'' (1962). pp. 263–264</ref> It has been argued that, at some point, the Second International turned "into a battleground over the issue of [[Libertarian socialism|libertarian]] versus authoritarian socialism. Not only did they effectively present themselves as champions of minority rights; they also provoked the German Marxists into demonstrating a dictatorial intolerance which was a factor in preventing the British labor movement from following the Marxist direction indicated by such leaders as [[Henry Hyndman|H. M.
Hyndman]]".<ref>[[George Woodcock]]. ''Anarchism: A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements'' (1962). pgs 263-264</ref>

Reformism arose as an alternative to revolution. [[Eduard Bernstein]] was a leading [[social democracy|social democrat]] in Germany who proposed the concept of evolutionary socialism. Revolutionary socialists quickly targeted reformism: [[Rosa Luxemburg]] condemned Bernstein's ''[[Evolutionary Socialism]]'' in her 1900 essay ''[[Reform or Revolution?]]''. Revolutionary socialism encompasses multiple social and political movements that may define "revolution" differently from one another. The [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD) in Germany became the largest and most powerful socialist party in Europe, despite working illegally until the anti-socialist laws were dropped in 1890. In the 1893 elections, it gained 1,787,000 votes, a quarter of the total votes cast, according to Engels. In 1895, the year of his death, Engels emphasised the Communist Manifesto's emphasis on winning, as a first step, the "battle of democracy".<ref>Marx, Engels, ''Communist Manifesto'', Selected Works, p52</ref>

===Early 20th century===
{{Main article|History of anarchism#20th century|Russian Revolution|German Revolution|Biennio Rosso|Spanish Revolution}}
[[File:Gramsci.png|thumbnail|right|upright|[[Antonio Gramsci]], member of the [[Italian Socialist Party]] and later leader and theorist of the [[Communist Party of Italy]]]]
In 1904, Australians elected the first [[Australian Labor Party]] prime minister: [[Chris Watson]], who became the first democratically elected social democrat. In 1909 the first [[Kibbutz]] was established in Palestine<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/Jerusalem-Report/Adult-Children-of-the-Dream|title=Adult Children of the Dream - Jerusalem Report - Jerusalem Post|work=The Jerusalem Post - JPost.com}}</ref> by Russian Jewish Immigrants. The Kibbutz Movement will then expand through the 20th century following a doctrine of [[Zionism|zionist]] socialism.<ref>James C. Docherty. ''Historical dictionary of socialism. The Scarecrow Press Inc.''  London 1997. pgs. pg. 144</ref> The British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] first won seats in the House of Commons in 1902. The [[International Socialist Commission]] (ISC, also known as Berne International) was formed in February 1919 at a meeting in [[Bern]] by parties that wanted to resurrect the Second International.{{sfn|Peter Lamb; James C. Docherty (2006). Historical Dictionary of Socialism (Second ed.). The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5560-1|p=52}} 

By 1917, the patriotism of [[World War I]] changed into [[political radicalism]] in most of Europe, the [[Socialism in the United States|United States]], and Australia. Other socialist parties from around the world who were beginning to gain importance in their national politics in the early 20th century included the [[Italian Socialist Party]], the [[French Section of the Workers' International]], the [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]], the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party]], the [[Russian Social Democratic Labour Party]], the [[Socialist Party of America]] in the United States, the [[Socialist Party (Argentina)|Argentinian Socialist Party]] and the Chilean Partido Obrero Socialista.

====Russian revolution====
In February 1917, [[February Revolution|revolution exploded in Russia]]. Workers, soldiers and peasants established [[Soviet (council)|soviets]] (councils), the monarchy fell, and a [[Provisional Government of Russia, 1917|provisional government]] convoked pending the election of a [[constituent assembly]]. In April of that year, [[Vladimir Lenin]], leader of the ''[[Bolshevik|Majority]]'' (or in Russian: "Bolshevik") faction of [[Russian Social Democratic Labour Party|socialists in Russia]] and known for his [[Leninism|profound and controversial expansions]] of [[Marxism]], was allowed to cross Germany to return to his country from exile in [[Switzerland]]. 

Lenin had published [[Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism|essays]] on his analysis of [[Leninism#Imperialism|imperialism]], the monopoly and [[globalisation]] phase of capitalism as predicted by Marx, as well as analyses on the social conditions of his contemporary time. He observed that as capitalism had further developed in Europe and America, the workers remained unable to gain [[class consciousness]] so long as they were too busy working and concerning with how to make ends meet. He therefore proposed that the social revolution would require the leadership of a [[vanguard party]] of class-conscious revolutionaries from the educated and politically active part of the population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitextlo/ess_leninscritique.html |title=Commanding Heights: Lenin's Critique of Global Capitalism |publisher=Pbs.org |accessdate=30 November 2010}}</ref> 

Upon arriving in [[Petrograd]], he declared that the revolution in Russia was not over but had only begun, and that the next step was for the workers' soviets to take full state authority. He issued a [[April Thesis|thesis]] outlining the Bolshevik's party programme, including rejection of any legitimacy in the provisional government and advocacy for state power to be given to the peasant and working class through the soviets. The Bolsheviks became the most influential force in the soviets, and on 7 November, the [[Winter Palace|capitol of the provisional government]] was stormed by Bolshevik Red Guards in what afterwards known as the "[[Great October Socialist Revolution]]". The rule of the provisional government was ended and the [[Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic]] - the world's first constitutionally socialist state - was established. On 25 January 1918, at the [[Petrograd Soviet]], Lenin declared "Long live the world socialist revolution!"<ref>Lenin, Vladimir. ''Meeting of the Petrograd Soviet of workers and soldiers' deputies 25 January 1918'', Collected works, Vol 26, p. 239. Lawrence and Wishart, (1964)</ref> He proposed an immediate armistice on all fronts, and transferred the land of the landed proprietors, the crown and the monasteries to the peasant committees without compensation.<ref>Lenin, Vladimir. ''To workers Soldiers and Peasants'', Collected works, Vol 26, p. 247. Lawrence and Wishart, (1964)</ref>

On 26 January 1918, the day after assuming executive power, Lenin wrote ''Draft Regulations on Workers' Control'', which granted workers control of businesses with more than five workers and office employees, and access to all books, documents and stocks, and whose decisions were to be "binding upon the owners of the enterprises".<ref>Lenin, Vladimir. ''Collected Works'', Vol 26, pp. 264–5. Lawrence and Wishart (1964)</ref> Governing through the elected soviets, and in alliance with the peasant-based [[Left Socialist-Revolutionaries]], the Bolshevik government began nationalising banks, industry, and disavowed the national debts of the deposed [[Romanov]] royal régime. It [[Sue for peace|sued for peace]], withdrawing from World War I, and convoked a [[Constituent Assembly]] in which the peasant [[Socialist-Revolutionary Party]] (SR) won a majority.<ref>
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Strictly, the Right Socialist Revolutionaries won – the Left SRs were in alliance with the Bolsheviks.</ref> 

The Constituent Assembly elected Socialist-Revolutionary leader [[Victor Chernov]] President of a Russian republic, but rejected the Bolshevik proposal that it endorse the Soviet decrees on land, peace and workers' control, and acknowledge the power of the Soviets of Workers', Soldiers' and Peasants' Deputies. The next day, the Bolsheviks declared that the assembly was elected on outdated party lists,<ref>''Declaration of the RSDLP (Bolsheviks) group at the Constituent Assembly meeting 5 January 1918'' Lenin, ''Collected Works'', Vol 26, p. 429. Lawrence and Wishart (1964)</ref> and the [[All-Russian Central Executive Committee]] of the Soviets dissolved it.<ref>''Draft Decree on the Dissolution of the Constituent Assembly'' Lenin, ''Collected Works'', Vol 26, p. 434. Lawrence and Wishart (1964)</ref><ref>Payne, Robert; "The Life and Death of Lenin", Grafton: paperback, pp. 425–440</ref> In March 1919 world communist parties formed [[Comintern]] (also known as the Third International) at a [[Founding Congress of the Comintern|meeting in Moscow]].{{sfn|Peter Lamb; James C. Docherty (2006). Historical Dictionary of Socialism (Second ed.). The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5560-1|p=77}}

====IWUSP====
[[File:1919-Trotsky Lenin Kamenev-Party-Congress.jpg|thumb|[[Leon Trotsky]], [[Vladimir Lenin]], and [[Lev Kamenev]] at the Second Communist Party Congress, 1919]]
Parties which did not want to be a part of the resurrected Second International (ISC) or Comintern formed the [[International Working Union of Socialist Parties]] (IWUSP, also known as Vienna International/Vienna Union/Two-and-a-Half International) on 27 February 1921 at a conference in [[Vienna]].{{sfn|Peter Lamb; James C. Docherty (2006). Historical Dictionary of Socialism (Second ed.). The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5560-1|p=177}} The ISC and the IWUSP joined to form the [[Labour and Socialist International]] (LSI) in May 1923 at a meeting in [[Hamburg]]{{sfn|Peter Lamb; James C. Docherty (2006). Historical Dictionary of Socialism (Second ed.). The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5560-1|p=197}} Left wing groups which did not agree to the centralisation and abandonment of the soviets by the Bolshevik Party led [[Left-wing uprisings against the Bolsheviks]]; such groups included [[Socialist-Revolutionary Party|Socialist Revolutionaries]],<ref name="carr1985">Carr, E.H. – The Bolshevik Revolution 1917–1923. W. W. Norton & Company 1985.</ref> [[Left Socialist Revolutionaries]], [[Mensheviks]], and [[Anarchism in Russia|anarchists]].<ref name="avrich1968">[[Paul Avrich|Avrich, Paul]]. "Russian Anarchists and the Civil War", ''Russian Review'', Vol. 27, No. 3 (Jul. 1968), pp. 296–306. [[Blackwell Publishing]]</ref> 

Within this left wing discontent the most large scale events were the worker's [[Kronstadt rebellion]]<ref name="Guttridge2006">{{cite book |last=Guttridge |first=Leonard F. |title=Mutiny: A History of Naval Insurrection|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hk9-IMRGtbcC&pg=PA174|date=1 August 2006|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=978-1-59114-348-2|page=174}}</ref><ref name="Smele2006">{{cite book |last=Smele |first=Jonathan |title=The Russian Revolution and Civil War 1917–1921: An Annotated Bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/?id=XN1k1M2I060C&pg=PA628&lpg=PA628&dq=Jonathan+Smele+bibliography#v=onepage&q=Avrich%20336&f=false|publisher=Continuum|isbn=978-1-59114-348-2|page=336|date=15 June 2006}}</ref><ref name="Avrich1970">{{cite book |last=Avrich |first=Paul |title=Kronstadt 1921|url=|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0-691-08721-0}}</ref> and the anarchist led [[Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine]] uprising which controlled an area known as the [[Free Territory]].<ref name="web.archive.org">Noel-Schwartz, Heather.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080118074241/http://members.aol.com/ThryWoman/MRR.html The Makhnovists & The Russian Revolution – Organization, Peasantry and Anarchism]. Archived on [http://web.archive.org/ Internet Archive]. Accessed October 2010.</ref><ref>Peter Marshall, ''[[Demanding the Impossible]]'', PM Press (2010), p. 473.</ref><ref>Skirda, Alexandre, ''Nestor Makhno: Anarchy's Cossack''. AK Press, 2004, p. 34</ref>

====Third International====
The Bolshevik Russian Revolution of January 1918 engendered Communist parties worldwide, and their concomitant [[revolutions of 1917–23]]. Few Communists doubted that the Russian success of socialism depended on successful, working-class socialist revolutions in developed capitalist countries.<ref>Bertil, Hessel, Introduction, ''Theses, Resolutions and Manifestos of the first four congresses of the Third International'', pxiii, Ink Links (1980)</ref><ref>"We have always proclaimed, and repeated, this elementary truth of Marxism, that the victory of socialism requires the joint efforts of workers in a number of advanced countries." Lenin, ''Sochineniya'' (Works), 5th ed. Vol. XLIV, p. 418, Feb 1922. (Quoted by Mosche Lewin in ''Lenin's Last Struggle'', p. 4. Pluto (1975))</ref> In 1919, Lenin and Trotsky organised the world's Communist parties into a new international association of workers{{spaced ndash}}the [[Communist International]], (Comintern), also called the Third International. 

The Russian Revolution also influenced uprisings in other countries around this time. The [[German Revolution of 1918–1919]] resulted in the replacing Germany's imperial government with a republic.  The revolutionary period lasted from November 1918 until the formal establishment of the [[Weimar Republic]] in August 1919, and included an episode known as the [[Bavarian Soviet Republic]]<ref>"The Munich Soviet (or "Council Republic") of 1919 exhibited certain features of the TAZ, even though – like most revolutions – its stated goals were not exactly "temporary." Gustav Landauer's participation as Minister of Culture along with Silvio Gesell as Minister of Economics and other anti-authoritarian and extreme libertarian socialists such as the poet/playwrights Erich Mühsam and Ernst Toller, and Ret Marut (the novelist B. Traven), gave the Soviet a distinct anarchist flavor." [[Hakim Bey]].  [http://www.theanarchistlibrary.org/HTML/Hakim_Bey__T.A.Z.__The_Temporary_Autonomous_Zone__Ontological_Anarchy__Poetic_Terrorism.html "T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism"]</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Gaab |first=Jeffrey S. | url=https://books.google.com/?id=-X4jgPG0360C&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=bavarian+republic+levine+coup#v=onepage&q=bavarian%20republic%20levine%20coup&f=false| title=Munich: Hofbräuhaus & history| publisher=Peter Lang| page=59| isbn=9780820486062| date=1 January 2006}}</ref><ref>p. 365 Taylor, Edumund ''The Fall of the Dynasties: The Collapse of Old Order'' 1963 Weidenfeld & Nicolson</ref><ref>Paul Werner (Paul Frölich), ''Die Bayerische Räterepublik. Tatsachen und Kritik'', p. 144</ref> and the [[Spartacist uprising]]. In Italy, the events known as the ''[[Biennio Rosso]]''<ref name="Dallacasa">Brunella Dalla Casa, ''Composizione di classe, rivendicazioni e professionalità nelle lotte del "biennio rosso" a Bologna'', in: AA. VV, ''Bologna 1920; le origini del fascismo'', a cura di Luciano Casali, Cappelli, Bologna 1982, pag. 179.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://libcom.org/history/articles/italy-factory-occupations-1920|title=1918-1921: The Italian factory occupations and Biennio Rosso|work=libcom.org}}</ref> was characterised by mass strikes, worker manifestations and self-management experiments through land and factories occupations. In [[Turin]] and [[Milan]], [[workers councils]] were formed and many [[factory occupations]] took place led by [[anarcho-syndicalist]]s organised around the [[Unione Sindacale Italiana]].<ref>The Unione Sindacale Italiana "grew to 800,000 members and the influence of the Italian Anarchist Union (20,000 members plus ''[[Umanita Nova]]'', its daily paper) grew accordingly&nbsp;... Anarchists were the first to suggest occupying workplaces."[http://libcom.org/history/articles/italy-factory-occupations-1920 "1918–1921: The Italian factory occupations – Biennio Rosso"] on [[libcom.org]]</ref>

By 1920, the [[Red Army]], under its commander Trotsky, had largely defeated the royalist White Armies. In 1921, War Communism was ended and, under the [[New Economic Policy]] (NEP), private ownership was allowed for small and medium peasant enterprises. While industry remained largely state-controlled, Lenin acknowledged that the NEP was a necessary capitalist measure for a country unripe for socialism. Profiteering returned in the form of "NEP men" and rich peasants ([[Kulak]]s) gained power in the countryside.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soviethistory.org/index.php?action=L2&SubjectID=1924nepmen&Year=1924 |title=Soviet history: NEPmen |publisher=Soviethistory.org |accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref> Nevertheless, the role of Trotsky in this episode has been questioned by other socialists, including ex-Trotskyists. In the United States, [[Dwight Macdonald]] broke with [[Trotsky]] and left the Trotskyist [[Socialist Workers Party (United States)|Socialist Workers Party]], by raising the question of the [[Kronstadt rebellion]], which Trotsky as leader of the [[Soviet Red Army]] and the other Bolsheviks had brutally repressed. He then moved towards democratic socialism<ref>Mattson, Kevin. 2002. ''Intellectuals in Action: The Origins of the New Left and Radical Liberalism, 1945-1970''. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002. p. 34</ref> and [[anarchism]].<ref name="Politic" >''Memoirs of a Revolutionist: Essays in Political Criticism'' (1960). This was later republished with the title ''Politics Past''.</ref> 

A similar critique of Trotsky's role on the events around the Kronstadt rebellion was raised by the American anarchist [[Emma Goldman]]. In her essay "Trotsky Protests Too Much" she says "I admit, the dictatorship under Stalin's rule has become monstrous. That does not, however, lessen the guilt of Leon Trotsky as one of the actors in the revolutionary drama of which Kronstadt was one of the bloodiest scenes."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theanarchistlibrary.org/HTML/Emma_Goldman__Trotsky_Protests_Too_Much.html|title=Trotsky Protests Too Much|work=theanarchistlibrary.org}}</ref>
[[File:Rosa Luxemburg.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Rosa Luxemburg]], prominent Marxist revolutionary, leader of the German [[SPD]] and martyr and leader of the German [[Spartacist uprising]], 1919]]

====Fourth congress====
In 1922, the fourth congress of the [[Communist International]] took up the policy of the [[United Front]], urging Communists to work with rank and file Social Democrats while remaining critical of their leaders, whom they criticised for betraying the working class by supporting the war efforts of their respective capitalist classes. For their part, the social democrats pointed to the dislocation caused by revolution, and later, the growing authoritarianism of the Communist Parties. When the [[Communist Party of Great Britain]] applied to affiliate to the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] in 1920, it was turned down. 

In 1923, on seeing the Soviet State's growing coercive power, a dying Lenin said Russia had reverted to "a bourgeois tsarist machine... barely varnished with socialism."<ref>[[Victor Serge|Serge, Victor]], ''From Lenin to Stalin'', p. 55</ref> After Lenin's death in January 1924, the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] – then increasingly under the control of Joseph Stalin – rejected the theory that socialism could not be built solely in the Soviet Union, in favour of the concept of ''[[Socialism in One Country]]''. Despite the marginalised [[Left Opposition]]'s demand for the restoration of Soviet democracy, Stalin developed a bureaucratic, [[authoritarian]] government, that was condemned by democratic socialists, anarchists and [[Trotskyists]] for undermining the initial socialist ideals of the Bolshevik Russian Revolution.<ref>Serge, Victor, ''From Lenin to Stalin'', p. 52.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Brinton|first=Maurice|authorlink=Maurice Brinton|title=The Bolsheviks and Workers' Control 1917–1921 : The State and Counter-revolution|publisher=[[Solidarity (UK)|Solidarity]]|year=1975
|url=http://www.spunk.org/texts/places/russia/sp001861/bolintro.html|accessdate=22 January 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061220120533/http://www.spunk.org/texts/places/russia/sp001861/bolintro.html |archivedate = 20 December 2006}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=December 2011}}{{unreliable source?|date=December 2011}}

In 1924, the [[Mongolian People's Republic]] was established and was ruled by the [[Mongolian People's Party]]. The Russian Revolution and the appearance of the Soviet State motivated a worldwide current of national Communist parties which ended having varying levels of political and social influence. Among these there appeared the [[Communist Party of France]], the [[Communist Party USA]], the [[Italian Communist Party]], the [[Chinese Communist Party]], the [[Mexican Communist Party]], the [[Brazilian Communist Party]], the [[Chilean Communist Party]] and the [[Communist Party of Indonesia]].

====Spain====
[[File:Bandera CNT.jpg|thumb|Flag of the CNT]]
In Spain in 1936, the national [[anarcho-syndicalist]] trade union [[Confederación Nacional del Trabajo]] (CNT) initially refused to join a popular front electoral alliance, and abstention by CNT supporters led to a right-wing election victory. But in 1936, the CNT changed its policy and anarchist votes helped bring the popular front back to power. Months later, the former ruling class responded with an attempted coup, sparking the [[Spanish Civil War]] (1936–1939).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Beevor
 |first=Antony|authorlink=Antony Beevor|year=2006|page=46|title=The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936–1939|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|location=London|isbn=978-0-297-84832-5}}</ref> 

In response to the army rebellion, an [[Anarchism in Spain|anarchist-inspired]] movement of peasants and workers, supported by armed militias, took control of [[Barcelona]] and of large areas of rural Spain where they [[Collective farming|collectivised]] the land.<ref name='Bolloten 1984, p. 54'>{{cite book | last = Bolloten | first = Burnett | authorlink = Burnett Bolloten | title = The Spanish Civil War: Revolution and Counterrevolution | publisher = University of North Carolina Press | date = 15 November 1984 | location = | page =1107 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-0-8078-1906-7 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Bolloten | first = Burnett | authorlink = Burnett Bolloten | title = The Spanish Civil War: Revolution and Counterrevolution | publisher = University of North Carolina Press | date = 15 November 1984 | location = | page =1107 | url = | doi =  | isbn = 978-0-8078-1906-7 }}</ref> The events known as the [[Spanish Revolution]] was a workers' [[social revolution]] that began during the outbreak of the [[Spanish Civil War]] in 1936 and resulted in the widespread implementation of [[Anarchism in Spain|anarchist]] and more broadly [[libertarian socialist]] organisational principles throughout various portions of the country for two to three years, primarily [[Catalonia]], Aragon, [[Andalusia]], and parts of [[Levante, Spain|the Levante]]. 

Much of [[Spain's economy]] was put under worker control; in anarchist strongholds like [[Catalonia]], the figure was as high as 75%, but lower in areas with heavy [[Communist Party of Spain (main)|Communist Party of Spain]] influence, as the Soviet-allied party actively resisted attempts at [[collectivisation]] enactment. Factories were run through worker committees, [[agriculture|agrarian]] areas became collectivised and run as [[Libertarian socialism|libertarian]] [[commune (intentional community)|communes]]. Anarchist historian [[Sam Dolgoff]] estimated that about eight million people participated directly or indirectly in the [[Spanish Revolution]]<ref>[[Sam Dolgoff]]. ''The Anarchist Collectives Workers' Self-management in the Spanish Revolution 1936-1939''. Free Life Editions; 1st edition (1974), pg. 6-7</ref>

===Mid-20th century===
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====Post World War II====
[[Trotsky]]'s [[Fourth International]] was established in France in 1938 when [[Trotskyists]] argued that the [[Comintern]] or [[Third International]] had become irretrievably "lost to Stalinism" and thus incapable of leading the international working class to political power.<ref name="transitional">''[http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1938/tp/index.htm The Transitional Program]''. Retrieved 5 November 2008.</ref> The rise of [[Nazism]] and the start of [[World War II]] led to the dissolution of the LSI in 1940. After the War, the Socialist International was formed in [[Frankfurt]] in July 1951 as a successor to the LSI.{{sfn|Peter Lamb; James C. Docherty (2006). Historical Dictionary of Socialism (Second ed.). The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5560-1.|p=320}}

After World War II, social democratic governments introduced social reform and [[wealth redistribution]] via state welfare and taxation. Social Democratic parties dominated post-war politics in countries such as France, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Belgium and Norway. At one point, France claimed to be the world's most state-controlled capitalist country. The nationalised public utilities included Charbonnages de France (CDF), Electricité de France (EDF), Gaz de France (GDF), Air France, Banque de France, and Régie Nationale des Usines Renault.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sund.ac.uk/~os0tmc/contem/trente1.htm |title=Les trente glorieuses: 1945–1975 |publisher=Sund.ac.uk |accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref> 

In 1945, the British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], led by [[Clement Attlee]], was elected to office based on a radical socialist programme. The UK Labour Government nationalised major public utilities such as mines, gas, coal, electricity, rail, iron, steel, and the Bank of England. British Petroleum was officially nationalised in 1951.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Nationalisation_of_Anglo-Iranian_Oil_Company%2C_1951 |title=Nationalisation of Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, 1951 |publisher=Yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk |date=11 June 2007 |accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref> [[Anthony Crosland]] said that in 1956, 25% of British industry was nationalised, and that public employees, including those in nationalised industries, constituted a similar proportion of the country's total employed population.<ref>Crosland, Anthony, ''The Future of Socialism'', pp. 9, 89. (Constable, 2006)</ref> The Labour Governments of 1964-1970 and 1974–1979 intervened further.<ref>"The New Commanding Height: Labour Party Policy on North Sea Oil and Gas, 1964–74" in ''Contemporary British History'', vol., Issue 1, Spring 2002, pp. 89–118.</ref> It re-nationalised steel (1967, British Steel) after the Conservatives had denationalised it, and nationalised car production (1976, British Leyland).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uksteel.org.uk/history.htm |title=home : UK steel : EEF |publisher=UK steel |date=12 September 2013 |accessdate=11 October 2013}}</ref> The [[National Health Service]] provided taxpayer-funded health care to everyone, free at the point of service.<ref>Bevan, Aneurin, ''In Place of Fear'', 2nd ed. (MacGibbon and Kee, 1961), p. 104</ref> Working-class housing was provided in [[council housing]] estates, and university education became available via a school grant system.<ref>Beckett, Francis, ''Clem Attlee'' (Politico's, 2007) p. 247.</ref>

====Nordic model====
{{Main article|Nordic model}}
[[File:Olof Palme statsminister, tidigt 70-tal.jpg|left|thumbnail|[[Olof Palme]], prime minister of Sweden for the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party]], and a main architect of the Swedish social democratic model]]
The [[Nordic model]] is the economic and [[social model]]s of the [[Nordic countries]] (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland). During most of the post-war era, Sweden was governed by the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party]] largely in cooperation with [[Swedish Trade Union Confederation|trade unions]] and industry.<ref name="svensteinmo">''Globalization and Taxation: Challenges to the Swedish Welfare State''. By Sven Steinmo.</ref> In Sweden, the [[Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti|Social Democratic Party]] held power from 1936 to 1976, 1982 to 1991, and 1994 to 2006. 

From 1945 to 1962, the [[Norwegian Labour Party]] held an absolute majority in the parliament led by [[Einar Gerhardsen]] who was Prime Minister with 17 years in office. This particular adaptation of the [[mixed economy|mixed market economy]] is characterised by more generous [[welfare states]] (relative to other developed countries), which are aimed specifically at enhancing individual autonomy, ensuring the universal provision of basic human rights and stabilising the economy. It is distinguished from other welfare states with similar goals by its emphasis on maximising labour force participation, promoting gender equality, [[egalitarianism|egalitarian]] and extensive benefit levels, large magnitude of redistribution, and expansionary fiscal policy.<ref name="Esping-Andersen">Esping-Andersen, G. (1991). ''The three worlds of welfare capitalism''. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.</ref>

====USSR and Western Europe====
{{Main article|History of the Soviet Union}}
The USSR played a decisive role in the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] victory in [[World War&nbsp;II]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Weinberg |first=G. L. |title=A World at Arms: A Global History of World War&nbsp;II|isbn=0-521-55879-4|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=264|year=1995}}</ref><ref>Rozhnov, Konstantin, "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4508901.stm Who won World War&nbsp;II?]". BBC.</ref>  After the War, the USSR became a recognised superpower,<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jonathan R. Adelman|author2=Cristann Lea Gibson|title=Contemporary Soviet Military Affairs: The Legacy of World War&nbsp;II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XXcVAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA4+|accessdate=15 June 2012|date=1 July 1989|publisher=Unwin Hyman|isbn=978-0-04-445031-3|page=4}}</ref> The Soviet era saw some of the [[Timeline of Russian inventions and technology records|most significant technological achievements]] of the 20th century, including the world's [[Sputnik|first spacecraft]], and the [[Yuri Gagarin|first astronaut]]. The Soviet economy was the modern world's first centrally planned economy. It was based on a system of state ownership of industry managed through [[Gosplan]] (the State Planning Commission), [[Gosbank]] (the State Bank) and the [[Gossnab]] (State Commission for Materials and Equipment Supply). 

Economic planning was conducted through a series of [[Five-Year Plans for the National Economy of the Soviet Union|Five-Year Plans]]. The emphasis was on fast development of heavy industry and the nation became one of the world's top manufacturers of a large number of basic and heavy industrial products, but it lagged in light industrial production and consumer durables.{{cn|date=July 2016}}

The [[Eastern Bloc]] was the former [[communist state]]s of [[Central and Eastern Europe]], generally the [[Soviet Union]] and the countries of the [[Warsaw Pact]]<ref name=houghlin>{{Citation|last1=Hirsch|first1=Donald|first2=Joseph F.|last2=Kett|first3=James S.|last3=Trefil|title=The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|year=2002|isbn=0-618-22647-8|page=316|quote=Eastern Bloc. The name applied to the former communist states of eastern Europe, including Yugoslavia and Albania, as well as the countries of the Warsaw Pact}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last1=Satyendra|first1=Kush|title=Encyclopaedic dictionary of political science|publisher=Sarup & Sons|year=2003|isbn=81-7890-071-8|page=65|quote="the countries of Eastern Europe under communism"}}
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| quote                 = Until 1990, despite being a formally independent state, Mongolia had de facto been an integral part of the Soviet dominated Eastern Bloc.
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</ref> which included the [[People's Republic of Poland]], the [[German Democratic Republic]], the [[People's Republic of Hungary]], the [[People's Republic of Bulgaria]], the [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic]], the [[Socialist Republic of Romania]], the [[People's Socialist Republic of Albania]] and the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]. The [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956]] was a spontaneous nationwide [[revolt]] against the government of the [[People's Republic of Hungary]] and its Soviet-imposed policies, lasting from 23 October until 10 November 1956. Soviet leader [[On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences|Nikita Khrushchev's denunciation of the excesses of Stalin's regime]] during the [[20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Twentieth Party Congress]] of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] on 1956,<ref>John Rettie, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4723942.stm "The day Khrushchev denounced Stalin"], BBC, 18 February 2006.</ref> as well as the revolt in Hungary,<ref>Within the [[Italian Communist Party]] (PCI) a split ensued: most ordinary members and the Party leadership, including [[Palmiro Togliatti]] and [[Giorgio Napolitano]], regarded the Hungarian insurgents as counter-revolutionaries, as reported in ''[[l'Unità]]'', the official PCI newspaper.The following are references in English on the conflicting positions of [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808752,00.html ''l'Unità''], [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808824,00.html Antonio Giolitti and party boss Palmiro Togliatti], [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,868066,00.html Giuseppe Di Vittorio] and [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pietro-Nenni Pietro Nenni].</ref><ref>However [[Giuseppe Di Vittorio]], chief of the Communist trade union [[CGIL]], repudiated the leadership position, as did the prominent party members [[Antonio Giolitti]], [[Loris Fortuna]], and many other influential Communist intellectuals, who later were expelled or left the party. [[Pietro Nenni]], the national secretary of the [[Italian Socialist Party]], a close ally of the PCI, opposed the Soviet intervention as well. Napolitano, elected in 2006 as [[President of the Italian Republic]], wrote in his 2005 political autobiography that he regretted his justification of Soviet action in Hungary, and that at the time he believed in Party unity and the international leadership of Soviet communism.{{Cite book| last = Napolitano | first = Giorgio | year = 2005 | title = Dal Pci al socialismo europeo. Un'autobiografia politica (From the Communist Party to European Socialism. A political autobiography) | publisher = Laterza | location = | language = Italian|isbn = 88-420-7715-1}}</ref><ref>

Within the [[Communist Party of Great Britain]] (CPGB), dissent that began with the repudiation of Stalin by [[John Saville]] and [[E.P. Thompson]], influential historians and members of the [[Communist Party Historians Group]], culminated in a loss of thousands of party members as events unfolded in Hungary. [[Peter Fryer]], correspondent for the CPGB newspaper ''[[Morning Star (UK newspaper)|The Daily Worker]]'', reported accurately on the violent suppression of the uprising, but his dispatches were heavily censored; Fryer resigned from the paper upon his return, and was later expelled from the Communist Party. Fryer, Peter (1957). Hungarian Tragedy. London: D. Dobson. Chapter 9 (The Second Soviet Intervention). ASIN B0007J7674.</ref><ref>

In France, moderate Communists, such as historian [[Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie]], resigned, questioning the policy of supporting Soviet actions by the [[French Communist Party]]. The French anarchist philosopher and writer [[Albert Camus]] wrote an [[open letter]], ''[[The Blood of the Hungarians]]'', criticising the West's lack of action. Even [[Jean-Paul Sartre]], still a determined Communist Party member, criticised the Soviets in his article ''Le Fantôme de Staline'', in ''Situations VII''. Sartre, Jean-Paul (1956), [http://www.humanite.presse.fr/journal/2005-06-21/2005-06-21-809020 L’intellectuel et les communistes français {{fr icon}}] Le Web de l'Humanite, 21 June 2005. Retrieved 24 October 2006.</ref> produced ideological fractures and disagreements within the communist and socialist parties of Western Europe.

====Third world====
In the postwar years, socialism became increasingly influential throughout the so-called [[Third World]]. Embracing a new [[Third World Socialism]], countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America often nationalised industries held by foreign owners. The Chinese [[Kuomintang Party]], the current ruling party in Taiwan, was referred to as having a socialist ideology since Kuomintang's revolutionary ideology in the 1920s incorporated unique Chinese Socialism as part of its ideology.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dirlik |first=Arif |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S-aGLEtx7AYC&pg=PA20&dq=the+program+rested+the+origins+of+the+rather+unique+socialism+of+the+Guomindang+and+of+Sun+Yat-sen&hl=en&ei=IkCpTJDXFsT7lwehtpCPDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=the%20program%20rested%20the%20origins%20of%20the%20rather%20unique%20socialism%20of%20the%20Guomindang%20and%20of%20Sun%20Yat-sen&f=false|title=The Marxism in the Chinese revolution|year=2005|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|location=|page=20|isbn=0-7425-3069-8|pages=|accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Von KleinSmid Institute of International Affairs, University of Southern California. School of Politics and International Relations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VHnmAAAAMAAJ&q=the+program+rested+the+origins+of+the+rather+unique+socialism+of+the+Guomindang+and+of+Sun+Yat-sen&dq=the+program+rested+the+origins+of+the+rather+unique+socialism+of+the+Guomindang+and+of+Sun+Yat-sen&hl=en&ei=RkCpTK-OIcT_lge-xYnVDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAQ|title=Studies in comparative communism, Volume 21|year=1988|publisher=Butterworth-Heinemann|location=|page=134|isbn=|pages=|accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref> The Soviet Union trained Kuomintang revolutionaries in the [[Moscow Sun Yat-sen University]]. Movie theatres in the Soviet Union showed newsreels and clips of Chiang, at Moscow Sun Yat-sen University Portraits of Chiang were hung on the walls, and in the Soviet [[May Day]] Parades that year, Chiang's portrait was to be carried along with the portraits of Karl Marx, Lenin, Stalin and other socialist leaders.<ref>{{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Jay |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_5R2fnVZXiwC&pg=PA42&dq=chiang+portraits+streets&hl=en&ei=UGCaTKLlBsGB8gbyyeBX&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBg#v=snippet&q=chiang%20portraits%20marx&f=false|title=The Generalissimo's son: Chiang Ching-kuo and the revolutions in China and Taiwan|year=2000|publisher=Harvard University Press|location=|page=42|isbn=0-674-00287-3|pages=|accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref> 

The [[Chinese Revolution (1946−1950)|Chinese Revolution]] was the second stage in the [[Chinese Civil War]] which ended in the establishment of the [[People's Republic of China]] led by the [[Chinese Communist Party]]. The term "[[Third World]]" was coined by French demographer [[Alfred Sauvy]] in 1952, on the model of the [[Estates General (France)|Third Estate]], which, according to the [[Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès|Abbé Sieyès]], represented everything, but was nothing: "...because at the end this ignored, exploited, scorned Third World like the Third Estate, wants to become something too" (Sauvy). 

The emergence of this new political entity, in the frame of the [[Cold War]], was complex and painful. Several tentatives were made to organise newly independent states in order to oppose a common front towards both the US's and the USSR's influence on them, with the consequences of the [[Sino-Soviet split]] already at works. Thus, the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] constituted itself, around the main figures of Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] of India, President [[Sukarno]] of Indonesia, leader [[Josip Broz Tito]] of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], and [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] of [[Egypt]] who successfully opposed the French and British imperial powers during the 1956 [[Suez crisis]]. After the 1954 [[Geneva Conference (1954)|Geneva Conference]] which ended the French war against [[Ho Chi Minh]] in Vietnam, the 1955 [[Bandung Conference]] gathered Nasser, Nehru, Tito, [[Sukarno]], and [[Zhou Enlai]], [[Premier of the People's Republic of China]]. 

As many African countries gained independence during the 1960s, some of them rejected capitalism in favour of a more [[afrocentric]] economic model. The main architects of [[African Socialism]] were [[Julius Nyerere]] of [[Tanzania]], [[Léopold Senghor]] of [[Senegal]], [[Kwame Nkrumah]] of [[Ghana]] and [[Sékou Touré]] of Guinea.<ref>{{cite book |last=Friedland and Rosberg Jr.|first=William and Carl|title=African Socialism|year=1964|publisher=Stanford University Press|location=California|page=3}}</ref> 

The [[Cuban Revolution]] (1953–1959) was an armed revolt conducted by [[Fidel Castro]]'s [[26th of July Movement]] and its allies against the government of Cuban [[President of Cuba|President]] [[Fulgencio Batista]]. The revolution began in July 1953, and finally ousted Batista on 1 January 1959, replacing his government with Castro's revolutionary state. Castro's government later reformed along communist lines, becoming the [[Communist Party of Cuba]] in October 1965.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98937598 "Cuba Marks 50 Years Since 'Triumphant Revolution'"]. Jason Beaubien. NPR. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2013.</ref>

====New Left====
{{Main article|New Left}}
The New Left was a term used mainly in the United Kingdom and United States in reference to [[social activism|activists]], educators, [[agitators]] and others in the 1960s and 1970s who sought to implement a broad range of reforms on issues such as gay rights, abortion, gender roles and drugs<ref name="Carmines and Layman">Carmines, Edward G., and Geoffrey C. Layman.  1997.  "Issue Evolution in Postwar American Politics."  In Byron Shafer, ed., ''Present Discontents''.  NJ:Chatham House Publishers.</ref> in contrast to earlier leftist or Marxist movements that had taken a more [[vanguardist]] approach to social justice and focused mostly on [[Trade union|labour unionisation]] and questions of social class.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3nJUwFqRLTwC&lpg=PA277&ots=R6I8p1E-Mu&dq=new%20left%20cynthia%20kaufman&pg=PA275#v=onepage&q=new%20left&f=false] Cynthia Kaufman ''Ideas For Action: Relevant Theory For Radical Change''</ref><ref>[[Todd Gitlin]], "The Left's Lost Universalism". In Arthur M. Melzer, Jerry Weinberger and M. Richard Zinman, eds., ''Politics at the Turn of the Century'', pp.&nbsp;3–26 (Lanham, MD: [[Rowman & Littlefield]], 2001).</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Farred |first=Grant |authorlink=Grant Farred|year=2000|title=Endgame Identity? Mapping the New Left Roots of Identity Politics|journal=[[New Literary History]]|volume=31|issue=4|pages=627–648|jstor=20057628|doi=10.1353/nlh.2000.0045}}</ref> They rejected involvement with the [[labour movement]] and [[Marxism]]'s historical theory of [[class struggle]].<ref>Jeffrey W. Coker. ''Confronting American Labor: The New Left Dilemma''. Univ of Missouri Press, 2002.</ref> 

In the U.S., the "New Left" was associated with the [[Hippie|Hippie movement]] and anti-war college campus protest movements, as well as the black liberation movements such as the [[Black Panther Party]].<ref name=Pearson>{{cite book |last=Pearson |first=Hugh |title=In the Shadow of the Panther: Huey Newton and the Price of Black Power in America |year=1994 |publisher=Perseus Books |isbn=978-0-201-48341-3 |page=152}}</ref> While initially formed in opposition to the "Old Left" Democratic party, groups composing the New Left gradually became central players in the Democratic coalition.<ref name="Carmines and Layman"/>

====Protests of 1968====
{{Main article|Protests of 1968}}
The protests of 1968 represented a worldwide escalation of social conflicts, predominantly characterised by popular rebellions against military, capitalist, and bureaucratic elites, who responded with an escalation of [[political repression]]. These protests marked a turning point for the [[Civil Rights movement]] in the United States, which produced revolutionary movements like the [[Black Panther Party]]; the prominent civil rights leader [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] organised the "[[Poor People's Campaign]]" to address issues of economic justice,<ref>{{cite book|title=The Other American: The Life of Michael Harrington|last=Isserman|first=Maurice|page=281|isbn=1-58648-036-7|publisher=Public Affairs|year=2001}}</ref> while personally showing sympathy with democratic socialism.<ref>"There must be a better distribution of wealth, and maybe America must move toward a democratic socialism."{{cite book|title=Liberating Visions: Human Fulfillment and Social Justice in African-American Thought|last=Franklin|first=Robert Michael|page= 125| publisher =Fortress Press|year=1990|isbn=0-8006-2392-4}}</ref> In reaction to the [[Tet Offensive]], protests also sparked a broad movement in opposition to the [[Vietnam War]] all over the United States and even into London, [[May 68|Paris]], Berlin and Rome. 
In 1968 in [[Carrara]], Italy the [[International of Anarchist Federations]] was founded during an international anarchist conference held there by the three existing European federations of [[Anarchist Federation (France)|France]], the [[Federazione Anarchica Italiana|Italian]] and the [[Iberian Anarchist Federation]] as well as the Bulgarian federation in French exile.

Mass socialist or communist movements grew not only in the United States but also in most European countries. The most spectacular manifestation of this were the [[May 1968 protests in France]], in which students linked up with wildcat strikes of up to ten million workers, and for a few days the movement seemed capable of overthrowing the government.{{cn|date=July 2016}} 

In many other capitalist countries, struggles against dictatorships, state repression, and colonisation were also marked by protests in 1968, such as the beginning of [[the Troubles]] in Northern Ireland, the [[Tlatelolco massacre]] in Mexico City, and the escalation of guerrilla warfare against the [[military dictatorship in Brazil]]. Countries governed by communist parties had protests against bureaucratic and military elites. In Eastern Europe there were widespread protests that escalated particularly in the [[Prague Spring]] in Czechoslovakia. In response, USSR occupied Czechoslovakia. The occupation was denounced by the [[Italian Communist Party|Italian]] and [[French Communist Party|French]]<ref name="OSA">{{Cite web|last=Devlin |first=Kevin |publisher=Open Society Archives |title=Western CPs Condemn Invasion, Hail Prague Spring |url=http://files.osa.ceu.hu/holdings/300/8/3/text/135-2-510.shtml |accessdate=20 February 2008 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Communist parties, and the [[Communist Party of Finland]]. Few western European political leaders defended the occupation, among them the [[Portuguese Communist Party|Portuguese communist]] secretary-general [[Álvaro Cunhal]].<ref>Andrew, Mitrokhin (2005), p 444</ref> along with the [[Communist Party of Luxembourg|Luxembourg party]]<ref name="OSA"/> and conservative factions of the [[Greek Communist Party|Greek party]].<ref name="OSA"/> 

In the [[Chinese Cultural Revolution]], a social-political youth movement mobilised against "[[bourgeois]]" elements which were seen to be infiltrating the government and society at large, aiming to restore capitalism. This movement motivated [[Maoism]]-inspired movements around the world in the context of the [[Sino-Soviet split]].{{cn|date=July 2016}}

In Indonesia, a right wing military regime led by [[Suharto]] [[Indonesian killings of 1965–66|killed between 500,000 and one million people]], mainly to crush the growing influence of the [[Communist Party of Indonesia]] and other leftist sectors, with [[CIA activities in Indonesia#Anti-communist purge|support from the United States government]], which provided kill lists containing thousands of names of suspected high-ranking Communists.<ref>Robert Cribb, ed., ''The Indonesian killings of 1965-1966: studies from Java and Bali'' (Clayton, Vic.: Monash University Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash Papers on Southeast Asia no 21, 1990).</ref><ref>Mehr, Nathaniel (2009). Constructive Bloodbath in Indonesia: The United States, Great Britain and the Mass Killings of 1965-1966. Spokesman Books. ISBN 0851247679</ref><ref>Roosa, John (2006). Pretext for Mass Murder: The 30 September Movement and Suharto's Coup d'État in Indonesia. Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-22034-1</ref><ref>Brad Simpson (Winter 2013). [http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.1525/fq.2014.67.2.10?uid=3739896&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21104133052663 ''The Act of Killing'' and the Dilemmas of History]. ''Film Quarterly.'' Vol. 67, No. 2, pp. 10-13. Published by: [[University of California Press]]. Retrieved 19 October 2014.</ref><ref>Mark Aarons (2007). "[https://books.google.com/books?id=dg0hWswKgTIC&lpg=PA80&pg=PA69#v=onepage&q&f=false Justice Betrayed: Post-1945 Responses to Genocide]." In David A. Blumenthal and Timothy L. H. McCormack (eds). ''[http://www.brill.com/legacy-nuremberg-civilising-influence-or-institutionalised-vengeance The Legacy of Nuremberg: Civilising Influence or Institutionalised Vengeance? (International Humanitarian Law).]'' [[Martinus Nijhoff Publishers]]. ISBN 9004156917 [https://books.google.com/books?id=dg0hWswKgTIC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA81#v=onepage&q&f=false pp.&nbsp;80–81]</ref> 

[[File:Salvador Allende 2.jpg|thumbnail|upright=0.85|right|[[Salvador Allende]], president of Chile and member of the [[Socialist Party of Chile]]. His presidency was ended by a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]-backed [[1973 Chilean coup d'état|military coup]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=A Brief History of Neoliberalism|authorlink=David Harvey (geographer)|last=Harvey|first=David|isbn=0199283273|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/a-brief-history-of-neoliberalism-9780199283279?cc=us&lang=en&|year=2005|page=7|ref=harv}}</ref>]]
In Latin America in the 1960s, a socialist tendency within the catholic church appeared which was called [[Liberation theology]]<ref>Richard P. McBrien, ''Catholicism'' (Harper Collins, 1994), chapter IV.</ref><ref>"One manifestation of this connection was liberation theology—sometimes characterised as an attempt to marry Marx and Jesus—which emerged among Roman Catholic theologians in Latin America in the 1960s." [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/551569/socialism/276340/Socialism-after-Marx "socialism"] at [[Encyclopedia Britannica]] Online</ref> which motivated even the Colombian priest [[Camilo Torres Restrepo|Camilo Torres]] to enter the [[National Liberation Army (Colombia)|ELN]] guerrilla. In Chile, [[Salvador Allende]], a physician and candidate for the [[Socialist Party of Chile]], was elected president through democratic elections in 1970. In 1973, his government was ousted by the U.S.-backed military dictatorship of [[Augusto Pinochet]], which lasted until the late 1980s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3089846.stm |publisher=BBC |title=Profile of Salvador Allende | date=8 September 2003}}</ref> 

In Italy, [[Autonomia Operaia]] was a leftist movement particularly active from 1976 to 1978. It took an important role in the [[autonomist]] movement in the 1970s, aside earlier organisations such as ''[[Potere Operaio]]'', created after May 1968, and ''[[Lotta Continua]]''.<ref>Paolo Virno, Michael Hardt, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=AQumJdO6AgIC&pg=PT254&dq&hl=en&ei=vi8ZTKmIE8GpsQbGrI3XCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=movement%20of%20%2777&f=false Radical Thought in Italy: A Potential Politics]'', Minnesota Press, 2006 - ISBN 978-0-8166-4924-2</ref> This experience prompted the contemporary socialist radical movement [[autonomism]].<ref>[http://libcom.org/files/autonomia1_rotated_merged_0.pdf Sylvere Lotringer & Christian Marazzi ed. ''Autonomia: Post-Political Politics''],  New York: Semiotext(e), 1980, 2007</ref>

===Late 20th century===
{{Main article|Eurocommunism|Nicaraguan revolution|Dissolution of the Soviet Union|History of the People's Republic of China (1976–89)|Third Way (centrism)|History of anarchism#Late 20th century}}
The [[Nicaraguan Revolution]]  encompassed the rising opposition to the [[Somoza family|Somoza]] dictatorship in the 1960s and 1970s, the campaign led by the [[Sandinista National Liberation Front]] (FSLN) to violently oust the dictatorship in 1978-79, the subsequent efforts of the FSLN to govern Nicaragua from 1979 until 1990<ref>Louis Proyect, ''Nicaragua'', discusses, among other things, the reforms and the degree to which socialism was intended or achieved.</ref> and the socialist measures which included widescale [[agrarian reform]]<ref>"Agrarian Productive Structure in Nicaragua", ''SOLÁ MONSERRAT, Roser. 1989. Pag 69 and ss''.</ref><ref>Louis Proyect, ''Nicaragua'', about 4/5 of the way down.</ref> and educational programs.<ref>{{cite news | first=Juan | last=B. Arrien | title=Literacy in Nicaragua | publisher=UNESCO | url =http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001459/145937e.pdf | accessdate = 1 August 2007|format=PDF}}</ref> The [[People's Revolutionary Government]]  was proclaimed on 13 March 1979 in [[Grenada]] which was [[Grenada#US and allied response and reaction|overthrown by armed forces of the United States in 1983]]. The [[Salvadoran Civil War]] (1979–1992) was a conflict between the military-led government of [[El Salvador]] and the [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front]] (FMLN), a coalition or 'umbrella organisation' of five socialist guerrilla groups. A coup on 15 October 1979 led to the killings of anti-coup protesters by the government as well as anti-disorder protesters by the guerillas, and is widely seen as the tipping point towards the civil war.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wood|first=Elizabeth|title=Insurgent Collective Action and Civil War in El Salvador|year=2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge}}</ref>

In 1982, the newly elected French socialist government of [[François Mitterrand]] made nationalisations in a few key industries, including banks and insurance companies.<ref>James C. Docherty. Historical dictionary of socialism. The Scarecrow Press Inc. London 1997. pgs. 181-182</ref> [[Eurocommunism]] was a trend in the 1970s and 1980s in various Western European communist parties to develop a theory and practice of social transformation that was more relevant for a Western European country and less aligned to the influence or control of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]. Outside Western Europe, it is sometimes called Neocommunism.<ref name="Definition of Eurocommunism">{{cite web|last=Webster|first=Dictionary|title=Definition of Eurocommunism|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eurocommunism|work=Dictionary Entry|publisher=Webster's Dictionary|accessdate=9 April 2013}}</ref>  Some Communist parties with strong popular support, notably the [[Italian Communist Party]] (PCI) and the [[Communist Party of Spain]] (PCE) adopted Eurocommunism most enthusiastically, and the [[Communist Party of Finland]] was dominated by Eurocommunists. The [[French Communist Party]] (PCF) and many smaller parties strongly opposed Eurocommunism and stayed aligned with the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] until the end of the USSR.

In the late 1970s and in the 1980s, the Socialist International had extensive contacts and discussion with the two powers of the [[Cold War]], the United States and the [[Soviet Union]], about East-West relations and arms control. Since then, the SI has admitted as member parties the Nicaraguan [[FSLN]], the left-wing [[Puerto Rican Independence Party]], as well as former Communist parties such as the [[Democratic Party of the Left]] of Italy and the [[FRELIMO|Front for the Liberation of Mozambique]] (FRELIMO). The Socialist International aided social democratic parties in re-establishing themselves when dictatorship gave way to democracy in [[Carnation Revolution|Portugal (1974)]] and [[Spanish transition to democracy|Spain (1975)]]. Until its 1976 Geneva Congress, the SI had few members outside Europe and no formal involvement with Latin America.<ref>The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of South America, Routledge, 1989</ref>
[[File:RIAN archive 850809 General Secretary of the CPSU CC M. Gorbachev (crop).jpg|upright|thumbnail|right|[[Mikhail Gorbachev]], General Secretary of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] from 1985 until 1991]]

After Mao's death in 1976 and the arrest of the faction known as the [[Gang of Four]], who were blamed for the excesses of the Cultural Revolution, [[Deng Xiaoping]] took power and led the People's Republic of China to [[Chinese economic reform|significant economic reforms]]. The Communist Party of China loosened governmental control over citizens' personal lives and the [[People's commune|communes]] were disbanded in favour of private land leases. Thus, China's transition from a planned economy to a mixed economy named as "[[socialism with Chinese characteristics]]"<ref name="Ref_e">Hart-Landsberg, Martin; and Burkett, Paul. [http://www.monthlyreview.org/chinaandsocialism.htm "China and Socialism: Market Reforms and Class Struggle"]. Monthly Review. Retrieved 30 October 2008.</ref> which maintained state ownership rights over land, state or cooperative ownership of much of the heavy industrial and manufacturing sectors and state influence in the banking and financial sectors. China adopted its current [[constitution of the People's Republic of China|constitution]] on 4 December 1982. [[President of the People's Republic of China|President]] [[Jiang Zemin]] and [[Premier of the People's Republic of China|Premier]] [[Zhu Rongji]] led the nation in the 1990s. Under their administration, China's economic performance pulled an estimated 150&nbsp;million peasants out of poverty and sustained an average annual [[gross domestic product]] growth rate of 11.2%.<ref name="Ref_h">[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-07/11/content_244499.htm ''Nation bucks trend of global poverty'']. ''China Daily''. 11 July 2003. Retrieved 10 July 2013.</ref><ref name="Ref_i">[http://english.people.com.cn/english/200003/01/eng20000301X115.html ''China's Average Economic Growth in 90s Ranked 1st in World'']. ''People's Daily''. 1 March 2000. Retrieved 10 July 2013.</ref> At the [[6th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam|Sixth National Congress]] of the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]] in December 1986, reformist politicians replaced the "old guard" government with new leadership.<ref name="Stowe">Stowe, Judy (28 April 1998). "Obituary: Nguyen Van Linh". ''The Independent'' (London). p. 20.</ref><ref name="Ackland">Ackland, Len (20 March 1988). "Long after U.S. war, Vietnam is still a mess". ''St. Petersburg Times'' (Florida). Page 2-D.</ref> The reformers were led by 71-year-old [[Nguyen Van Linh]], who became the party's new general secretary.<ref name="Stowe"/><ref name="Ackland"/> Linh and the reformers implemented a series of [[free-market]] reforms – known as ''{{lang|vi|[[Doi Moi|Đổi Mới]]}}'' ("Renovation") – which carefully managed the transition from a [[planned economy]] to a "[[socialist-oriented market economy]]".<ref>Murray, Geoffrey (1997). ''Vietnam: Dawn of a New Market''. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 24–25. ISBN 0-312-17392-X.</ref><ref name="Loan">{{cite news |last=Loan |first=Hoang Thi Bich |date=18 April 2007 |url=http://www.tapchicongsan.org.vn/details_e.asp?Object=29152838&News_ID=18459436 |title=Consistently pursuing the socialist orientation in developing the market economy in Vietnam |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510005305/http://www.tapchicongsan.org.vn/details_e.asp?Object=29152838&News_ID=18459436 |archivedate=10 May 2011 |work=Communist Review|publisher=TạpchíCộngsản.org.vn}}</ref> [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] wished to move the USSR towards of Nordic-style social democracy, calling it "a socialist beacon for all mankind."<ref>[[Naomi Klein|Klein, Naomi]] (2008). ''[[The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism]].'' [[Picador (imprint)|Picador]]. ISBN 0312427999 [https://books.google.com/books?id=PwHUAq5LPOQC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA276#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 276]</ref><ref>Philip Whyman, Mark Baimbridge and Andrew Mullen (2012). ''The Political Economy of the European Social Model (Routledge Studies in the European Economy).'' [[Routledge]]. ISBN 0415476291 [https://books.google.com/books?id=e-M_cdwdgoMC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA108#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 108]
* "In short, Gorbachev aimed to lead the Soviet Union towards the Scandinavian social democratic model."</ref> Prior to its dissolution in 1991, the USSR had [[economy of the Soviet Union|the second largest economy in the world]] after the United States.<ref name=cia1990>{{cite web |url=http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact90/world12.txt|publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]]|accessdate=9 March 2008|title=1990 CIA World Factbook}}</ref> With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the economic integration of the Soviet republics was dissolved, and overall industrial activity declined substantially.<ref>Oldfield, J.D. (2000) Structural economic change and the natural environment in the Russian Federation. Post-Communist Economies, 12(1): 77–90</ref> A lasting legacy remains in the physical infrastructure created during decades of combined industrial production practices, and widespread environmental destruction<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.rand.org/pubs/commercial_books/CB367.html|title=Troubled Lands: The Legacy of Soviet Environmental Destruction (A Rand Research Study)|author=D. J. Peterson|date=1993|publisher=Westview Press|ISBN=978-0813316741|accessdate=3 April 2016}}</ref>

Many social democratic parties, particularly after the Cold war, adopted [[Neoliberalism|neoliberal]] market policies including [[Privatization|privatisation]], [[deregulation]] and [[financialisation]]. They abandoned their pursuit of moderate socialism in favour of [[market liberalism]]. By the 1980s, with the rise of conservative neoliberal politicians such as [[Ronald Reagan]] in the United States, [[Margaret Thatcher]] in Britain, [[Brian Mulroney]] in Canada and [[Augusto Pinochet]] in Chile, the Western [[welfare state]] was attacked from within, but state support for the corporate sector was maintained.<ref>Gary Teeple (2000). ''[http://www.utppublishing.com/Globalization-and-the-Decline-of-Social-Reform-Into-the-Twenty-First-Century.html Globalization and the Decline of Social Reform: Into the Twenty-first Century].'' [[University of Toronto Press]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=hf6yur35y3QC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA47#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 47]. ISBN 9781551930268</ref> [[Monetarism|Monetarists]] and neoliberals attacked social welfare systems as impediments to private entrepreneurship. In the UK, [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] leader [[Neil Kinnock]] made a public attack against the [[Entryism|entryist]] group [[Militant (Trotskyist group)|Militant]] at the 1985 Labour Party conference. The Labour Party ruled that Militant was ineligible for affiliation with the Labour Party, and the party gradually expelled Militant supporters. The Kinnock leadership had refused to support the [[UK miners' strike (1984–1985)|1984–1985 miner's strike]] over pit closures, a decision that the party's left wing and the [[National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)|National Union of Mineworkers]] blamed for the strike's eventual defeat. In 1989, at Stockholm, the 18th Congress of the Socialist International adopted a new ''Declaration of Principles'', saying:
<blockquote>
Democratic socialism is an international movement for freedom, social justice, and solidarity. Its goal is to achieve a peaceful world where these basic values can be enhanced and where each individual can live a meaningful life with the full development of his or her personality and talents, and with the guarantee of human and civil rights in a democratic framework of society.<ref>[http://www.socialistinternational.org/4Principles/dofpeng2.html Socialist International – Progressive Politics For A Fairer World] {{wayback|url=http://www.socialistinternational.org/4Principles/dofpeng2.html |date=20080222070726 |df=y }}</ref>
</blockquote>

In the 1990s, the British Labour Party, under [[Tony Blair]], enacted policies based on the free market economy to deliver public services via the [[Private finance initiative]]. Influential in these policies was the idea of a "third Way" which called for a re-evalutation of welfare state policies.<ref>Jane Lewis, Rebecca Surender. ''Welfare State Change: Towards a Third Way?''. Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. 3-4, 16.</ref> In 1995, the Labour Party re-defined its stance on socialism by re-wording [[Clause IV]] of its constitution, effectively rejecting socialism by removing all references to public, direct worker or municipal ownership of the means of production. The Labour Party stated: "The Labour Party is a democratic socialist party. It believes that, by the strength of our common endeavour we achieve more than we achieve alone, so as to create, for each of us, the means to realise our true potential, and, for all of us, a community in which power, wealth, and opportunity are in the hands of the many, not the few."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.labour.org.uk/labour_policies |title=Labour Party Clause Four |publisher=Labour.org.uk |date=30 October 2008 |accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref>

==Contemporary socialist politics==
[[File:1989 CPA 6101.jpg|upright|thumb|upright|[[Kwame Nkrumah]], the first President of Ghana and theorist of [[African socialism]], on a Soviet Union commemorative postage stamp]]
===African===
African socialism has been and continues to be a major ideology around the continent. [[Julius Nyerere]] was inspired by [[Fabian socialist]] ideals.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rUdmyzkw9q4C&pg=PA880|title=Encyclopedia of the Cold War|publisher=Books.google.co.uk |accessdate=30 November 2010|isbn=978-0-415-97515-5|date=15 May 2008}}</ref>  He was a firm believer in rural Africans and their traditions and [[ujamaa]], a system of collectivisation that according to Nyerere was present before European imperialism. Essentially he believed Africans were already socialists. Other African socialists include [[Jomo Kenyatta]], [[Kenneth Kaunda]], [[Nelson Mandela]] and [[Kwame Nkrumah]]. [[Fela Kuti]] was inspired by socialism and called for a democratic African republic. In South Africa the [[African National Congress]] (ANC) abandoned its partial socialist allegiances after taking power, and followed a standard neoliberal route. From 2005 through to 2007, the country was wracked by many thousands of protests from poor communities. One of these gave rise to a mass movement of shack dwellers, [[Abahlali baseMjondolo]] that, despite major police suppression, continues to work for popular people's planning and against the creation of a market economy in land and housing.

===Asian===
In Asia, states with socialist economies—such as the People's Republic of China, North Korea, Laos, and Vietnam—have largely moved away from centralised economic planning in the 21st century, placing a greater emphasis on markets. Forms include the Chinese [[socialist market economy]] and the Vietnamese [[socialist-oriented market economy]]. They utilise [[State enterprise|state-owned corporate]] management models as opposed to modelling socialist enterprise on traditional management styles employed by government agencies. In China living standards continued to improve rapidly despite the [[late-2000s recession]], but centralised political control remained tight.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tankman/etc/transcript.html
| title=''Frontline'': ''The Tank Man'' transcript
| accessdate=12 July 2008 |date=11 April 2006 |work=Frontline |publisher=PBS }}</ref> [[Brian Reynolds Myers]] in his book ''[[The Cleanest Race]]'', and later supported by other academics,<ref>[[Andrei Lankov]]. Review of ''The Cleanest Race''. ''Far Eastern Economic Review''. 4 December 2010.</ref><ref>[[Christopher Hitchens]]: [http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2010/02/a_nation_of_racist_dwarfs.html A Nation of Racist Dwarfs – Kim Jong-il's regime is even weirder and more despicable than you thought] (2010)</ref> dismisses the idea that ''[[Juche]]'' is North Korea's leading ideology, regarding its public exaltation as designed to deceive foreigners and that it exists to be praised and not actually read<ref name="Rank">{{cite news |url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/LD10Dg02.html |title=Lifting the cloak on North Korean secrecy: ''The Cleanest Race, How North Koreans See Themselves'' by B R Myers |first=Michael |last=Rank |date=10 April 2012 |accessdate=13 December 2012 |publisher=Asia Times}}</ref> pointing out that [[Constitution of North Korea|North Korea's latest constitution]], of 2009, omits all mention of communism.<ref name="Hitchens">{{cite news |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2243112/ |title=A Nation of Racist Dwarfs |first=Christopher |last=Hitchens |authorlink=Christopher Hitchens |date=1 February 2010 |accessdate=23 December 2012 |work=Fighting Words |publisher=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref> 

Though the authority of the state remained unchallenged under ''[[Đổi Mới]]'', the government of Vietnam encourages private ownership of farms and factories, economic deregulation and foreign investment, while maintaining control over strategic industries.<ref name="Loan"/> The Vietnamese economy subsequently achieved strong growth in agricultural and industrial production, construction, exports and foreign investment. However, these reforms have also caused a rise in income inequality and gender disparities.<ref name="jstor.org">{{cite journal |last=Janowitz |first=Morris |title=Sociological Theory and Social Control|journal=American Journal of Sociology|volume=81|number=1|date=Jul 1975|pages=82–108|publisher=The University of Chicago Press Article|jstor=2777055|doi=10.1086/226035}}</ref><ref name="ideas.repec.org">{{cite web |last=Gallup |first=John Luke |url=https://ideas.repec.org/p/wbk/wbrwps/2896.html |title=The wage labor market and inequality in Viet Nam in the 1990s |publisher=Ideas.repec.org |year=2002 |accessdate=7 November 2010}}</ref> 

Elsewhere in Asia, some elected socialist parties and communist parties remain prominent, particularly in India and Nepal. The Communist Party of Nepal{{Which|date=June 2016}} in particular calls for multi-party democracy, social equality, and economic prosperity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cpnm.org/ |title=Communist Party of Nepal |publisher=Cpnm.org |date=15 February 2010 |accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref> In Singapore, a majority of the GDP is still generated from the state sector comprising government-linked companies.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wilkin |first=Sam |url=http://www.countryrisk.com/editorials/archives/cat_singapore.html |title=CountryRisk Maintaining Singapore's Miracle |publisher=Countryrisk.com |date=17 August 2004 |accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref> In Japan, there has been a resurgent interest in the [[Japanese Communist Party]] among workers and youth.<ref>{{cite news |last=Demetriou |first=Danielle |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/3218944/Japans-young-turn-to-Communist-Party-as-they-decide-capitalism-has-let-them-down.html |title=Japan's young turn to Communist Party as they decide capitalism has let them down |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date=17 October 2008 |accessdate=30 October 2011 |location=London}}</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8027397.stm "Communism on rise in recession-hit Japan"], BBC, 4 May 2009</ref> In Malaysia, the [[Socialist Party of Malaysia]] got its first Member of Parliament, [[Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj|Dr. Jeyakumar Devaraj]], after the [[Malaysian general election, 2008|2008 general election]]. In 2010, there were 270 [[kibbutz]]im in Israel. Their factories and [[collective farming|farms]] account for 9% of Israel's industrial output, worth US$8 billion, and 40% of its agricultural output, worth over $1.7 billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2010/11/16/2003488628/2|title=Kibbutz reinvents itself after 100 years of history|work=taipeitimes.com}}</ref> Some Kibbutzim had also developed substantial high-tech and military industries. For example, in 2010, Kibbutz Sasa, containing some 200 members, generated $850 million in annual revenue from its military-plastics industry.<ref>[http://www.fastcompany.com/3007444/tech-forecast/bulletproof-innovation-kibbutz-owned-plasan-sasas-ikea-style-flat-pack-armor-k Bulletproof Innovation: Kibbutz-Owned Plasan Sasa's Ikea-Style, Flat-Pack Armor Kits] By Nadav Shemer, [[Fast Company (magazine)|''Fast Company'']],</ref>

===European===
{{Main article|Eurosocialism}}
The United Nations ''[[World Happiness Report]] 2013'' shows that the happiest nations are concentrated in northern Europe, where the [[Nordic model|Nordic model of social democracy]] is employed, with Denmark topping the list. This is at times attributed to the success of the Nordic model in the region. The Nordic countries ranked highest on the metrics of real GDP per capita, healthy life expectancy, having someone to count on, perceived [[Freedom of choice|freedom to make life choices]], generosity and freedom from corruption.<ref>Carolyn Gregoire (10 September 2013). [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/10/happiest-countries_n_3894274.html The Happiest Countries In The World (INFOGRAPHIC)]. ''[[The Huffington Post]].'' Retrieved 1 October 2013.</ref> The objectives of the [[Party of European Socialists]], the European Parliament's socialist and social-democratic bloc, are now "to pursue international aims in respect of the principles on which the European Union is based, namely principles of freedom, equality, solidarity, democracy, respect of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and respect for the Rule of Law." As a result, today, the rallying cry of the French Revolution – "Egalité, Liberté, Fraternité" – which overthrew absolutism and ushered industrialisation into French society, is promoted as essential socialist values.<ref>R Goodin and P Pettit (eds), ''A Companion to Contemporary political philosophy''</ref> To the left of the PES at the European level is the [[Party of the European Left]], (PEL; also commonly abbreviated "European Left") which is a [[European political party|political party at the European level]] and an association of [[Democratic socialism|democratic socialist]], socialist<ref name="Nordsieck">{{cite web |last=Nordsieck |first=Wolfram |url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/eu.html|title=Parties and Elections in Europe|work=parties-and-elections.eu}}</ref> and communist<ref name="Nordsieck"/> political parties in the [[European Union]] and other European countries. It was formed in January 2004 for the purposes of running in the [[European Parliament election, 2004|2004 European Parliament elections]]. PEL was founded on 8–9 May 2004 in Rome.<ref name="Hudson2012">{{cite book |last=Hudson |first=Kate |title=The New European Left: A Socialism for the Twenty-First Century?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LHv_ACE0EekC&pg=PA46|date=19 June 2012|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1-137-26511-1|pages=46–}}</ref> Elected [[Member of the European Parliament|MEPs]] from member parties of the European Left sit in the [[European United Left–Nordic Green Left]] (GUE/NGL) group in the [[European parliament]].
[[File:Alexis Tsipras die 16 Ianuarii 2012.jpg|thumbnail|upright|left|[[Alexis Tsipras]], socialist [[Prime Minister of Greece]] who led the [[Coalition of the Radical Left]] (SYRIZA) through a victory in the [[Greek legislative election, January 2015]]]]
[[The Left (Germany)|The socialist Left Party]] in Germany grew in popularity<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/feb2008/hess-f15.shtml |title=Germany's Left Party woos the SPD|publisher=Wsws.org |date=15 February 2008 |accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref> due to dissatisfaction with the increasingly neoliberal policies of the SPD, becoming the fourth biggest party in parliament in the general election on 27 September 2009.<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.greenleft.org.au/2009/813/41841 |title=Germany: Left makes big gains in poll &#124; Green Left Weekly |publisher=Greenleft.org.au |date=10 October 2009 |accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref> Communist candidate [[Dimitris Christofias]] won a crucial presidential runoff in Cyprus, defeating his conservative rival with a majority of 53%.<ref>[http://www.elpasotimes.com/nationworld/ci_835244 ''Christofias wins Cyprus presidency'']{{Dead link|date=June 2010}}</ref>  In Ireland, in the [[European Parliament election, 2009 (Ireland)|2009 European election]], [[Joe Higgins]] of the [[Socialist Party (Ireland)|Socialist Party]] took one of three seats in the capital [[Dublin (European Parliament constituency)|Dublin European constituency]].

In Denmark, the [[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|Socialist People's Party]] (SF or Socialist Party for short) more than doubled its parliamentary representation to 23 seats from 11, making it the fourth largest party.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7091941.stm |title=Danish centre-right wins election |publisher=BBC News |date=14 November 2007 |accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref> In 2011, the socialist parties of [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]], [[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|Socialist People's Party]] and the [[Danish Social Liberal Party]] formed government, after a slight victory over the liberal parties. They were led by Helle Thorning-Schmidt, and had the [[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|Red-Green Alliance]] as a supporting party.

In Norway, the [[Red-Green Coalition]] consists of the [[Labour Party (Norway)|Labour Party]] (Ap), the [[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|Socialist Left Party]] (SV), and the [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]] (Sp), and governed the country as a majority government from the [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005|2005 general election]] until [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 2013|2013]].

In the [[Greek legislative election, January 2015|Greek legislative election of January 2015]], the [[Coalition of the Radical Left]] (SYRIZA), led by [[Alexis Tsipras]], won a legislative election for the first time while the [[Communist Party of Greece]] won 15 seats in parliament. SYRIZA has been characterised as an [[anti-establishment]] party,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://insights.abnamro.nl/en/global-daily-europes-political-risks/|title=Global Daily - Europe's political risks - ABN AMRO Insights|work=ABN AMRO Insights}}</ref> whose success has sent "shock-waves across the EU".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22396875|title=BBC News - Anti-establishment parties defy EU|work=BBC News}}</ref>

In the UK, the [[National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers]] put forward a slate of candidates in the 2009 European Parliament elections under the banner of [[No to EU – Yes to Democracy]], a broad left-wing [[alter-globalisation]] coalition involving socialist groups such as the [[Socialist Party (England and Wales)|Socialist Party]], aiming to offer an alternative to the "anti-foreigner" and pro-business policies of the [[UK Independence Party]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Wheeler |first=Brian |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8059281.stm |title=Crow launches NO2EU euro campaign |publisher=BBC News |date=22 May 2009 |accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/03/10/exclusive-tommy-sheridan-to-stand-for-euro-elections-86908-21185994/ |title=Exclusive: Tommy Sheridan to stand for Euro elections |publisher=The Daily Record |accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rmt.org.uk/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=127346&int1stParentNodeID=89731&int2ndParentNodeID=89763 |title=Conference: Crisis in Working Class Representation |publisher=RMT |accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref> In the following May 2010 UK general election, the [[Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition]], launched in January 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/607/8673/12-01-2010/launch-of-trade-unionist-and-socialist-coalition |title=Launch of Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |publisher=Socialistparty.org.uk |date=12 January 2010 |accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref> and backed by Bob Crow, the leader of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers union (RMT), other union leaders and the Socialist Party among other socialist groups, stood against Labour in 40 constituencies.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mulholland |first=Hélène |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2010/mar/26/hard-left-tusc-unions-labour-general-election |title=Hard left Tusc coalition to stand against Labour in 40 constituencies|publisher=Guardian |date= 27 March 2010|accessdate=30 October 2011 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tusc.org.uk/ |title=Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |publisher=TUSC |accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref> The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition plans to contest the 2011 elections, having gained the endorsement of the RMT June 2010 conference.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/10228/15-09-2010/how-do-we-vote-to-stop-the-cuts |title=How do we vote to stop the cuts? |publisher=Socialist Party |accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref> [[Left Unity (UK)|Left Unity]] was also founded in 2013 after the film director [[Ken Loach]] appealed for a new party of the left to replace the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], which he claimed had failed to oppose austerity and had shifted towards [[neoliberalism]].<ref name=LoachGuardian>{{cite web|title=The Labour party has failed us. We need a new party of the left|url=http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/mar/25/labour-party-left|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=4 December 2013|date=25 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Seymour|first1=Richard|title=Left Unity: A Report From The Founding Conference|url=http://www.newleftproject.org/index.php/site/article_comments/left_unity_a_report_from_the_founding_conference|website=newleftproject.org|publisher=New Left Project|accessdate=3 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://leftunity.org/left-unity-a-new-radical-politcal-party-of-the-left/ |title='Left Unity' a New Radical Political Party of the Left |accessdate=4 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpmSDc1nBvE |title=RT News reports on Left Unity's founding conference |accessdate=4 December 2013}}</ref> In 2015, following a defeat at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2015|2015 UK general election]], [[Jeremy Corbyn]], a self-described socialist<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theweek.co.uk/labour-leader/64564/jeremy-corbyn-what-will-be-his-policies |title=Jeremy Corbyn's policies: how will he lead Labour?|author= |date=12 September 2015 |work=The Week |location=UK |accessdate=3 April 2016}}</ref> took over from [[Ed Miliband]] as [[Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|leader of the Labour Party]].

In France, the [[Revolutionary Communist League (France)|Revolutionary Communist League]] (LCR) candidate in the 2007 presidential election, [[Olivier Besancenot]], received 1,498,581 votes, 4.08%, double that of the Communist candidate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.socialismtoday.org/110/france.html |title=Has France moved to the right? |publisher=Socialism Today |accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref> The LCR abolished itself in 2009 to initiate a broad anti-capitalist party, the [[New Anticapitalist Party]], whose stated aim is to "build a new socialist, democratic perspective for the twenty-first century".<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-politique/le-nouveau-parti-anticapitaliste-d-olivier-besancenot-est-lance/917/0/256540|title= Le Nouveau parti anticapitaliste d'Olivier Besancenot est lancé|agency=Agence France-Presse  |date= 29 June 2008}}</ref>

On 25 May 2014 in Spain the left wing party [[Podemos (Spanish political party)|Podemos]] entered candidates for the [[European Parliament election, 2014 (Spain)|2014 European parliamentary elections]], some of which were unemployed. In a surprise result, it polled 7.98% of the vote and thus was awarded five seats out of 54.<ref name="skynews.com.au">[http://www.skynews.com.au/news/politics/world/2014/05/26/spanish-voters-punish-mainstream-parties.html Sky news:Spanish voters punish mainstream parties]</ref><ref name="BBC News Vote 2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/events/vote2014|title=Vote 2014|work=bbc.co.uk}}</ref> while the older [[United Left (Spain)|United Left]] was the third largest overall force obtaining 10,03 % and 5 seats, 4 more than the previous elections.<ref name="Resultados">{{cite web |last=Estado |first=Boletín Oficial del |url=http://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2014-6233|title=Acuerdo de la Junta Electoral Central, por el que se procede a la publicación de los resultados de las elecciones de Diputados al Parlamento Europeo|authorlink=Boletín Oficial del Estado|date=12 June 2014}}</ref>

All around Europe and in some places of Latin America there exists a [[social center]] and [[squatting]] movement mainly inspired by [[Autonomism|autonomist]] and anarchist ideas.<ref>[http://www.academia.edu/1342334/AUTONOMISM_AS_A_GLOBAL_SOCIAL_MOVEMENT "Autonomism as a global social movement" by Patrick Cuninghame] ''The Journal of Labor and Society'' · 1089-7011 · Volume 13 · December 2010 · pp. 451–464</ref><ref>The Subversion of Politics: European Autonomous Social Movements and the Decolonization of Everyday Life Georgy Katsiaficas, AK Press 2006</ref>

===North American===
[[File:Democratic Socialists Occupy Wall Street 2011 Shankbone.JPG|thumb|right|Members of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] march at the [[Occupy Wall Street]] protest in New York]]

According to a 2013 article in ''[[The Guardian]]'', "Contrary to popular belief, Americans don't have an innate allergy to socialism. [[Milwaukee]] has had several socialist mayors ([[Frank Zeidler]], [[Emil Seidel]] and [[Daniel Hoan]]), and there is currently an independent socialist in the US Senate, [[Bernie Sanders]] of Vermont."<ref name ="Ari Paul">Paul, Ari (19 November 2013). [http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/19/seattle-socialist-city-council-kshama-sawant Seattle's election of Kshama Sawant shows socialism can play in America]. ''[[The Guardian]].'' Retrieved 9 February 2014.</ref> Sanders, once mayor of Vermont's largest city, [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]], has described himself as a [[democratic socialist]]<ref name="politicosocialist">{{cite web |last=Lerer |first=Lisa |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25000.html|title=Where's the outrage over AIG bonuses?|date=16 July 2009|accessdate=19 April 2010|publisher=[[The Politico]]}}</ref><ref name="postsocialist">{{cite web |last=Powell |first=Michael |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/04/AR2006110401124.html|title=Exceedingly Social But Doesn't Like Parties|date=6 November 2006|accessdate=26 November 2012}}</ref> and has praised [[Nordic model|Scandinavian-style social democracy]].<ref>Sanders, Bernie (26 May 2013). [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-bernie-sanders/what-can-we-learn-from-de_b_3339736.html What Can We Learn From Denmark?] ''[[The Huffington Post]].'' Retrieved 19 August 2013.</ref><ref>Sasha Issenberg (9 January 2010). [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/01/09/sanders_a_growing_force_on_the_far_far_left/?page=1 Sanders a growing force on the far, far left]. ''[[Boston Globe]].'' Retrieved 24 August 2013.
*"You go to Scandinavia, and you will find that people have a much higher standard of living, in terms of education, health care, and decent paying jobs.'’ – Bernie Sanders</ref>

[[Anti-capitalism]], [[Anarchism in the United States#The late 20th century and contemporary times|anarchism]] and the [[anti-globalisation movement]] rose to prominence through events such as protests against the [[World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1999]] in Seattle. Socialist-inspired groups played an important role in these movements, which nevertheless embraced much broader layers of the population and were championed by figures such as [[Noam Chomsky]]. In Canada, the [[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]] (CCF), the precursor to the social democratic [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]] (NDP), had significant success in provincial politics. In 1944, the Saskatchewan CCF formed the first socialist government in North America. At the federal level, the NDP was the [[Official Opposition (Canada)|Official Opposition]], from 2011 through 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/SenatorsMembers/House/PartyStandings/standings-E.htm |title=PARTY STANDINGS 41st Parliament seats }}</ref>

===South American and Caribbean===
For the ''[[Encyclopedia Britannica]]'' "the attempt by [[Salvador Allende]] to unite Marxists and other reformers in a socialist reconstruction of Chile is most representative of the direction that Latin American socialists have taken since the late 20th century.&nbsp;... Several socialist (or socialist-leaning) leaders have followed Allende's example in winning election to office in Latin American countries."<ref name="britannica.com1"/> Venezuelan President [[Hugo Chávez]], Nicaraguan President [[Daniel Ortega]], Bolivian President [[Evo Morales]], and Ecuadorian president [[Rafael Correa]] refer to their political programmes as socialist. Chávez has adopted the term ''[[socialism of the 21st century]]''. After winning re-election in December 2006, Chávez said, "Now more than ever, I am obliged to move Venezuela's path towards socialism."<ref>[http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-07-09-voa37.cfm ''Many Venezuelans Uncertain About Chávez' '21st century Socialism' ''] {{wayback|url=http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-07-09-voa37.cfm |date=20070712222539 |df=y }}</ref> Hugo Chávez was also reelected in October 2012 for his third six-year term as President, but he died in March 2013 from cancer. After Chávez's death on 5 March 2013, vice-president from Chavez's party [[Nicolás Maduro]] assumed the powers and responsibilities of the President. A [[Venezuelan presidential election, 2013|special election]] was held on 14 April of the same year to elect a new President, which Maduro won by a tight margin as the candidate of the [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela]]; he was formally inaugurated on 19 April.<ref name=sworn>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22220526 "Nicolas Maduro sworn in as new Venezuelan president"]. BBC News. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.</ref> "[[Pink tide]]" is a term being used in contemporary 21st-century [[Political science|political analysis]] in the media and elsewhere to describe the perception that [[leftism|Leftist]] ideology in general, and [[Left-wing politics]] in particular, are increasingly influential in Latin America.<ref name="boston">{{cite news |last=Gross |first=Neil |url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/01/14/the_many_stripes_of_anti_americanism/ |title=The many stripes of anti-Americanism – The Boston Globe |publisher=Boston.com |date=14 January 2007 |accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="bbc">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4311957.stm |title=South America's leftward sweep |publisher=BBC News |date=2 March 2005 |accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="pitts">{{cite web |last=McNickle |first=Colin |url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_310062.html |title=Latin America's 'pragmatic' pink tide – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |publisher=Pittsburghlive.com |date=6 March 2005 |accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref> [[File:Fórum Social Mundial 2008 - AL.jpg|thumb|Presidents [[Fernando Lugo]] of Paraguay, [[Evo Morales]] of Bolivia, [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]] of Brazil, [[Rafael Correa]] of Ecuador, and [[Hugo Chávez]] of Venezuela, in ''[[Fórum Social Mundial]]'' for Latin America]] [[Foro de São Paulo]] is a conference of leftist political parties and other organisations from Latin America and the Caribbean. It was launched by the [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]] ({{lang-pt|Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT}}) of Brazil in 1990 in the city of [[São Paulo]]. The Forum of São Paulo was constituted in 1990 when the [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Brazilian Workers' Party]] approached other parties and social movements of Latin America and the Caribbean with the objective of debating the new international scenario after the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]] and the consequences of the implementation of what were taken as [[neoliberal]] policies adopted at the time by contemporary right-leaning governments in the region, the stated main objective of the conference being to argue for alternatives to [[neoliberalism]].<ref>Cf. Carlos Baraibar & José Bayardi: "Foro de San Pablo ¿qué es y cuál es su historia?", 23 August 2000, [http://www.analitica.com/va/internacionales/noticias/7026753.asp]</ref> Among its member include current socialist and social-democratic parties currently in government in the region such as Bolivia's [[Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples|Movement for Socialism]], Brazil's [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers Party]], the [[Communist Party of Cuba]], the Ecuadorian [[PAIS Alliance]], the Venezuelan [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela]], the [[Socialist Party of Chile]], the Uruguayan [[Broad Front (Uruguay)|Broad Front]], the Nicaraguan [[Sandinista National Liberation Front]] and the salvadorean [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front]].

===International===
The [[Progressive Alliance (political international)|Progressive Alliance]] is a [[political international]] founded on 22 May 2013 by political parties, the majority of whom are current or former members of the [[Socialist International]]. The organisation states the aim of becoming the global network of "the [[progressivism|progressive]]", democratic, [[Social democracy|social-democratic]], socialist and [[labour movement]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://progressive-alliance.info/basic-document/ |title=Basic document &#124; Progressive Alliance |publisher=Progressive-alliance.info |accessdate=23 May 2013}}</ref><ref>http://www.spd.de/scalableImageBlob/84620/data/20121217_progressive_alliance_abschlussstatement-data.pdf</ref>

==Social and political theory==
Early socialist thought took influences from a diverse range of philosophies such as civic [[republicanism]], [[Enlightenment Era|Enlightenment]] [[rationalism]], [[romanticism]], forms of [[materialism]], [[Christianity]] (both Catholic and Protestant), [[natural law]] and natural rights theory, [[utilitarianism]] and [[Liberalism|liberal]] political economy.<ref>Andrew Vincent. Modern political ideologies. Wiley-Blackwell publishing. 2010. pg. 87 and 88</ref> Another philosophical basis for a lot of early socialism was the emergence of [[positivism]] during the [[European Enlightenment]]. Positivism held that both the natural and social worlds could be understood through scientific knowledge and be analyzed using scientific methods. This core outlook influenced early social scientists and different types of socialists ranging from anarchists like [[Peter Kropotkin]] to technocrats like [[Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon|Saint Simon]].<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://science.jrank.org/pages/11291/Socialism-Socialism-during-its-Mature-Phase.html |title=Socialism during its "mature phase" |year=2013 |publisher=Science Encyclopedia|accessdate=30 November 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Claude Henri de Saint-Simon.jpg|upright|thumbnail|left|[[Henri de Saint-Simon|Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon]], early [[French socialist]]]]
The fundamental objective of socialism is to attain an advanced level of material production and therefore greater productivity, efficiency and rationality as compared to capitalism and all previous systems, under the view that an expansion of human productive capability is the basis for the extension of freedom and equality in society.<ref>''Socialism and the Market: The Socialist Calculation Debate Revisited''. Routledge Library of 20th Century Economics, 8 February 2000. p. 12. 978-0415195867.</ref> Many forms of socialist theory hold that human behaviour is largely shaped by the social environment. In particular, socialism holds that social [[mores]], values, cultural traits and economic practices are social creations and not the result of an immutable [[natural law]].<ref>{{cite book |last= Claessens|first= August |title= The logic of socialism|publisher= Kessinger Publishing, LLC| date=April  2009 |isbn=978-1104238407 |page =15 |quote= The individual is largely a product of his environment and much of his conduct and behavior is the reflex of getting a living in a particular stage of society.}}</ref><ref>Ferri, Enrico, "Socialism and Modern Science", in ''Evolution and Socialism'' (1912), p. 79:<blockquote> Upon what point are orthodox political economy and socialism in absolute conflict? Political economy has held and holds that the economic laws governing the production and distribution of wealth which it has established are natural laws ... not in the sense that they are laws naturally determined by the condition of the social organism (which would be correct), but that they are absolute laws, that is to say that they apply to humanity at all times and in all places, and consequently, that they are immutable in their principal points, though they may be subject to modification in details. Scientific socialism holds, the contrary, that the laws established by classical political economy, since the time of Adam Smith, are laws peculiar to the present period in the history of civilized humanity, and that they are, consequently, laws essentially relative to the period of their analysis and discovery.</blockquote></ref> The object of their critique is thus not human avarice or human consciousness, but the material conditions and man-made social systems (i.e.: the economic structure of society) that gives rise to observed social problems and inefficiencies. [[Bertrand Russell]], often considered to be the father of analytic philosophy, identified as a socialist. Bertrand Russell opposed the class struggle aspects of Marxism, viewing socialism solely as an adjustment of economic relations to accommodate modern machine production to benefit all of humanity through the progressive reduction of necessary work time.<ref>{{cite web |last=Russell |first=Bertrand |url=http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html |title=In Praise of Idleness |year= 1932|publisher= |accessdate=30 November 2013}}</ref>

Socialists view creativity as an essential aspect of human nature, and define freedom as a state of being where individuals are able to express their creativity unhindered by constraints of both material scarcity and coercive social institutions.<ref>Bhargava. ''Political Theory: An Introduction''. Pearson Education India, 2008. p. 249.</ref> The socialist concept of individuality is thus intertwined with the concept of individual creative expression. Karl Marx believed that expansion of the productive forces and technology was the basis for the expansion of human freedom, and that socialism, being a system that is consistent with modern developments in technology, would enable the flourishing of "free individualities" through the progressive reduction of necessary labour time. The reduction of necessary labour time to a minimum would grant individuals the opportunity to pursue the development of their true individuality and creativity.<ref>{{cite web |last=Marx |first=Karl |url=http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1857/grundrisse/ch14.htm |title=The Grundrisse |year= 1857–1861|publisher= |accessdate=18 December 2013 |quote= "The free development of individualities, and hence not the reduction of necessary labour time so as to posit surplus labour, but rather the general reduction of the necessary labour of society to a minimum, which then corresponds to the artistic, scientific etc. development of the individuals in the time set free, and with the means created, for all of them."}}</ref>{{clear}}

===Criticism of capitalism===
Socialists argue that the accumulation of capital generates waste through externalities that require costly corrective regulatory measures. They also point out that this process generates wasteful industries and practices that exist only to generate sufficient demand for products to be sold at a profit (such as high-pressure advertisement); thereby creating rather than satisfying economic demand.<ref>[http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/may10/page23.html ] {{wayback|url=http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/may10/page23.html |date=20100716140329 |df=y }}</ref><ref>{{cite web  |last=Magdoff |first=Fred |last2=Yates |first2=Michael D. |url=http://www.monthlyreview.org/091109magdoff-yates.php |title=What Needs To Be Done: A Socialist View |publisher=Monthly Review |date= |accessdate=23 February 2014}}</ref>

Socialists argue that capitalism consists of irrational activity, such as the purchasing of commodities only to sell at a later time when their price appreciates, rather than for consumption, even if the commodity cannot be sold at a profit to individuals in need; therefore, a crucial criticism often made by socialists is that ''making money'', or accumulation of capital, does not correspond to the satisfaction of demand (the production of [[use-value]]s).<ref>''Let's produce for use, not profit''. Retrieved 7 August 2010, from worldsocialism.org: http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/may10/page23.html</ref> The fundamental criterion for economic activity in capitalism is the accumulation of capital for reinvestment in production; this spurs the development of new, non-productive industries that don't produce use-value and only exist to keep the accumulation process afloat (otherwise the system goes into crisis), such as the spread of the [[Financialization|financial industry]], contributing to the formation of economic bubbles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rdwolff.com/content/economic-crisis-socialist-perspective |title=Economic Crisis from a Socialist Perspective &#124; Professor Richard D. Wolff |publisher=Rdwolff.com |date=29 June 2009 |accessdate=23 February 2014}}</ref>

Socialists view [[private property]] relations as limiting the potential of [[productive forces]] in the economy. According to socialists, private property becomes obsolete when it concentrates into centralized, socialized institutions based on private appropriation of revenue (but based on cooperative work and internal planning in allocation of inputs) until the role of the capitalist becomes redundant.<ref>Engels, Fredrich. ''Socialism: Utopian and Scientific''. Retrieved 30 October 2010, from Marxists.org: http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/ch03.htm, "The bourgeoisie demonstrated to be a superfluous class. All its social functions are now performed by salaried employees."</ref> With no need for [[capital accumulation]] and a class of owners, private property in the means of production is perceived as being an outdated form of economic organization that should be replaced by a [[free association (communism and anarchism)|free association]] of individuals based on public or [[common ownership]] of these socialized assets.<ref>''The Political Economy of Socialism'', by Horvat, Branko. 1982. Chapter 1: Capitalism, The General Pattern of Capitalist Development (pp. 15–20)</ref><ref name="Engels Selected Works 1968, p. 40">Marx and Engels Selected Works, Lawrence and Wishart, 1968, p. 40. Capitalist property relations put a "fetter" on the productive forces.</ref> Private ownership imposes constraints on planning, leading to uncoordinated economic decisions that result in business fluctuations, unemployment and a tremendous waste of material resources during crisis of [[overproduction]].<ref name="The Political Economy of Socialism 1982. p. 197">''The Political Economy of Socialism'', by Horvat, Branko. 1982. (p. 197)</ref>

Excessive disparities in income distribution lead to social instability and require costly corrective measures in the form of redistributive taxation, which incurs heavy administrative costs while weakening the incentive to work, inviting dishonesty and increasing the likelihood of tax evasion while (the corrective measures) reduce the overall efficiency of the market economy.<ref name="The Political Economy of Socialism 1982. pp. 197–198">''The Political Economy of Socialism'', by Horvat, Branko. 1982. (pp. 197–198)</ref> These corrective policies limit the incentive system of the market by providing things such as [[minimum wage]]s, [[unemployment benefit|unemployment insurance]], taxing profits and reducing the reserve army of labor, resulting in reduced incentives for capitalists to invest in more production. In essence, social welfare policies cripple the capitalism and its incentive system and are thus unsustainable in the long-run.<ref name="Market Socialism: The Debate Among Socialists, 1998. pp. 60–61">''Market Socialism: The Debate Among Socialists'', 1998. pp. 60–61"</ref> Marxists argue that the establishment of a [[Socialism (Marxism)|socialist mode of production]] is the only way to overcome these deficiencies. Socialists and specifically [[Marxian Socialism|Marxian socialists]], argue that the inherent conflict of interests between the working class and capital prevent optimal use of available human resources and leads to contradictory interest groups (labor and business) striving to influence the state to intervene in the economy in their favor at the expense of overall economic efficiency.

Early socialists ([[Utopian socialist]]s and [[Ricardian socialism|Ricardian socialists]]) criticized capitalism for concentrating [[power (philosophy)|power]] and [[wealth]] within a small segment of society.<ref>in Encyclopædia Britannica (2009). Retrieved 14 October 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/551569/socialism, "Main" summary: "Socialists complain that capitalism necessarily leads to unfair and exploitative concentrations of wealth and power in the hands of the relative few who emerge victorious from free-market competition—people who then use their wealth and power to reinforce their dominance in society."</ref> In addition, they complained that capitalism does not utilise available [[technology]] and resources to their maximum potential in the interests of the public.<ref name="Engels Selected Works 1968, p. 40"/>

===Marxism===
{{Main article|Marxism}}
{{quotation|<small>At a certain stage of development, the material productive forces of society come into conflict with the existing relations of production or – this merely expresses the same thing in legal terms&nbsp;– with the property relations within the framework of which they have operated hitherto. Then begins an era of social revolution. The changes in the economic foundation lead sooner or later to the transformation of the whole immense superstructure.</small> – Karl Marx, ''[[Critique of the Gotha Program]]''<ref name="ReferenceA"/>}}

[[File:Karl Marx 001.jpg|thumb|right|upright|The writings of Karl Marx provided the basis for the development of Marxist political theory and Marxian economics.]]

[[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] argued that socialism would emerge from historical necessity as capitalism rendered itself obsolete and unsustainable from increasing internal contradictions emerging from the development of the [[productive forces]] and technology. It was these advances in the productive forces combined with the old [[social relations of production]] of capitalism that would generate contradictions, leading to working-class consciousness.<ref name="ComparingEconomic">''Comparing Economic Systems in the Twenty-First Century'', 2003, by Gregory and Stuart. p. 62, ''Marx's Theory of Change''. ISBN 0-618-26181-8.</ref>

Marx and Engels held the view that the consciousness of those who earn a wage or salary (the [[working class]] in the broadest Marxist sense) would be moulded by their conditions of [[wage slavery]], leading to a tendency to seek their freedom or [[emancipation of labour|emancipation]] by overthrowing ownership of the means of production by capitalists, and consequently, overthrowing the state that upheld this economic order. For Marx and Engels, conditions determine consciousness and ending the role of the capitalist class leads eventually to a [[classless society]] in which the [[withering away of the state|state would wither away]]. The Marxist conception of socialism is that of a specific historical phase that will displace capitalism and precede [[communism]]. The major characteristics of socialism (particularly as conceived by Marx and Engels after the [[Paris Commune]] of 1871) are that the [[proletariat]] will control the means of production through a [[socialist state|workers' state]] erected by the workers in their interests. Economic activity would still be organised through the use of incentive systems and social classes would still exist, but to a lesser and diminishing extent than under capitalism.

For orthodox Marxists, socialism is the lower stage of communism based on the principle of "from each according to his ability, [[to each according to his contribution]]" while upper stage communism is based on the principle of "[[from each according to his ability, to each according to his need]]"; the upper stage becoming possible only after the socialist stage further develops economic efficiency and the automation of production has led to a superabundance of goods and services.<ref name="KS">{{cite book |last=Schaff |first=Kory |title=Philosophy and the problems of work: a reader |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham, Md |year=2001 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=mdLh5EMehwgC&pg=PA224&dq=isbn=0742507955&source=gbs_search_r&cad=0_1&sig=ACfU3U2S6uiRNCig9mq_bY4yKB7877tY4A 224] |isbn=0-7425-0795-5}}</ref><ref name="WA">{{cite book |last=Walicki |first=Andrzej |title=Marxism and the leap to the kingdom of freedom: the rise and fall of the Communist utopia |publisher=Stanford University Press |location=Stanford, Calif |year=1995 |isbn=0-8047-2384-2 |page=95}}</ref> Marx argued that the material productive forces (in industry and commerce) brought into existence by capitalism predicated a cooperative society since production had become a mass social, collective activity of the working class to create commodities but with private ownership (the relations of production or property relations). This conflict between collective effort in large factories and private ownership would bring about a conscious desire in the working class to establish collective ownership commensurate with the collective efforts their daily experience.<ref name="ReferenceA">Karl Marx, Preface to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, 1859</ref>

===Role of the state===
Socialists have taken different perspectives on the [[State (polity)|state]] and the role it should play in revolutionary struggles, in constructing socialism, and within an established socialist economy.

In the 19th century the philosophy of state socialism was first explicitly expounded by the German political philosopher [[Ferdinand Lassalle]]. In contrast to Karl Marx's perspective of the state, Lassalle rejected the concept of the state as a class-based power structure whose main function was to preserve existing class structures. Thus Lassalle also rejected the Marxist view that the state was destined to "wither away". Lassalle considered the state to be an entity independent of class allegiances and an instrument of justice that would therefore be essential for achieving socialism.{{Sfn | Berlau | 1949 | p = 21}}

Preceding the Bolshevik-led revolution in Russia, many socialists including [[Reformism|reformists]], [[orthodox Marxist]] currents such as [[council communism]], anarchists and [[libertarian socialists]] criticised the idea of using the state to conduct central planning and own the means of production as a way to establish socialism. Following the victory of Leninism in Russia, the idea of "[[state socialism]]" spread rapidly throughout the socialist movement, and eventually "state socialism" came to be identified with the [[Soviet-type economic planning|Soviet economic model]].<ref>An Outline on the History of Economic Thought,
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Joseph Schumpeter rejected the association of socialism (and social ownership) with state ownership over the means of production, because the state as it exists in its current form is a product of capitalist society and cannot be transplanted to a different institutional framework. Schumpeter argued that there would be different institutions within socialism than those that exist within modern capitalism, just as [[feudalism]] had its own distinct and unique institutional forms. The state, along with concepts like [[Private property|property]] and [[taxation]], were concepts exclusive to commercial society (capitalism) and attempting to place them within the context of a future socialist society would amount to a distortion of these concepts by using them out of context.<ref>{{cite book |last= Schumpeter|first= Joseph |title= Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy |publisher= Harper Perennial| date=  2008 |isbn= 978-0-06-156161-0|page = 169|quote=But there are still others (concepts and institutions) which by virtue of their nature cannot stand transplantation and always carry the flavor of a particular institutional framework. It is extremely dangerous, in fact it amounts to a distortion of historical description, to use them beyond the social world or culture whose denizens they are. Now ownership or property – also, so I believe, taxation – are such denizens of the world of commercial society, exactly as knights and fiefs are denizens of the feudal world. But so is the state (a denizen of commercial society).}}</ref>

===Utopian versus scientific===
{{Main article|Utopian socialism|Scientific socialism}}
Utopian socialism is  a term used to define the first currents of modern socialist thought as exemplified by the work of [[Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon|Henri de Saint-Simon]], [[Charles Fourier]], and [[Robert Owen]], which inspired [[Karl Marx]] and other early socialists.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pbs.org/heavenonearth/synopsis.html| title=Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism| publisher=Public Broadcasting System| accessdate=15 December 2011}}</ref> However, visions of imaginary ideal societies, which competed with revolutionary social-democratic movements, were viewed as not being grounded in the material conditions of society and as reactionary.<ref name=Draper>{{cite book |last=Draper|first=Hal|title=Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution, Volume IV: Critique of Other Socialisms|year=1990|publisher=Monthly Review Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0853457985|pages=1–21}}</ref> Although it is technically possible for any set of ideas or any person living at any time in history to be a utopian socialist, the term is most often applied to those socialists who lived in the first quarter of the 19th century who were ascribed the label "utopian" by later socialists as a negative term, in order to imply naivete and dismiss their ideas as fanciful or unrealistic.<ref name="SocialismAVeryShortIntroduction"/>

Religious sects whose members live communally, such as the [[Hutterites]], for example, are not usually called "utopian socialists", although their way of living is a prime example. They have been categorized as [[religious socialism|religious socialists]] by some. Likewise, modern [[intentional communities]] based on socialist ideas could also be categorized as "utopian socialist".

For Marxists, the development of capitalism in western Europe provided a material basis for the possibility of bringing about socialism because, according to the ''[[Communist Manifesto]]'', "What the bourgeoisie produces above all is its own grave diggers",<ref>Marx and Engels, Communist Manifesto</ref> namely the working class, which must become conscious of the historical objectives set it by society.

===Reform versus revolution===
{{Main article|Revolutionary socialism|Reformism}}
Revolutionary socialists believe that a social revolution is necessary to effect structural changes to the socioeconomic structure of society. Among revolutionary socialists there are differences in strategy, theory, and the definition of "revolution". Orthodox Marxists and Left Communists take an [[Impossibilism|impossibilist]] stance, believing that revolution should be spontaneous as a result of contradictions in society due to technological changes in the productive forces. Lenin theorized that under capitalism the workers cannot achieve class consciousness beyond organising into [[Trade union|unions]] and making demands of the capitalists. Therefore, [[Leninism|Leninists]] advocate that it is historically necessary for a [[Vanguardism|vanguard]] of class-conscious revolutionaries to take a central role in coordinating the social revolution to overthrow the capitalist state and, eventually, the institution of the state altogether.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Leninist Concept of the Revolutionary Vanguard Party|url=http://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/socialistvoice/partyPR46.html|work=WRG|accessdate=9 December 2013}}</ref> "Revolution" is not necessarily defined by revolutionary socialists as violent insurrection,<ref>Schaff, Adam, 'Marxist Theory on Revolution and Violence', p. 263. in Journal of the history of ideas, Vol 34, no.2 (Apr–Jun 1973)</ref> but as a complete dismantling and rapid transformation of all areas of class society led by the majority of the masses: the working class.

Reformism is generally associated with [[social democracy]] and [[gradualist]] democratic socialism. Reformism is the belief that socialists should stand in parliamentary elections within capitalist society and, if elected, utilize the [[machinery of government]] to pass political and social reforms for the purposes of ameliorating the instabilities and inequities of capitalism.

==Economics==
{{Main article|Socialist economics}}
{{See also|Production for use}}
Socialist economics starts from the premise that "individuals do not live or work in isolation but live in cooperation with one another. Furthermore, everything that people produce is in some sense a social product, and everyone who contributes to the production of a good is entitled to a share in it. Society as a whole, therefore, should own or at least control property for the benefit of all its members."<ref name="ReferenceB"/>

The original conception of socialism was an economic system whereby production was organised in a way to directly produce goods and services for their utility (or use-value in classical and Marxian economics): the ''direct allocation'' of resources in terms of physical units as opposed to financial calculation and the economic laws of capitalism (see: [[Law of value]]), often entailing the end of capitalistic economic categories such as [[renting|rent]], [[interest]], [[Profit (economics)|profit]] and money.<ref>{{cite book |last= Bockman|first= Johanna |title= Markets in the name of Socialism: The Left-Wing origins of Neoliberalism|publisher= Stanford University Press|year= 2011|isbn= 978-0-8047-7566-3|page = 20|quote= According to nineteenth-century socialist views, socialism would function without capitalist economic categories – such as money, prices, interest, profits and rent – and thus would function according to laws other than those described by current economic science. While some socialists recognised the need for money and prices at least during the transition from capitalism to socialism, socialists more commonly believed that the socialist economy would soon administratively mobilise the economy in physical units without the use of prices or money.}}</ref> In a fully developed socialist economy, production and balancing factor inputs with outputs becomes a technical process to be undertaken by engineers.<ref>{{cite book |last= Gregory and Stuart|first= Paul and Robert |title= Comparing Economic Systems in the Twenty-First Century, Seventh Edition: "Socialist Economy" |publisher=George Hoffman|year= 2004 |isbn= 0-618-26181-8|page = 117|quote=In such a setting, information problems are not serious, and engineers rather than economists can resolve the issue of factor proportions.}}</ref>

[[Market socialism]] refers to an array of different economic theories and systems that utilise the market mechanism to organise production and to allocate factor inputs among socially owned enterprises, with the economic surplus (profits) accruing to society in a [[social dividend]] as opposed to private capital owners.<ref>{{cite book |last= O'Hara|first= Phillip |title= Encyclopedia of Political Economy, Volume 2 |publisher= [[Routledge]]|date=September 2003|isbn= 0-415-24187-1|page = 70|quote=Market socialism is a general designation for a number of models of economic systems. On the one hand, the market mechanism is utilised to distribute economic output, to organise production and to allocate factor inputs. On the other hand, the economic surplus accrues to society at large rather than to a class of private (capitalist) owners, through some form of collective, public or social ownership of capital.}}</ref> Variations of market socialism include [[libertarianism|Libertarian]] proposals such as [[Mutualism (economic theory)|mutualism]], based on classical economics, and neoclassical economic models such as the [[Lange Model]]. However, some economists such as [[Joseph Stiglitz]], [[Mancur Olson]] and others not specifically advancing anti-socialists positions have shown that prevailing economic models upon which such democratic or market socialism models might be based have logical flaws or unworkable presuppositions.<ref>{{cite book |last= Stiglitz|first= Joseph |title= Whither Socialism?|publisher= The MIT Press|date=January 1996|isbn= 978-0262691826|page =|quote=.}}</ref><ref>Mancur Olson, Jr., 1965, 2nd ed., 1971. ''The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups'', Harvard University Press, [http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674537514 Description], [http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?recid=24500&content=toc Table of Contents], and [https://books.google.com/books?id=jzTeOLtf7_wC&printsec=find&pg=PA5=onepage&q&f=false#v=onepage&q&f=false preview].</ref>

The ownership of the [[means of production]] can be based on direct ownership by the users of the productive property through [[worker cooperative]]; or [[common ownership|commonly owned]] by all of society with management and control delegated to those who operate/use the means of production; or [[public ownership]] by a state apparatus. ''Public ownership'' may refer to the creation of [[state-owned enterprises]], [[nationalisation]], [[municipalisation]] or autonomous collective institutions. Some socialists feel that in a socialist economy, at least the '[[Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy|commanding heights]]' of the economy must be publicly owned.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/product-description/068483569X |title=Excerpt from Commanding Heights |publisher=Amazon.com |accessdate=30 November 2010}}</ref> However, [[Economic liberalism|economic liberals]] and [[Right-libertarianism|right libertarians]] view [[Private enterprise|private ownership]] of the [[means of production]] and the market exchange as natural entities or moral rights which are central to their conceptions of freedom and liberty, and view the economic dynamics of capitalism as immutable and absolute. Therefore, they perceive [[public ownership]] of the [[means of production]], [[cooperatives]] and [[economic planning]] as infringements upon liberty.<ref name="milton">{{cite web |url=http://www.sangam.org/taraki/articles/2006/11-25_Friedman_MGR.php?uid=2075 |title=On Milton Friedman, MGR & Annaism |publisher=Sangam.org |accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Bellamy |first=Richard |title=The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century Political Thought|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2003|isbn=0-521-56354-2|page=60}}</ref>

Management and control over the activities of enterprises are based on self-management and self-governance, with equal power-relations in the workplace to maximise occupational autonomy. A socialist form of organisation would eliminate controlling hierarchies so that only a hierarchy based on technical knowledge in the workplace remains. Every member would have decision-making power in the firm and would be able to participate in establishing its overall policy objectives. The policies/goals would be carried out by the technical specialists that form the coordinating hierarchy of the firm, who would establish plans or directives for the work community to accomplish these goals.<ref name="The Political Economy of Socialism, 1982. p. 197">''The Political Economy of Socialism'', by Horvat, Branko. 1982. (p. 197): "The sandglass (socialist) model is based on the observation that there are two fundamentally different spheres of activity or decision making. The first is concerned with value judgments, and consequently each individual counts as one in this sphere. In the second, technical decisions are made on the basis of technical competence and expertise. The decisions of the first sphere are policy directives; those of the second, technical directives. The former are based on political authority as exercised by all members of the organisation; the latter, on professional authority specific to each member and growing out of the division of labour. Such an organisation involves a clearly defined coordinating hierarchy but eliminates a power hierarchy."</ref>

The role and use of money in a hypothetical socialist economy is a contested issue. According to the [[Austrian school of economics|Austrian school]] economist [[Ludwig von Mises]], an economic system that does not use [[money]], financial calculation and [[Market price|market pricing]] will be unable to effectively value [[capital good]]s and coordinate production, and therefore these types of socialism are impossible because they lack the necessary information to perform economic calculation in the first place.<ref>Ludwig Von Mises, Socialism, p. 119</ref><ref name="Mises">{{cite book |title= Economic calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth|accessdate=8 September 2008|last= Von Mises|first= Ludwig|authorlink= Ludwig von Mises|year= 1990|format= PDF|publisher=[[Ludwig von Mises Institute]]|url= https://mises.org/pdf/econcalc.pdf}}</ref> Socialists including [[Karl Marx]], [[Robert Owen]], [[Pierre-Joseph Proudhon]] and [[John Stuart Mill]] advocated various forms of [[labour voucher]]s or labour-credits, which like money would be used to acquire articles of consumption, but unlike money, they are unable to become [[Financial capital|capital]] and would not be used to allocate resources within the production process. Bolshevik revolutionary [[Leon Trotsky]] argued that money could not be arbitrarily abolished following a socialist revolution. Money had to exhaust its "historic mission", meaning it would have to be used until its function became redundant, eventually being transformed into bookkeeping receipts for statisticians, and only in the more distant future would money not be required for even that role.<ref>[http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1936/revbet/ch04.htm ''Leon Trotsky'' – The Revolution Betrayed. 1936] Full Text. Chapter 4: "Having lost its ability to bring happiness or trample men in the dust, money will turn into mere bookkeeping receipts for the convenience of statisticians and for planning purposes. In the still more distant future, probably these receipts will not be needed."</ref>

{{Quotation|The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil... I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals. In such an economy, the means of production are owned by society itself and are utilised in a planned fashion. A planned economy, which adjusts production to the needs of the community, would distribute the work to be done among all those able to work and would guarantee a livelihood to every man, woman, and child. The education of the individual, in addition to promoting his own innate abilities, would attempt to develop in him a sense of responsibility for his fellow men in place of the glorification of power and success in our present society.| [[Albert Einstein]], ''[[Why Socialism?]]'', 1949<ref>[http://www.monthlyreview.org/598einstein.php ''Why Socialism?''] by [[Albert Einstein]], ''[[Monthly Review]]'', May 1949</ref>}}

===Planned economy===
{{Main article|Planned economy}}
A planned economy is a type of economy consisting of a mixture of public ownership of the means of production and the coordination of production and distribution through [[economic planning]]. There are two major types of planning: decentralised-planning and centralised-planning. [[Enrico Barone]] provided a comprehensive theoretical framework for a planned socialist economy. In his model, assuming perfect computation techniques, simultaneous equations relating inputs and outputs to ratios of equivalence would provide appropriate valuations in order to balance supply and demand.<ref>{{cite book |last= Gregory and Stuart|first= Paul and Robert |title= Comparing Economic Systems in the Twenty-First Century, Seventh Edition |publisher=George Hoffman|year= 2004 |isbn= 0-618-26181-8|pages = 120–121}}</ref>

The most prominent example of a planned economy was the [[Economy of the Soviet Union|economic system of the Soviet Union]], and as such, the centralised-planned economic model is usually associated with the [[Communist states]] of the 20th century, where it was combined with a single-party political system. In a centrally planned economy, decisions regarding the quantity of goods and services to be produced are planned in advance by a planning agency. (See also: [[Analysis of Soviet-type economic planning]]). The economic systems of the Soviet Union and the [[Eastern Bloc]] are further classified as ''command economies'', which are defined as systems where economic coordination is undertaken by commands, directives and production targets.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ericson|first=Richard E.|title=Command Economy|url=http://econ.la.psu.edu/~bickes/rickcommand.pdf|format=PDF}}</ref>
Studies by economists of various political persuasions on the actual functioning of the Soviet economy indicate that it was not actually a planned economy. Instead of conscious planning, the Soviet economy was based on a process whereby the plan was modified by localised agents and the original plans went largely unfulfilled. Planning agencies, ministries and enterprises all adapted and bargained with each other during the formulation of the plan as opposed to following a plan passed down from a higher authority, leading some economists to suggest that planning did not actually take place within the Soviet economy and that a better description would be an "administered" or "managed" economy.<ref>{{cite book |last= Nove|first= Alec |title= The Economics of Feasible Socialism, Revisited|publisher= Routledge|year= 1991|isbn= 978-0043350492|page = 78|quote=Several authors of the most diverse political views have stated that there is in fact no planning in the Soviet Union: Eugene Zaleski, J. Wilhelm, Hillel Ticktin. They all in their very different ways note the fact that plans are often (usually) unfulfilled, that information flows are distorted, that plan-instructions are the subject of bargaining, that there are many distortions and inconsistencies, indeed that (as many sources attest) plans are frequently altered within the period to which they are supposed to apply...}}</ref>

Although central planning was largely supported by [[Marxist–Leninist]]s, some factions within the Soviet Union before the rise of [[Stalinism]] held positions contrary to central planning. Leon Trotsky rejected central planning in favour of decentralised planning. He argued that central planners, regardless of their intellectual capacity, would be unable to coordinate effectively all economic activity within an economy because they operated without the input and tacit knowledge embodied by the participation of the millions of people in the economy. As a result, central planners would be unable to respond to local economic conditions.<ref>''Writings 1932–33, p. 96'', Leon Trotsky.</ref> [[State socialism]] is unfeasible in this view because information cannot be aggregated by a central body and effectively used to formulate a plan for an entire economy, because doing so would result in [[Economic calculation problem|distorted or absent price signals]].<ref name="hayek">F. A. Hayek, (1935), "The Nature and History of the Problem" and "The Present State of the Debate," om in F. A. Hayek, ed. ''Collectivist Economic Planning'', pp. 1–40, 201–43.</ref> It has also been argued that a lack of [[budget constraint]]s in enterprises operating in a planned economy reduces incentives for enterprises to act on information efficiently, thereby reducing overall welfare for society.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Heilbroner |first1=Robert  |authorlink1= Robert Heilbroner |last2=  |first2=  |authorlink2= |editor= [[David R. Henderson]] (ed.) |encyclopedia=[[Concise Encyclopedia of Economics]] |title=Socialism |url=http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Socialism.html |year=2008 |edition= 2nd |publisher=[[Library of Economics and Liberty]] |location=Indianapolis |isbn=978-0865976658 |oclc=237794267}}</ref>

===Self-managed economy===
{{See also|Decentralised planning|Economic democracy|Workers' self-management}}
A self-managed, decentralised economy is based on autonomous self-regulating economic units and a decentralised mechanism of resource allocation and decision-making. This model has found support in notable classical and neoclassical economists including [[Alfred Marshall]], [[John Stuart Mill]] and [[Jaroslav Vanek]]. There are numerous variations of self-management, including labour-managed firms and worker-managed firms. The goals of self-management are to eliminate exploitation and reduce [[Social alienation|alienation]].<ref>{{cite book |last= O'Hara|first= Phillip |title= Encyclopedia of Political Economy, Volume 2 |publisher= Routledge|date=September 2003|isbn= 0-415-24187-1|pages = 8–9|quote=One finds favorable opinions of cooperatives also among other great economists of the past, such as, for example, John Stuart Mill and Alfred Marshall...In eliminating the domination of capital over labour, firms run by workers eliminate capitalist exploitation and reduce alienation.}}</ref> [[Guild socialism]] is a political movement advocating [[workers' control]] of industry through the medium of trade-related [[guilds]] "in an implied contractual relationship with the public".<ref name="britannica.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/248652/Guild-Socialism |title=Guild Socialism|publisher=Britannica.com |accessdate=11 October 2013}}</ref> It originated in the United Kingdom and was at its most influential in the first quarter of the 20th century.<ref name="britannica.com"/> It was strongly associated with [[G. D. H. Cole]] and influenced by the ideas of [[William Morris]].

One such system is the cooperative economy, a largely free [[market economy]] in which workers manage the firms and democratically determine remuneration levels and labour divisions. Productive resources would be legally owned by the [[cooperative]] and rented to the workers, who would enjoy [[usufruct]] rights.<ref>Vanek, Jaroslav, ''The Participatory Economy'' (Ithaca, NY.: Cornell University Press, 1971).</ref> Another form of decentralised planning is the use of [[cybernetics]], or the use of computers to manage the allocation of economic inputs. The socialist-run government of [[Salvador Allende]] in Chile experimented with [[Project Cybersyn]], a real-time information bridge between the government, state enterprises and consumers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cybersyn.cl/ingles/cybersyn/cybernet.html |title=CYBERSYN/Cybernetic Synergy |publisher=Cybersyn.cl |accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref> Another, more recent, variant is [[participatory economics]], wherein the economy is planned by decentralised councils of workers and consumers. Workers would be remunerated solely according to effort and sacrifice, so that those engaged in dangerous, uncomfortable, and strenuous work would receive the highest incomes and could thereby work less.<ref>[[Michael Albert]] and [[Robin Hahnel]], ''The Political Economy of Participatory Economics'' (Princeton, NJ.: Princeton University Press, 1991).</ref> A contemporary model for a self-managed, non-market socialism is [[Pat Devine]]'s model of negotiated coordination. Negotiated coordination is based upon social ownership by those affected by the use of the assets involved, with decisions made by those at the most localised level of production.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gesd.free.fr/devine.pdf |title=Participatory Planning Through Negotiated Coordination |format=PDF |accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref>

[[Michel Bauwens]] identifies the emergence of the open software movement and [[Social peer-to-peer processes|peer-to-peer production]] as a new, alternative [[mode of production]] to the capitalist economy and centrally planned economy that is based on collaborative self-management, common ownership of resources, and the production of use-values through the free cooperation of producers who have access to distributed capital.<ref name="Ctheory">{{cite news |url=http://www.ctheory.net/articles.aspx?id=499  |title=The Political Economy of Peer Production|date=12 January 2005  |publisher=CTheory}}</ref>

[[Anarchist communism]] is a theory of [[anarchism]] which advocates the abolition of the [[State (polity)|state]], [[private property]], and capitalism in favour of [[common ownership]] of the [[means of production]].<ref name=Mayne>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/?id=6MkTz6Rq7wUC&pg=PA131&dq=Communist+anarchism+belives+in+collective+ownership |title=From Politics Past to Politics Future: An Integrated Analysis of Current and Emergent Paradigms Alan James Mayne Published 1999 Greenwood Publishing Group 316 pages ISBN 0-275-96151-6 |publisher=Google Books |accessdate=20 September 2010|isbn=978-0-275-96151-0|year=1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/?id=jeiudz5sBV4C&pg=PA14 |title=Anarchism for Know-It-Alls|publisher=Filiquarian Publishing|year=2008|accessdate=20 September 2010|isbn=978-1-59986-218-7}}</ref> [[Anarcho-syndicalism]] was practiced in Catalonia and other places in the [[Spanish Revolution]] during the Spanish Civil War. [[Sam Dolgoff]] estimated that about eight million people participated directly or at least indirectly in the Spanish Revolution.<ref name=Dolgoff1974>{{citation |last=Dolgoff |first=S. |title=The Anarchist Collectives: Workers' Self-Management in the Spanish Revolution. In The Spanish Revolution, the Luger P08 was used as a weapon of choice by the Spanish. |year=1974 |isbn=978-0-914156-03-1}}</ref>

The economy of the former [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] established a system based on market-based allocation, social ownership of the means of production and self-management within firms. This system substituted Yugoslavia's Soviet-type central planning with a decentralised, self-managed system after reforms in 1953.<ref>Estrin, Saul. 1991. "Yugoslavia: The Case of Self-Managing Market Socialism." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 5(4): 187–194.</ref>

The [[Marxian economics|Marxian economist]] [[Richard D. Wolff]] argues that "re-organising production so that workers become collectively self-directed at their work-sites" not only moves society beyond both capitalism and [[state socialism]] of the last century, but would also mark another milestone in human history, similar to earlier transitions out of slavery and feudalism.<ref>[[Richard D. Wolff|Wolff, Richard D.]] (2012). ''[http://www.democracyatwork.info/ Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism].'' [[Haymarket Books]]. ISBN 1608462471. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-QnzAAAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA13#v=onepage&q&f=false pp. 13-14].
*"The disappearances of slaves and masters and lords and serfs would now be replicated by the disappearance of capitalists and workers. Such oppositional categories would no longer apply to the relationships of production, Instead, workers would become their own collective bosses. The two categories – employer and employee – would be integrated in the same individuals."</ref> As an example, Wolff claims that [[Mondragon Corporation|Mondragon]] is "a stunningly successful alternative to the capitalist organisation of production."<ref>[[Richard D. Wolff|Wolff, Richard]] (24 June 2012). [http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jun/24/alternative-capitalism-mondragon Yes, there is an alternative to capitalism: Mondragon shows the way]. ''[[The Guardian]].'' Retrieved 12 August 2013.</ref>

===State-directed economy===
{{See also|State socialism}}
State socialism can be used to classify any variety of socialist philosophies that advocates the ownership of the [[means of production]] by the [[State (polity)|state apparatus]], either as a transitional stage between capitalism and socialism, or as an end-goal in itself. Typically it refers to a form of technocratic management, whereby technical specialists administer or manage economic enterprises on behalf of society (and the public interest) instead of workers' councils or workplace democracy.

A state-directed economy may refer to a type of mixed economy consisting of public ownership over large industries, as promoted by various Social democratic political parties during the 20th century. This ideology influenced the policies of the British Labour Party during Clement Attlee's administration. In the biography of the 1945 UK Labour Party Prime Minister [[Clement Attlee]], Francis Beckett states: "the government... wanted what would become known as a mixed economy".<ref>Beckett, Francis, ''Clem Attlee'', (2007) Politico's.</ref>

Nationalisation in the UK was achieved through compulsory purchase of the industry (i.e. with compensation). [[British Aerospace]] was a combination of major aircraft companies [[British Aircraft Corporation]], [[Hawker Siddeley]] and others. [[British Shipbuilders]] was a combination of the major shipbuilding companies including [[Cammell Laird]], [[Govan Shipbuilders]], [[Swan Hunter]], and [[Yarrow Shipbuilders]]; the nationalisation of the coal mines in 1947 created a coal board charged with running the coal industry commercially so as to be able to meet the interest payable on the bonds which the former mine owners' shares had been converted into.<ref>{{cite book |author=Socialist Party of Great Britain |authorlink=Socialist Party of Great Britain |title=The Strike Weapon: Lessons of the Miners' Strike |publisher=Socialist Party of Great Britain |location=London |year=1985 |url=http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/pdf/ms.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=28 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Hardcastle |first=Edgar |authorlink=Edgar Hardcastle |title=The Nationalisation of the Railways |journal=[[Socialist Standard]] |volume=43 |issue=1 |publisher=[[Socialist Party of Great Britain]] |year=1947 |url=http://www.marxists.org/archive/hardcastle/1947/02/railways.htm |accessdate=28 April 2007}}</ref>

===Market socialism===
{{Main article|Market socialism}}
Market socialism consists of publicly owned or cooperatively owned enterprises operating in a [[market economy]]. It is a system that utilises the market and [[Price system|monetary prices]] for the allocation and accounting of the [[means of production]], thereby retaining the process of [[capital accumulation]]. The profit generated would be used to directly remunerate employees, collectively sustain the enterprise or finance public institutions.<ref>''Comparing Economic Systems in the Twenty-First Century'', 2003, by Gregory and Stuart. ISBN 0-618-26181-8. (p. 142): "It is an economic system that combines social ownership of capital with market allocation of capital...The state owns the means of production, and returns accrue to society at large."</ref> In state-oriented forms of market socialism, in which state enterprises attempt to maximise profit, the profits can be used to fund government programs and services through a [[social dividend]], eliminating or greatly diminishing the need for various forms of taxation that exist in capitalist systems. The neoclassical economist [[Léon Walras]] believed that a socialist economy based on state ownership of land and natural resources would provide a means of public finance to make income taxes unnecessary.<ref>{{cite book |last= Bockman|first= Johanna |title= Markets in the name of Socialism: The Left-Wing origins of Neoliberalism|publisher= Stanford University Press|year= 2011|isbn= 978-0-8047-7566-3|page = 21|quote= For Walras, socialism would provide the necessary institutions for free competition and social justice. Socialism, in Walras's view, entailed state ownership of land and natural resources and the abolition of income taxes. As owner of land and natural resources, the state could then lease these resources to many individuals and groups, which would eliminate monopolies and thus enable free competition. The leasing of land and natural resources would also provide enough state revenue to make income taxes unnecessary, allowing a worker to invest his savings and become 'an owner or capitalist at the same time that he remains a worker.}}</ref> Yugoslavia implemented a market socialist economy based on cooperatives and worker self-management.
[[File:Proudhon-children.jpg|thumb|left|Proudhon and his children, by [[Gustave Courbet]], 1865. [[Pierre Joseph Proudhon|Pierre-Joseph Proudhon]], main theorist of [[Mutualism (economic theory)|mutualism]] and influential French socialist thinker.]]
[[Mutualism (economy)|Mutualism]] is an [[economics|economic theory]] and [[anarchist school of thought]] that advocates a society where each person might possess a [[means of production]], either individually or collectively, with trade representing equivalent amounts of labour in the [[free market]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mutualist.org/ |title=Introduction |publisher=Mutualist.org |accessdate=29 April 2010}}</ref> Integral to the scheme was the establishment of a mutual-credit bank that would lend to producers at a minimal interest rate, just high enough to cover administration.<ref>Miller, David. 1987. "Mutualism." The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Thought. Blackwell Publishing. p. 11</ref> Mutualism is based on a [[labour theory of value]] that holds that when labour or its product is sold, in exchange, it ought to receive goods or services embodying "the amount of labour necessary to produce an article of exactly similar and equal utility".<ref>Tandy, Francis D., 1896, ''[[Voluntary Socialism]]'', chapter 6, paragraph 15.</ref>

The current economic system in China is formally referred to as a [[socialist market economy with Chinese characteristics]]. It combines a large state sector that comprises the 'commanding heights' of the economy, which are guaranteed their public ownership status by law,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-12/19/content_762056.htm |title=China names key industries for absolute state control |work=China Daily  |date=19 December 2006 |accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref> with a private sector mainly engaged in commodity production and light industry responsible from anywhere between 33%<ref>{{cite web |author=English@peopledaily.com.cn |url=http://english.people.com.cn/200507/13/eng20050713_195876.html |title=People's Daily Online – China has socialist market economy in place |publisher=English.people.com.cn |date=13 July 2005 |accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref> (People's Daily Online 2005) to over 70% of GDP generated in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/16/3/36174313.pdf |title=CHINA AND THE OECD|date=May 2006|format=PDF |accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref> Although there has been a rapid expansion of private-sector activity since the 1980s, privatisation of state assets was virtually halted and were partially reversed in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |last=Talent |first=Jim |url=http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/01/10-China-Myths-for-the-New-Decade#_ftn23 |title=10 China Myths for the New Decade &#124; The Heritage Foundation |publisher=Heritage.org |accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref> The current Chinese economy consists of 150 [[Corporatization|corporatised]] state-owned enterprises that report directly to China's central government.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.forbes.com/2008/07/08/china-enterprises-state-lead-cx_jrw_0708mckinsey.html |title=Reassessing China's State-Owned Enterprises |work=Forbes |accessdate=2 June 2010 |date=8 July 2008}}</ref> By 2008, these state-owned corporations had become increasingly dynamic and generated large increases in revenue for the state,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage.ft?news_id=fto031620081407384075 |title=InfoViewer: China's champions: Why state ownership is no longer proving a dead hand |publisher=Us.ft.com |date=28 August 2003 |accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref><ref>http://ufirc.ou.edu/publications/Enterprises%20of%20China.pdf</ref> resulting in a state-sector led recovery during the 2009 financial crises while accounting for most of China's economic growth.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8153138.stm |work=BBC News  | title=China grows faster amid worries | date=16 July 2009 | accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref> However, the Chinese economic model is widely cited as a contemporary form of state capitalism, the major difference between Western capitalism and the Chinese model being the degree of state-ownership of shares in publicly listed corporations.

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam has adopted a similar model after the [[Doi Moi]] economic renovation, but slightly differs from the Chinese model in that the Vietnamese government retains firm control over the state sector and strategic industries, but allows for private-sector activity in commodity production.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vietnamembassy-usa.org/news/story.php?d=20031117235404 |title=VN Embassy : Socialist-oriented market economy: concept and development soluti |publisher=Vietnamembassy-usa.org |date=17 November 2003 |accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref>

==Politics==
[[File:Socialists in Union Square, N.Y.C..jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Socialists in [[Union Square, Manhattan|Union Square]], New York City on [[International Workers' Day|May Day]] 1912]]

The major socialist political movements are described below. Independent socialist theorists, [[Utopian socialism|utopian socialist]] authors, and academic supporters of socialism may not be represented in these movements. Some political groups have called themselves socialist while holding views that some consider antithetical to socialism. The term ''socialist'' has also been used by some politicians on the [[right-wing politics|political right]] as an epithet against certain individuals who do not consider themselves to be socialists, and against policies that are not considered socialist by their proponents.

There are many variations of socialism and as such there is no single definition encapsulating all of socialism. However, there have been common elements identified by scholars.<ref>Peter Lamb, J. C. Docherty. ''Historical dictionary of socialism''. Lanham, Maryland, UK; Oxford, England, UK: Scarecrow Press, Inc, 2006. pp. 1–3.</ref> Angelo S. Rappoport in his ''Dictionary of Socialism'' (1924) analysed forty definitions of socialism to conclude that common elements of socialism include: general criticisms of the social effects of [[private ownership]] and control of capital – as being the cause of poverty, low wages, unemployment, economic and social inequality, and a lack of economic security; a general view that the solution to these problems is a form of collective control over the [[means of production]], [[Distribution (economics)|distribution]] and [[Means of exchange|exchange]] (the degree and means of control vary amongst socialist movements); agreement that the outcome of this collective control should be a society based upon [[social justice]], including social equality, economic protection of people, and should provide a more satisfying life for most people.<ref>Peter Lamb, J. C. Docherty. ''Historical dictionary of socialism''. Lanham, Maryland, UK; Oxford, England, UK: Scarecrow Press, Inc, 2006. pp. 1–2.</ref> [[Bhikhu Parekh]] in ''The Concepts of Socialism'' (1975) identifies four core principles of socialism and particularly socialist society: sociality, social responsibility, cooperation, and planning.<ref name="Peter Lamb 2006. p. 2">Peter Lamb, J. C. Docherty. ''Historical dictionary of socialism''. Lanham, Maryland, UK; Oxford, England, UK: Scarecrow Press, Inc, 2006. p. 2.</ref> [[Michael Freeden]] in his study ''Ideologies and Political Theory'' (1996) states that all socialists share five themes: the first is that socialism posits that society is more than a mere collection of individuals; second, that it considers human welfare a desirable objective; third, that it considers humans by nature to be active and productive; fourth, it holds the belief of human equality; and fifth, that history is progressive and will create positive change on the condition that humans work to achieve such change.<ref name="Peter Lamb 2006. p. 2"/>

===Anarchism===
{{main article|Anarchism}}
Anarchism is a [[political philosophy]] that advocates [[stateless society|stateless societies]] often defined as [[self-governance|self-governed]] voluntary institutions,<ref>"ANARCHISM, a social philosophy that rejects authoritarian government and maintains that voluntary institutions are best suited to express man's natural social tendencies." George Woodcock. "Anarchism" at The Encyclopedia of Philosophy</ref><ref>"In a society developed on these lines, the voluntary associations which already now begin to cover all the fields of human activity would take a still greater extension so as to substitute themselves for the state in all its functions." [http://www.theanarchistlibrary.org/HTML/Petr_Kropotkin___Anarchism__from_the_Encyclopaedia_Britannica.html Peter Kropotkin. "Anarchism" from the Encyclopædia Britannica]</ref><ref>"Anarchism." The Shorter Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2005. p. 14 "Anarchism is the view that a society without the state, or government, is both possible and desirable."</ref><ref>Sheehan, Sean. Anarchism, London: Reaktion Books Ltd., 2004. p. 85</ref> but that several authors have defined as more specific institutions based on non-[[Hierarchy|hierarchical]] [[Free association (communism and anarchism)|free associations]].<ref name="iaf-ifa.org"/><ref>"as many anarchists have stressed, it is not government as such that they find objectionable, but the hierarchical forms of government associated with the nation state." Judith Suissa. ''Anarchism and Education: a Philosophical Perspective''. Routledge. New York. 2006. p. 7</ref><ref>"That is why Anarchy, when it works to destroy authority in all its aspects, when it demands the abrogation of laws and the abolition of the mechanism that serves to impose them, when it refuses all hierarchical organisation and preaches free agreement — at the same time strives to maintain and enlarge the precious kernel of social customs without which no human or animal society can exist." [[Peter Kropotkin]]. [http://www.theanarchistlibrary.org/HTML/Petr_Kropotkin__Anarchism__its_philosophy_and_ideal.html Anarchism: its philosophy and ideal]</ref><ref>"anarchists are opposed to irrational (e.g., illegitimate) authority, in other words, hierarchy — hierarchy being the institutionalisation of authority within a society." [http://www.theanarchistlibrary.org/HTML/The_Anarchist_FAQ_Editorial_Collective__An_Anarchist_FAQ__03_17_.html#toc2 "B.1 Why are anarchists against authority and hierarchy?"] in [[An Anarchist FAQ]]</ref> Anarchism holds the [[state (polity)|state]] to be undesirable, unnecessary, or harmful.<ref name="definition">
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The following sources cite anarchism as a political philosophy:
{{cite book | last = Mclaughlin | first = Paul | title = Anarchism and Authority | publisher = Ashgate | location = Aldershot | year = 2007 | isbn = 0-7546-6196-2 |page=59}}
{{cite book | last = Johnston | first = R. | title = The Dictionary of Human Geography | publisher = Blackwell Publishers | location = Cambridge | year = 2000 | isbn = 0-631-20561-6 |page=24}}</ref><ref name=slevin>Slevin, Carl. "Anarchism." ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics''. Ed. Iain McLean and Alistair McMillan. Oxford University Press, 2003.</ref> While anti-statism is central, some argue<ref>"Anarchists do reject the state, as we will see. But to claim that this central aspect of anarchism is definitive is to sell anarchism short."[https://books.google.com/books?id=kkj5i3CeGbQC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Anarchism and Authority: A Philosophical Introduction to Classical Anarchism'' by Paul McLaughlin. AshGate. 2007. p. 28]</ref> that anarchism entails opposing [[authority]] or [[hierarchical organisation]] in the conduct of human relations, including, but not limited to, the state system.<ref name="iaf-ifa.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.iaf-ifa.org/principles/english.html |title=IAF principles |publisher=[[International of Anarchist Federations]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105095946/http://www.iaf-ifa.org/principles/english.html |archivedate=5 January 2012 |deadurl=yes |quote=The IAF – IFA fights for : the abolition of all forms of authority whether economical, political, social, religious, cultural or sexual.}}</ref><ref name="auto">"Anarchism, then, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from the dominion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of government. Anarchism stands for a social order based on the free grouping of individuals for the purpose of producing real social wealth; an order that will guarantee to every human being free access to the earth and full enjoyment of the necessities of life, according to individual desires, tastes, and inclinations." [[Emma Goldman]]. "What it Really Stands for Anarchy" in ''[[Anarchism and Other Essays]]''.</ref><ref name="Ward 1966">{{cite web |url=http://www.panarchy.org/ward/organization.1966.html|last=Ward|first=Colin|year=1966|title=Anarchism as a Theory of Organization|accessdate=1 March 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100325081119/http://www.panarchy.org/ward/organization.1966.html| archivedate= 25 March 2010<!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref><ref name="Brown 2002 106">{{cite book |last=Brown |first=L. Susan |chapter=Anarchism as a Political Philosophy of Existential Individualism: Implications for Feminism |title=The Politics of Individualism: Liberalism, Liberal Feminism and Anarchism |publisher=Black Rose Books Ltd. Publishing |year= 2002 |page=106}}</ref><ref>"Authority is defined in terms of the right to exercise social control (as explored in the "sociology of power") and the correlative duty to obey (as explored in the "philosophy of practical reason"). Anarchism is distinguished, philosophically, by its scepticism towards such moral relations – by its questioning of the claims made for such normative power – and, practically, by its challenge to those "authoritative" powers which cannot justify their claims and which are therefore deemed illegitimate or without moral foundation."[https://books.google.com/books?id=kkj5i3CeGbQC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Anarchism and Authority: A Philosophical Introduction to Classical Anarchism'' by Paul McLaughlin. AshGate. 2007. p. 1]</ref><ref>Individualist anarchist Benjamin Tucker defined anarchism as opposition to authority as follows "They found that they must turn either to the right or to the left, – follow either the path of Authority or the path of Liberty. Marx went one way; Warren and Proudhon the other. Thus were born State Socialism and Anarchism&nbsp;... Authority, takes many shapes, but, broadly speaking, her enemies divide themselves into three classes: first, those who abhor her both as a means and as an end of progress, opposing her openly, avowedly, sincerely, consistently, universally; second, those who profess to believe in her as a means of progress, but who accept her only so far as they think she will subserve their own selfish interests, denying her and her blessings to the rest of the world; third, those who distrust her as a means of progress, believing in her only as an end to be obtained by first trampling upon, violating, and outraging her. These three phases of opposition to Liberty are met in almost every sphere of thought and human activity. Good representatives of the first are seen in the Catholic Church and the Russian autocracy; of the second, in the Protestant Church and the Manchester school of politics and political economy; of the third, in the atheism of Gambetta and the socialism of Karl Marx." [[Benjamin Tucker]]. [http://www.theanarchistlibrary.org/HTML/Benjamin_Tucker__Individual_Liberty.html ''Individual Liberty.'']</ref><ref>Anarchist historian [[George Woodcock]] report of [[Mikhail Bakunin]]'s anti-authoritarianism and shows opposition to both state and non-state forms of authority as follows: "All anarchists deny authority; many of them fight against it." (p. 9)&nbsp;... Bakunin did not convert the League's central committee to his full program, but he did persuade them to accept a remarkably radical recommendation to the Bern Congress of September 1868, demanding economic equality and implicitly attacking authority in both Church and State."</ref> [[Mutualism (economic theory)|Mutualists]] advocate market socialism, [[collectivist anarchist]]s [[workers cooperative]]s and salaries based on the amount of time contributed to production, [[anarcho-communists]] advocate a direct transition from capitalism to [[libertarian communism]] and a [[gift economy]] and [[anarcho-syndicalist]]s worker's [[direct action]] and the [[general strike]].

===Democratic socialism===
{{main article|Democratic socialism}}
Modern democratic socialism is a broad political movement that seeks to promote the ideals of socialism within the context of a democratic system. Some Democratic socialists support [[social democracy]] as a temporary measure to reform the current system, while others reject reformism in favour of more revolutionary methods. Modern social democracy emphasises a program of gradual legislative modification of capitalism in order to make it more equitable and humane, while the theoretical end goal of building a socialist society is either completely forgotten or redefined in a pro-capitalist way. The two movements are widely similar both in terminology and in ideology, although there are a few key differences.

The major difference between social democracy and democratic socialism is the object of their politics: contemporary social democrats support a [[welfare state]] and unemployment insurance as a means to "humanise" capitalism, whereas democratic socialists seek to replace capitalism with a socialist economic system, arguing that any attempt to "humanise" capitalism through regulations and welfare policies would distort the market and create economic contradictions.<ref>{{cite web|last=Schweickart|title=David|title=Democratic Socialism|work= Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice |year=2006|url= http://orion.it.luc.edu/~dschwei/demsoc.htm}} "Social democrats supported and tried to strengthen the basic institutions of the welfare state – pensions for all, public health care, public education, unemployment insurance.  They supported and tried to strengthen the labour movement. The latter, as socialists, argued that capitalism could never be sufficiently humanised, and that trying to suppress the economic contradictions in one area would only see them emerge in a different guise elsewhere. (E.g., if you push unemployment too low, you'll get inflation; if job security is too strong, labour discipline breaks down; etc.)"</ref>

Democratic socialism generally refers to any political movement that seeks to establish an economy based on [[economic democracy]] by and for the working class. Democratic socialism is difficult to define, and groups of scholars have radically different definitions for the term. Some definitions simply refer to all forms of socialism that follow an electoral, [[reformism|reformist]] or evolutionary path to socialism, rather than a revolutionary one.<ref>This definition is captured in this statement: [[Anthony Crosland]] "argued that the socialisms of the pre-war world (not just that of the [[Marxist]]s, but of the democratic socialists too) were now increasingly irrelevant." {{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Pierson|title=Lost property: What the Third Way lacks|work=Journal of Political Ideologies|date=June 2005|volume= 10 | issue = 2 |pages=145–163 |doi=10.1080/13569310500097265}} Other texts which use the terms "democratic socialism" in this way include Malcolm Hamilton ''Democratic Socialism in Britain and Sweden'' (St Martin's Press 1989).</ref>

{{Quotation|You can't talk about ending the slums without first saying profit must be taken out of slums. You're really tampering and getting on dangerous ground because you are messing with folk then. You are messing with captains of industry. Now this means that we are treading in difficult water, because it really means that we are saying that something is wrong with capitalism. There must be a better distribution of wealth, and maybe America must move toward a democratic socialism. | [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], 1966.<ref>{{cite book|title=Liberating Visions: Human Fulfillment and Social Justice in African-American Thought|last=Franklin|first=Robert Michael|page= 125| publisher =Fortress Press|year=1990|isbn=0-8006-2392-4}}
</ref><ref>Peter Dreier (20 January 2014). [http://truth-out.org/news/item/21281-martin-luther-king-was-a-radical-not-a-saint Martin Luther King Was a Radical, Not a Saint]. ''[[Truthout]].'' Retrieved 20 January 2014.</ref><ref>Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou (20 January 2014). [http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/1/martin-luther-kingsocialismantiimperialism.html The radical gospel of Martin Luther King]. ''[[Al Jazeera America]].'' Retrieved 20 January 2014.</ref>}}

===Leninism and precedents===
{{Main article|Blanquism|Marxism–Leninism}}
[[Blanquism]] refers to a conception of revolution generally attributed to [[Louis Auguste Blanqui]] which holds that socialist revolution should be carried out by a relatively small group of highly organised and secretive conspirators.<ref>[http://www.wisdomsupreme.com/dictionary/blanquism.php WisdomSupreme.com definition of Blanquism], last retrieved 25 April 2007</ref> Having seized power, the revolutionaries would then use the power of the state to introduce socialism. It is considered a particular sort of 'putschism' – that is, the view that political revolution should take the form of a ''[[putsch]]'' or ''coup d'état''.<ref>[http://www.newyouth.com/archives/theory/glossary/b.html#Blanquism NewYouth.com entry for Blanquism], last retrieved 25 April 2007</ref> [[Rosa Luxemburg]] and [[Eduard Bernstein]]<ref name="bern">{{cite web |author=Lenin |url=http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch06.htm#s2 |title=The State and Revolution |year=1917 }}</ref> have criticised [[Vladimir Lenin|Lenin]] that his conception of revolution was elitist and essentially 'Blanquist'.<ref>[[Rosa Luxemburg]] as part of a longer section on Blanquism in her "Organizational Questions of Russian Social Democracy" (later published as "Leninism or Marxism?"), writes: "For Lenin, the difference between the [[Social democracy|Social Democracy]] and Blanquism is reduced to the observation that in place of a handful of conspirators we have a class-conscious proletariat. He forgets that this difference implies a complete revision of our ideas on organisation and, therefore, an entirely different conception of centralism and the relations existing between the party and the struggle itself. Blanquism did not count on the [[direct action]] of the working class. It, therefore, did not need to organise the people for the revolution. The people were expected to play their part only at the moment of revolution. Preparation for the revolution concerned only the little group of revolutionists armed for the coup. Indeed, to assure the success of the revolutionary conspiracy, it was considered wiser to keep the mass at some distance from the conspirators.Rosa Luxemburg, [http://www.marx.org/archive/luxemburg/1904/questions-rsd/ch01.htm ''Leninism or Marxism?''], [http://www.marx.org Marx.org], last retrieved 25 April 2007</ref> [[Marxism–Leninism]] is a political ideology combining [[Marxism]] (the [[Scientific socialism|scientific socialist]] concepts theorised by [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]]) and [[Leninism]] ([[Vladimir Lenin]]'s theoretical expansions of Marxism which include [[anti-imperialism]], [[democratic centralism]], and [[Vanguardism#Political party|party-building principles]]).<ref>''Marxism–Leninism''. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company.</ref> Marxism–Leninism was the official ideology of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] and of the [[Comintern|Communist International]] (1919–43) and later it became the main guiding ideology for [[Trotskyism|Trotskyists]], [[Maoists]], and [[Stalinists]].

===Libertarian socialism===
{{main article|Libertarian socialism}}
[[File:Le libertaire 25.png|upright|right|thumb|The first anarchist journal to use the term "libertarian" was ''Le Libertaire, Journal du Mouvement Social'' and it was published in New York City between 1858 and 1861 by French anarcho-communist [[Joseph Déjacque]].<ref name="theanarchistlibrary">{{cite web|url=http://www.theanarchistlibrary.org/HTML/The_Anarchist_FAQ_Editorial_Collective__150_years_of_Libertarian.html|title=150 years of Libertarian|work=theanarchistlibrary.org}}</ref> [[Joseph Déjacque]] was the first recorded person to describe himself as "libertarian".<ref name="Dejacque">Joseph Déjacque, [http://joseph.dejacque.free.fr/ecrits/lettreapjp.htm De l'être-humain mâle et femelle – Lettre à P.J. Proudhon par Joseph Déjacque] (in French)</ref>]]Libertarian socialism (sometimes called [[social anarchism]],<ref name="Ostergaard 1991. p. 21">[[Geoffrey Ostergaard|Ostergaard, Geoffrey]]. "Anarchism". ''A Dictionary of Marxist Thought''. Blackwell Publishing, 1991. p. 21.</ref><ref name="Noam Chomsky 2004, p. 739">Chomsky, Noam (2004).  ''Language and Politics''.  In Otero, Carlos Peregrín.  AK Press.  p. 739</ref> [[left-libertarianism]]<ref>Bookchin, Murray and Janet Biehl. ''The Murray Bookchin Reader''. Cassell, 1997. p. 170 ISBN 0-304-33873-7</ref><ref>Hicks, Steven V. and Daniel E. Shannon. ''The American journal of economics and sociolology''. Blackwell Pub, 2003. p. 612</ref> and socialist libertarianism<ref>Miller, Wilbur R. (2012). ''The social history of crime and punishment in America. An encyclopedia.'' 5 vols. London: Sage Publications. p. 1007. ISBN 1412988764. "There exist three major camps in libertarian thought: right-libertarianism, socialist libertarianism, and ..."</ref>) is a group of [[Anti-authoritarianism|anti-authoritarian]]<ref>"It implies a classless and anti-authoritarian (i.e. libertarian) society in which people manage their own affairs" [http://www.infoshop.org/AnarchistFAQSectionI1#sthash.40vnyElp.dpuf I.1 Isn't libertarian socialism an oxymoron?] at [[An Anarchist FAQ]]</ref> political philosophies inside the [[socialist]] movement that rejects socialism as centralized state ownership and control of the economy<ref>"unlike other socialists,  they tend to see (to various different degrees, depending on the thinker) to be skeptical of centralized state intervention as the solution to capitalist exploitation..." [[Roderick T. Long]]. "Toward a libertarian theory of class." ''Social Philosophy and Policy''. Volume 15. Issue 02. Summer 1998. Pg. 305</ref> including criticism of [[Wage slavery|wage labour relationships within the workplace]],<ref>"Therefore, rather than being an oxymoron, "libertarian socialism" indicates that true socialism must be libertarian and that a libertarian who is not a socialist is a phoney. As true socialists oppose wage labour, they must also oppose the state for the same reasons. Similarly, libertarians must oppose wage labour for the same reasons they must oppose the state." [http://www.infoshop.org/AnarchistFAQSectionI1 "I1. Isn´t libertarian socialism an oxymoron" in [[An Anarchist FAQ]]]</ref> as well as the state itself.<ref name=":0">"So, libertarian socialism rejects the idea of state ownership and control of the economy, along with the state as such. Through workers' self-management it proposes to bring an end to authority, exploitation, and hierarchy in production." [http://www.infoshop.org/AnarchistFAQSectionI1 "I1. Isn´t libertarian socialism an oxymoron" in] [[An Anarchist FAQ]]</ref> It emphasizes [[workers' self-management]] of the workplace<ref name=":0"/> and [[Decentralization#Libertarian socialist decentralization|decentralized structures of political organization]],<ref>" ...preferringa system of popular self governance via networks of decentralized, local voluntary, participatory, cooperative associations. [[Roderick T. Long]]. "Toward a libertarian theory of class." ''Social Philosophy and Policy''. Volume 15. Issue 02. Summer 1998. Pg. 305</ref> asserting that a society based on freedom and equality can be achieved through abolishing [[authoritarian]] institutions that control certain [[means of production]] and subordinate the majority to an owning class or political and economic [[elite]].<ref>Mendes, Silva. ''Socialismo Libertário ou Anarchismo'' Vol. 1 (1896): "Society should be free through mankind's spontaneous federative affiliation to life, based on the community of land and tools of the trade; meaning: Anarchy will be equality by abolition of [[private property]] (while retaining respect for [[personal property]]) and [[liberty]] by abolition of [[authority]]".</ref> Libertarian socialists generally place their hopes in [[Decentralization#Libertarian socialist decentralization|decentralized]] means of [[direct democracy]] and [[Federalism#Federalism as the anarchist and libertarian socialist mode of political organization|federal]] or [[Confederation|confederal]] associations "We therefore foresee a Society in which all activities will be coordinated, a structure that has, at the same time, sufficient flexibility to permit the greatest possible autonomy for social life, or for the life of each enterprise, and enough cohesiveness to prevent all disorder...In a well-organized society, all of these things must be systematically accomplished by means of parallel federations, vertically united at the highest levels, constituting one vast organism in which all economic functions will be performed in solidarity with all others and that will permanently preserve the necessary cohesion." [[Gaston Leval]].  such as [[libertarian municipalism]], citizens' assemblies, [[trade union]]s, and [[workers' council]]s.<ref>"...preferring a system of popular self governance via networks of decentralized, local, voluntary, participatory, cooperative associations-sometimes as a complement to and check on state power..."</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Rocker | first=Rudolf | title=Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice | page=65 | year=2004 | publisher=[[AK Press]] | isbn=978-1-902593-92-0 }}</ref> All of this is generally done within a general call for [[Liberty|libertarian]]<ref>"LibSoc share with LibCap an aversion to any interference to freedom of thought, expression or choicce of lifestyle." [[Roderick T. Long]]. "Toward a libertarian theory of class." ''Social Philosophy and Policy''. Volume 15. Issue 02. Summer 1998. pp 305</ref> and [[Free association (communism and anarchism)|voluntary human relationships]]<ref>"What is implied by the term 'libertarian socialism'?: The idea that socialism is first and foremost about freedom and therefore about overcoming the domination, repression, and alienation that block the free flow of human creativity, thought, and action...An approach to socialism that incorporates cultural revolution, women's and children's liberation, and the critique and transformation of daily life, as well as the more traditional concerns of socialist politics. A politics that is completely revolutionary because it seeks to transform all of reality. We do not think that capturing the economy and the state lead automatically to the transformation of the rest of social being, nor do we equate liberation with changing our life-styles and our heads. Capitalism is a total system that invades all areas of life: socialism must be the overcoming of capitalist reality in its entirety, or it is nothing." "What is Libertarian Socialism?" by Ulli Diemer. Volume 2, Number 1 (Summer 1997 issue) of ''The Red Menace''.</ref> through the identification, criticism, and practical dismantling of illegitimate authority in all aspects of human life.<ref name="iaf-ifa.org"/><ref name="auto"/><ref name="Ward 1966"/><ref name="Brown 2002 106"/><ref>{{Cite web|title = The Soviet Union Versus Socialism|url = http://chomsky.info/1986____/|website = chomsky.info|accessdate = 2015-11-22|quote = Libertarian socialism, furthermore, does not limit its aims to democratic control by producers over production, but seeks to abolish all forms of domination and hierarchy in every aspect of social and personal life, an unending struggle, since progress in achieving a more just society will lead to new insight and understanding of forms of oppression that may be concealed in traditional practice and consciousness.}}</ref><ref>"Authority is defined in terms of the right to exercise social control (as explored in the "sociology of power") and the correlative duty to obey (as explred in the "philosophy of practical reason"). Anarchism is distinguished, philosophically, by its scepticism towards such moral relations – by its questioning of the claims made for such normative power – and, practically, by its challenge to those "authoritative" powers which cannot justify their claims and which are therefore deemed illegitimate or without moral foundation."[https://books.google.com/books?id=kkj5i3CeGbQC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Anarchism and Authority: A Philosophical Introduction to Classical Anarchism'' by Paul McLaughlin. AshGate. 2007. p. 1]</ref><ref>Individualist anarchist Benjamin Tucker defined anarchism as opposition to authority as follows "They found that they must turn either to the right or to the left, — follow either the path of Authority or the path of Liberty. Marx went one way; Warren and Proudhon the other. Thus were born State Socialism and Anarchism...Authority, takes many shapes, but, broadly speaking, her enemies divide themselves into three classes: first, those who abhor her both as a means and as an end of progress, opposing her openly, avowedly, sincerely, consistently, universally; second, those who profess to believe in her as a means of progress, but who accept her only so far as they think she will subserve their own selfish interests, denying her and her blessings to the rest of the world; third, those who distrust her as a means of progress, believing in her only as an end to be obtained by first trampling upon, violating, and outraging her. These three phases of opposition to Liberty are met in almost every sphere of thought and human activity. Good representatives of the first are seen in the Catholic Church and the Russian autocracy; of the second, in the Protestant Church and the Manchester school of politics and political economy; of the third, in the atheism of Gambetta and the socialism of Karl Marx." [[Benjamin Tucker]]. [http://www.theanarchistlibrary.org/HTML/Benjamin_Tucker__Individual_Liberty.html ''Individual Liberty.'']</ref><ref>Anarchist historian [[George Woodcock]] report of [[Mikhail Bakunin]]'s anti-authoritarianism and shows opposition to both state and non-state forms of authority as follows: "All anarchists deny authority; many of them fight against it." (p. 9)...Bakunin did not convert the League's central committee to his full program, but he did persuade them to accept a remarkably radical recommendation to the Bern Congress of September 1868, demanding economic equality and implicitly attacking authority in both Church and State."</ref>

Past and present political philosophies and movements commonly described as libertarian socialist include [[anarchism]] (especially [[anarchist communism]], [[Collectivist anarchism|anarchist collectivism]], [[anarcho-syndicalism]],<ref>{{cite book | last=Sims | first=Franwa | title=The Anacostia Diaries As It Is | page=160 | year=2006 | publisher=Lulu Press}}</ref> and [[mutualism (economic theory)|mutualism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mutualist.org/id32.html|title=A.4.  ARE MUTUALISTS SOCIALISTS?|work=mutualist.org}}</ref>) as well as [[autonomism]], [[Communalism (political philosophy)|communalism]], [[participism]], [[revolutionary syndicalism]], and [[libertarian Marxist]] philosophies such as [[council communism]] and [[Luxemburgism]],;<ref name="Graham-2005">Murray Bookchin, ''Ghost of Anarcho-Syndicalism''; [[Robert Graham (historian)|Robert Graham]], ''The General Idea of Proudhon's Revolution''</ref> as well as some versions of "[[utopian socialism]]"<ref>Kent Bromley, in his preface to [[Peter Kropotkin]]'s book ''[[The Conquest of Bread]]'', considered early French utopian socialist [[Charles Fourier]] to be the founder of the libertarian branch of socialist thought, as opposed to the authoritarian socialist ideas of [[François-Noël Babeuf|Babeuf]] and [[Philippe Buonarroti|Buonarroti]]." [[Peter Kropotkin|Kropotkin, Peter]]. ''The Conquest of Bread'', preface by Kent Bromley, New York and London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1906.</ref> and [[individualist anarchism]].<ref>"[[Benjamin Tucker|(Benjamin) Tucker]] referred to himself many times as a socialist and considered his philosophy to be "Anarchistic socialism." ''[[An Anarchist FAQ]]'' by Various Authors</ref><ref>French individualist anarchist [[Émile Armand]] shows clearly opposition to capitalism and centralised economies when he said that the individualist anarchist "inwardly he remains refractory – fatally refractory – morally, intellectually, economically (The capitalist economy and the directed economy, the speculators and the fabricators of single are equally repugnant to him.)"[http://www.spaz.org/~dan/individualist-anarchist/library/emile-armand/life-activity.html "Anarchist Individualism as a Life and Activity" by Emile Armand]</ref><ref>Anarchist Peter Sabatini reports that In the United States "of early to mid-19th century, there appeared an array of communal and "utopian" counterculture groups (including the so-called [[free love]] movement). [[William Godwin]]'s anarchism exerted an ideological influence on some of this, but more so the socialism of [[Robert Owen]] and [[Charles Fourier]]. After success of his British venture, Owen himself established a cooperative community within the United States at [[New Harmony, Indiana]] during 1825. One member of this commune was [[Josiah Warren]] (1798–1874), considered to be the first [[individualist anarchist]]"[http://www.theanarchistlibrary.org/HTML/Peter_Sabatini__Libertarianism__Bogus_Anarchy.html Peter Sabatini. "Libertarianism: Bogus Anarchy"]</ref>

===Religious socialism===
{{Main article|Religious socialism}}
[[Christian socialism]] is a broad concept involving an intertwining of the Christian religion with the politics and economic theories of socialism.

[[Islamic socialism]] is a term coined by various [[Muslim]] leaders to describe a more [[Spirituality|spiritual]] form of socialism. Muslim socialists believe that the teachings of the [[Qur'an]] and [[Muhammad]] are compatible with principles of [[social equality|equality]] and [[public ownership]] drawing inspiration from the early Medina welfare state established by [[Muhammad]]. Muslim Socialists are more conservative than their western contemporaries and find their roots in [[Anti-imperialism]], [[anti-colonialism]] and [[Arab nationalism]]. Islamic Socialist leaders believe in Democracy and deriving legitimacy from public [[Mandate (politics)|mandate]] as opposed to religious texts.

===Social democracy and liberal socialism===
{{main article|Social democracy|Liberal socialism}}
Social democracy is a political ideology which "is derived from a socialist tradition of political thought. Many social democrats refer to themselves as socialists
or democratic socialists, and some use these terms interchangeably. Others have opined that there are clear differences between the three terms, and preferred to describe their own political beliefs by using the term ‘social democracy’ only."<ref>Nik Brandal, Øivind Bratberg, Dag Einar Thorsen. ''The Nordic Model of Social Democracy'' (2013). Pallgrave MacMillan. Pg 7. ISBN 1137013265</ref> There are two main directions, either to establish [[democratic socialism]], or to build a welfare state within the framework of the capitalist system. The first variant has officially its goal by establishing [[democratic socialism]] through [[reformist]] and [[Gradualism|gradualist]] methods.<ref name="Busky8">{{Cite journal |first=Donald F. |last=Busky |title=Democratic Socialism: A Global Survey |place=Westport, Connecticut, USA |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., |year=2000 |page=8 |quote=The Frankfurt Declaration of the Socialist International, which almost all social democratic parties are members of, declares the goal of the development of democratic socialism |postscript=<!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}}}</ref>  In the second variant Social democracy becomes a policy regime involving a [[welfare state]], [[collective bargaining]] schemes, support for publicly financed public services, and a Capitalist-based economy like a [[mixed economy]]. It is often used in this manner to refer to the social models and economic policies prominent in Western and Northern Europe during the later half of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite book |last= Sejersted and Adams and Daly |first= Francis and Madeleine and Richard |title= The Age of Social Democracy: Norway and Sweden in the Twentieth Century |publisher=Princeton University Press|year= 2011 |isbn= 978-0691147741|page = |quote= }}</ref><ref name="Foundations of social democracy, 2009">''Foundations of social democracy'', 2004. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, p. 8, November 2009.</ref> It has been described by [[Jerry Mander]] as "hybrid" economics, an active collaboration of capitalist and socialist visions, and, while such systems aren't perfect, they tend to provide high standards of living.<ref>[[Jerry Mander]] (24 July 2013). [http://www.alternet.org/books/there-are-good-alternatives-us-capitalism-no-way-get-there?page=0%2C2 "There Are Good Alternatives to US Capitalism, But No Way to Get There."] ''[[Alternet]].'' Retrieved 12 August 2013.</ref> Numerous studies and surveys indicate that people tend to live happier lives in [[social democratic]] societies rather than [[neoliberal]] ones.<ref>Andrew Brown (12 September 2014). [http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/12/europe-happiest-progressives-conservatives-social-democracies-wellbeing-poll Who are Europe's happiest people – progressives or conservatives?] ''[[The Guardian]].'' Retrieved 20 October 2014.</ref><ref>Richard Eskow (15 October 2014). [http://ourfuture.org/20141015/new-study-finds-big-government-makes-people-happy-free-markets-dont?utm_source=progressive_breakfast&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pbreak New Study Finds Big Government Makes People Happy, "Free Markets" Don’t]. ourfuture.org. Retrieved 20 October 2014.</ref><ref>[[Benjamin Radcliff]] (25 September 2013). [http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/25/opinion/radcliff-politics-of-happiness/ Western nations with social safety net happier]. ''[[CNN]].'' Retrieved 20 October 2014.</ref><ref>Craig Brown (11 May 2009). [http://www.commondreams.org/further/2009/05/11/worlds-happiest-countries-social-democracies World's Happiest Countries? Social Democracies]. [[Commondreams]]. Retrieved 20 October 2014.</ref>

[[File:Bernstein Eduard 1895.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[Eduard Bernstein]]]]
Social democrats supporting the first variant, advocate for a peaceful, evolutionary transition of the economy to socialism through [[Progressivism|progressive]] social reform of capitalism.<ref name=EB>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/551073/social-democracy |title=Social democracy |publisher=Britannica.com |accessdate=12 October 2013}}</ref><ref>Michael Newman. Socialism: A Very Short Introduction. Cornwall, England, UK: Oxford University Press, 2005. [https://books.google.com/books?id=kN8llUabGh8C&pg=PT74&dq=%22committed+to+the+goal+of+progressive+social+reform%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6xAlUYbjMJCqqAHLhYHABw&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA]</ref> It asserts that the only acceptable constitutional form of government is [[representative democracy]] under the [[rule of law]].<ref name="Thomas Meyer 2007. p. 91">Thomas Meyer. ''The Theory of Social Democracy''. Cambridge, England, UK: Polity Press, 2007. p. 91.</ref> It promotes extending democratic decision-making beyond political democracy to include [[economic democracy]] to guarantee employees and other economic stakeholders sufficient rights of [[co-determination]].<ref name="Thomas Meyer 2007. p. 91"/> It supports a [[mixed economy]] that opposes the excesses of capitalism such as [[Social inequality|inequality]], poverty, and [[oppression]] of various groups, while rejecting both a totally [[Free market economy|free market]] or a fully [[planned economy]].<ref>Front Cover Ira C. Colby, Catherine N. Dulmus, Karen M. Sowers. Connecting Social Welfare Policy to Fields of Practice. John Wiley & Sons, 2012. p. 29.</ref> Common social democratic policies include advocacy of universal social rights to attain universally accessible [[public service]]s such as [[universal education|education]], [[universal health care|health care]], [[workers' compensation]], and other services, including [[child care]] and care for the elderly.<ref>Thomas Meyer, Lewis P. Hinchman. ''The theory of social democracy''. Cambridge, England, UK; Malden, Massachusetts, USA: Polity Press, 2007. p. 137.</ref> Social democracy is connected with the trade union [[labour movement]] and supports [[Collective bargaining|collective bargaining rights]] for workers.<ref>Martin Upchurch, Graham John Taylor, Andy Mathers. ''The crisis of social democratic trade unionism in Western Europe: the search for alternatives''. Surrey, England, UK; Burlington, Vermont, USA: Ashgate Publishing, 2009. p. 51.</ref> Most social democratic parties are affiliated with the [[Socialist International]].<ref name="Busky8"/>

Liberal socialism is a socialist [[political philosophy]] that includes [[Liberalism|liberal]] principles within it.<ref name="Gerald F. Gaus 2004. Pp. 420">Gerald F. Gaus, Chandran Kukathas. Handbook of political theory. London, England, UK; Thousand Oaks, California, USA; New Delhi, India: SAGE Publications, 2004. Pp. 420.</ref> Liberal socialism does not have the goal of abolishing [[capitalism]] with a [[socialist economy]];<ref name="Adams1998">{{cite book |last=Adams |first=Ian |title=Ideology and Politics in Britain Today|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_7t714alm68C&pg=PA127|accessdate=1 August 2013|year=1998|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-0-7190-5056-5|pages=127–}}</ref> instead, it supports a [[mixed economy]] that includes both [[public property|public]] and [[private property]] in capital goods.<ref name="Stanislao G. Pugliese 1999. Pp. 99">Stanislao G. Pugliese. ''Carlo Rosselli: socialist heretic and antifascist exile''. Harvard University Press, 1999. Pp. 99.</ref><ref name="Noel W. Thompson 2006. Pp. 60-61">Noel W. Thompson. ''Political economy and the Labour Party: the economics of democratic socialism, 1884-2005''. 2nd edition. Oxon, England, UK; New York, New York, USA: Routledge, 2006. Pp. 60-61.</ref> Although liberal socialism unequivocally favors a mixed market economy, it identifies legalistic and artificial monopolies to be the fault of [[capitalism]]<ref>Roland Willey Bartlett, Roland Willey Bartlett. The success of modern private enterprise. Interstate Printers & Publishers, 1970. Pp. 32. "Liberal socialism, for example, is unequivocally in favour of the free market economy and of freedom of action for the individual and recognizes in legalistic and artificial monopolies the real evils of capitalism."</ref> and opposes an entirely unregulated economy.<ref name= ref72>Steve Bastow, James Martin. Third way discourse: European ideologies in the twentieth century. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK: Edinburgh University Press, Ltd, 2003. Pp. 72.</ref> It considers both [[liberty]] and [[Social equality|equality]] to be compatible and mutually dependent on each other.<ref name="Gerald F. Gaus 2004. Pp. 420"/> Principles that can be described as "liberal socialist" have been based upon or developed by the following philosophers: [[John Stuart Mill]], [[Eduard Bernstein]], [[John Dewey]], [[Carlo Rosselli]], [[Norberto Bobbio]], and [[Chantal Mouffe]].<ref>Nadia Urbinati. ''J.S. Mill's political thought: a bicentennial reassessment''. Cambridge, England, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2007 Pp. 101.</ref> Other important liberal socialist figures include Guido Calogero, [[Piero Gobetti]], [[Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse]], [[John Maynard Keynes]], and [[R. H. Tawney]].<ref name= ref72/> Liberal socialism has been particularly prominent in British and Italian politics.<ref name= ref72 />

===Socialism and progressive social movements===
{{further|Socialist feminism|Socialism and LGBT rights|Eco-socialism|Anarcha-feminism|Green anarchism|Queer anarchism}}
[[File:Zetkin luxemburg1910.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Socialist feminist]] [[Clara Zetkin]] and [[Rosa Luxemburg]], 1910]] [[Socialist feminism]] is a branch of [[feminism]] that focuses upon both the public and private spheres of a woman's life and argues that [[Women's liberation|liberation]] can only be achieved by working to end both the economic and [[culture|cultural]] sources of women's [[oppression]].<ref>[http://www.feministezine.com/feminist/modern/Socialist-Feminism.html What is Socialist Feminism?], retrieved on 28 May 2007.</ref> [[Marxist feminism]]'s foundation is laid by [[Friedrich Engels]] in his analysis of gender oppression in ''[[The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State]]'' (1884). [[August Bebel]]'s ''Woman under Socialism'' (1879), the "single work dealing with sexuality most widely read by rank-and-file members of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany]] (SPD)",.<ref>''Journal of Homosexuality'', 1995, Volume 29, Issue 2/3. ISSN 0091-8369 — Simultaneously published as: Gay men and the sexual history of the political left, Gert Hekma et al. Eds. Harrington Park Press 1995, ISBN 1-56023-067-3. p. 14</ref> In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, both [[Clara Zetkin]] and [[Eleanor Marx]] were against the [[demonisation]] of men and supported a [[Proletarian|proletariat]] revolution that would overcome as many male–female inequalities as possible.<ref name=Stokes>{{cite book |last=Stokes |first=John |title=Eleanor Marx (1855–1898): Life, Work, Contacts |year=2000 |publisher=Ashgate |location=Aldershot |isbn=978-0-7546-0113-5}}</ref> As their movement already had the most radical demands in women's equality, most Marxist leaders, including Clara Zetkin<ref>Zetkin, Clara, [http://www.marxists.org/archive/draper/1976/women/3-zetkin.html ''On a Bourgeois Feminist Petition''] (1895).</ref><ref>Zetkin, Clara, [http://www.marxists.org/archive/zetkin/1920/lenin/zetkin1.htm ''Lenin On the Women's Question''].</ref> and [[Alexandra Kollontai]],<ref>Kollontai, Alexandra, [http://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/1909/social-basis.htm ''The Social Basis of the Woman Question''] (1909).</ref><ref>Kollontai, Alexandra, [http://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/1919/women-workers/ch01.htm ''Women Workers Struggle For Their Rights''] (1919).</ref> counterposed Marxism against [[liberal feminism]], rather than trying to combine them. [[Anarcha-feminism]] began with late 19th and early 20th century authors and theorists such as anarchist feminists [[Emma Goldman]] and [[Voltairine de Cleyre]]<ref>Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne (ed.). ''Quiet Rumours: An Anarcha-Feminist Reader'', Dark Star: 2002. ISBN 978-1-902593-40-1. p.9.</ref> In the [[Spanish Civil War]], an anarcha-feminist group, {{lang|es|[[Mujeres Libres]]}} ("Free Women") linked to the {{lang|es|[[Federación Anarquista Ibérica]]}}, organised to defend both anarchist and feminist ideas.<ref>Ackelsberg, Martha A. Free Women of Spain: Anarchism and the Struggle for the Emancipation of Women, AK Press, 2005. ISBN 978-1-902593-96-8.</ref> In 1972, the [[Chicago Women's Liberation Union]] published "Socialist Feminism: A Strategy for the Women's Movement," which is believed to be the first to use the term "socialist feminism," in publication.<ref name="CWLUOver">{{cite web | author1=Margeret "Peg" Strobel |author2=Sue Davenport | year=1999 | title=The Chicago Women's Liberation Union: An Introduction | work=The CWLU Herstory Website | publisher=University of Illinois | url=http://www.uic.edu/orgs/cwluherstory/CWLUAbout/abdoc1.html | accessdate=25 November 2011}}</ref>
[[File:Day, Fred Holland (1864-1933) - Edward Carpenter.jpg|upright|thumbnail|left|[[Edward Carpenter]], philosopher and activist who was instrumental in the foundation of the [[Fabian Society]] and the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] as well as in the early [[LGBTI]] western movements]]
Many [[Socialism and LGBT rights|socialists were early advocates for LGBT rights]]. For early socialist [[Charles Fourier]], true freedom could only occur without suppressing passions; the suppression of passions is not only destructive to the individual, but to society as a whole. Writing before the advent of the term 'homosexuality', Fourier recognised that both men and women have a wide range of sexual needs and preferences which may change throughout their lives, including same-sex sexuality and ''androgénité''. He argued that all sexual expressions should be enjoyed as long as people are not abused, and that "affirming one's difference" can actually enhance social integration.<ref>[[Charles Fourier]], ''Le Nouveau Monde amoureux'' (written 1816-18, not published widely until 1967: Paris: Éditions Anthropos). pp. 389, 391, 429, 458, 459, 462, and 463.</ref> In [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[The Soul of Man Under Socialism]]'', he passionately advocates for an [[egalitarian]] society where wealth is shared by all, while warning of the dangers of social systems that crush individuality. Wilde's [[libertarian socialist]] politics were shared by other figures who actively campaigned for homosexual emancipation in the late 19th century such as [[Edward Carpenter]].<ref>According to his biographer Neil McKenna, Wilde was part of a secret organisation that aimed to legalise homosexuality, and was known among the group as a leader of "the Cause". (McKenna, Neil. 2003. ''The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde''.)</ref> ''[[The Intermediate Sex]]: A Study of Some Transitional Types of Men and Women'' was a book from 1908 and an early work arguing for [[gay liberation]] written by [[Edward Carpenter]]<ref>Flood, M. (2007) International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities, Routledge: Abingdon, p. 315</ref> who was also an influential personality in the foundation of the [[Fabian Society]] and the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. After the [[Russian Revolution]] under the leadership of [[Vladimir Lenin]] and [[Leon Trotsky]], the [[Soviet Union]] abolished previous laws against homosexuality.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jACXalmJ3nEC& "The Gay 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Gay Men and Lesbians, Past and Present"], Paul Russell. Kensington Books, 2002. ISBN 0-7582-0100-1, ISBN 978-0-7582-0100-3. p. 124</ref> [[Harry Hay]] was an early leader in the American [[LGBT rights]] movement as well as a member of the [[Communist Party USA]]. He is known for his roles in helping to found several gay organisations, including the [[Mattachine Society]], the first sustained gay rights group in the United States which in its early days had a strong marxist influence. The ''Encyclopedia of Homosexuality'' reports that "As Marxists the founders of the group believed that the injustice and oppression which they suffered stemmed from relationships deeply embedded in the structure of American society".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://williamapercy.com/wiki/images/Mattachine.pdf|format=PDF|title=Mattachine Society at Dynes, Wayne R. (ed.)|work=Encyclopedia of Homosexuality}}</ref> Also emerging from a number of events, such as the May 1968 insurrection in France, the [[Opposition to the Vietnam War|anti-Vietnam war movement]] in the US and the [[Stonewall riots]] of 1969, militant [[Gay Liberation]] organisations began to spring up around the world. Many saw their roots in left radicalism more than in the established homophile groups of the time,<ref>[http://www.washblade.com/2004/11-5/news/national/movement.cfm Gay movement boosted by ’79 march on Washington], Lou Chabarro 2004 for the [[Washington Blade]].</ref> The [[Gay Liberation Front]] took an [[Anti-capitalism|anti-capitalist]] stance and attacked the [[nuclear family]] and traditional [[gender role]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/glf-london.html|title=Gay Liberation Front: Manifesto. London|origyear=1971|year=1978}}</ref>

[[Eco-socialism]], green socialism or socialist ecology is an political position merging aspects of [[Marxism]], socialism, and/or [[libertarian socialism]] with that of [[green politics]], ecology and [[alter-globalisation]]. Eco-socialists generally believe that the expansion of the capitalist system is the cause of [[social exclusion]], poverty, war and [[environmental degradation]] through [[globalisation]] and [[imperialism]], under the supervision of repressive [[State (polity)|states]] and transnational structures.<ref name="Manifesto">{{cite book |last=Kovel |first=J. |author2=Löwy, M. |title=An ecosocialist manifesto |year=2001}}</ref> Contrary to the depiction of [[Karl Marx]] by some environmentalists,<ref name=Eckersley>Eckersley, R., ''Environmentalism and Political Theory'', 1992 (Albany, NY: SUNY Press)</ref> [[Social ecology|social ecologists]]<ref name=Clark>Clark, J., ''The Anarchist Moment'', 1984 (Montreal: Black Rose)</ref> and fellow socialists<ref name=Benton>Benton, T. (ed.), ''The Greening of Marxism'', 1996 (New York: Guildford)</ref> as a [[Productivism|productivist]] who favoured the domination of nature, eco-socialists have revisited Marx's writings and believe that he "was a main originator of the ecological world-view".<ref name=Kovel>Kovel, J., ''The Enemy of Nature'', 2002</ref> Eco-socialist authors, like [[John Bellamy Foster]]<ref name=JBF>Foster, J. B., ''Marx's Ecology'', 2000 (New York: Monthly Review Press)</ref> and Paul Burkett,<ref name=Burkett>Burkett, P., ''Marx and Nature'', 1999 (New York: St. Martin's Press)</ref> point to Marx's discussion of a "metabolic rift" between man and nature, his statement that "private ownership of the globe by single individuals will appear quite absurd as private ownership of one man by another" and his observation that a society must "hand it [the planet] down to succeeding generations in an improved condition".<ref name=Capital3>Marx, K., ''Capital Vol. 3.'', 1894</ref> The English socialist [[William Morris]] is largely credited with developing key principles of what was later called eco-socialism.<ref name=Babylon>Wall, D., ''Babylon and Beyond: The Economics of Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Globalist and Radical Green Movements'', 2005</ref> During the 1880s and 1890s, Morris promoted his eco-socialist ideas within the [[Social Democratic Federation]] and [[Socialist League (UK, 1885)|Socialist League]].<ref name=GLSite>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenleft.org.uk|title=www.greenleft.org.uk|author=|date=|work=greenleft.org.uk|accessdate=3 April 2016}}</ref> [[Green anarchism]], or ecoanarchism, is a [[Anarchist schools of thought|school of thought]] within [[anarchism]] which puts a particular emphasis on [[environmental issues]]. An important early influence was the thought of the American [[anarchism|anarchist]] [[Henry David Thoreau]] and his book ''[[Walden]]''<ref name="Thoreau">"Su obra más representativa es Walden, aparecida en 1854, aunque redactada entre 1845 y 1847, cuando Thoreau decide instalarse en el aislamiento de una cabaña en el bosque, y vivir en íntimo contacto con la naturaleza, en una vida de soledad y sobriedad. De esta experiencia, su filosofía trata de transmitirnos la idea que resulta necesario un retorno respetuoso a la naturaleza, y que la felicidad es sobre todo fruto de la riqueza interior y de la armonía de los individuos con el entorno natural. Muchos han visto en Thoreau a uno de los precursores del ecologismo y del anarquismo primitivista representado en la actualidad por [[John Zerzan]]. Para George Woodcock, esta actitud puede estar también motivada por una cierta idea de resistencia al progreso y de rechazo al materialismo creciente que caracteriza la sociedad norteamericana de mediados de siglo XIX."[http://www.acracia.org/xdiez.html "LA INSUMISIÓN VOLUNTARIA. EL ANARQUISMO INDIVIDUALISTA ESPAÑOL DURANTE LA DICTADURA Y LA SEGUNDA REPÚBLICA (1923-1938)" by Xavier Diez]</ref> and [[Élisée Reclus]].<ref name="Reclus1">http://www.natustar.com/uk/naturism-begin.html</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://anarchism.pageabode.com/afaq/secA3.html#seca33|title=A.3 What types of anarchism are there?|work=Anarchist Writers}}</ref> 

In the late 19th century there emerged [[anarcho-naturism]] as the fusion of anarchism and [[naturism|naturist]] philosophies within [[individualist anarchist]] circles in France, Spain, Cuba<ref name="raforum.info">{{cite web |author=RA forum |url=http://raforum.info/spip.php?article3061&lang=fr|title=R.A. Forum > SHAFFER, Kirwin R. Anarchism and countercultural politics in early twentieth-century Cuba|work=raforum.info}}</ref> and Portugal.<ref name="spanishind">[http://www.acracia.org/xdiez.html "LA INSUMISIÓN VOLUNTARIA. EL ANARQUISMO INDIVIDUALISTA ESPAÑOL DURANTE LA DICTADURA Y LA SEGUNDA REPÚBLICA (1923-1938)" by Xavier Diez]</ref> [[Social ecology]] is closely related to the work and ideas of [[Murray Bookchin]] and influenced by anarchist [[Peter Kropotkin]]. Bookchin's first book, ''[[Our Synthetic Environment]],'' was published under the pseudonym Lewis Herber in 1962, a few months before [[Rachel Carson]]'s ''[[Silent Spring]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/bookchin/bio1.html |title=''A Short Biography of Murray Bookchin'' by Janet Biehl |publisher=Dwardmac.pitzer.edu |accessdate=11 May 2012}}</ref> His groundbreaking essay "Ecology and Revolutionary Thought" introduced ecology as a concept in radical politics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/bookchin/ecologyandrev.html |title=Ecology and Revolution |publisher=Dwardmac.pitzer.edu |date=16 June 2004 |accessdate=11 May 2012}}</ref> In the 1970s, [[Barry Commoner]], suggesting a left-wing response to the ''[[Limits to Growth]]'' model that predicted catastrophic [[resource depletion]] and spurred environmentalism, postulated that capitalist technologies were chiefly responsible for [[environmental degradation]], as opposed to [[Human overpopulation|population pressures]].<ref name=Commoner>Commoner, B., ''The Closing Circle'', 1972</ref> The 1990s saw the [[Socialist feminism|socialist feminists]] Mary Mellor<ref name=Mellor>Mellor, M., ''Breaking the Boundaries: Towards a Feminist, Green Socialism'', 1992</ref> and [[Ariel Salleh]]<ref name=Salleh>Saller, A., ''Ecofeminism as Politics: Nature, Marx and the Postmodern'', 1997</ref> address environmental issues within an eco-socialist paradigm. With the rising profile of the [[anti-globalisation]] movement in the [[Global South]], an "environmentalism of the poor", combining ecological awareness and [[social justice]], has also become prominent.<ref name=Guha>Guha, R. and Martinez-Alier, J., ''Varieties of Environmentalism: Essays North and South'', 1997</ref> David Pepper also released his important work, ''Ecosocialism: From Deep Ecology to Social Justice'', in 1994, which critiques the current approach of many within Green politics, particularly [[Deep ecology|deep ecologists]].<ref name=DPepper>Pepper, D., ''Ecosocialism: From Deep Ecology to Social Justice'', 1994</ref> Currently, many [[Green Parties]] around the world, such as the [[GreenLeft|Dutch Green Left Party]] (GroenLinks), contain strong eco-socialist elements. Radical [[Red-green alliance]]s have been formed in many countries by eco-socialists, radical [[Green politics|Greens]] and other radical left groups. In [[Denmark]], the [[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|Red-Green Alliance]] was formed as a coalition of numerous radical parties. Within the [[European Parliament]], a number of far-left parties from Northern Europe have organised themselves into the [[Nordic Green Left Alliance]].

===Syndicalism===
{{main article|Syndicalism}}
Syndicalism is a social movement that operates through industrial trade unions and rejects [[state socialism]] and the use of establishment politics to establish or promote socialism. They reject using state power to construct a socialist society, favouring strategies such as the [[general strike]]. Syndicalists advocate a socialist economy based on federated unions or syndicates of workers who own and manage the means of production. Some Marxist currents advocate Syndicalism, such as [[DeLeonism]]. [[Anarcho-syndicalism]] is a [[Anarchist schools of thought|theory of anarchism]] which views [[syndicalism]] as a method for workers in [[capitalist society]] to gain control of an economy and, with that control, influence broader society. The [[Spanish Revolution]], largely orchestrated by the anarcho-syndicalist trade union [[Confederación Nacional del Trabajo|CNT]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]] offers an historical example.<ref>[[Sam Dolgoff]]. ''The Anarchist Collectives Workers' Self-management in the Spanish Revolution 1936-1939''. Free Life Editions; 1st edition (1974)</ref> The [[International Workers' Association]] is an international federation of [[anarcho-syndicalism|anarcho-syndicalist]] [[trade union|labor union]]s and initiatives.

==See also==
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* [[Right-wing socialism]]
* [[List of anti-capitalist and communist parties with national parliamentary representation]]
* [[List of communist ideologies]]
* [[List of socialist countries]]
* [[List of socialist economists]]
* [[List of socialist songs]]
* [[:Category:Socialism by country|Socialism by country]]

==Notes==
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==References==
*Peter Lamb, J. C. Docherty. ''Historical dictionary of socialism'' (Second edition). Lanham, Maryland, UK; Oxford, England, UK: Scarecrow Press, Inc, 2006.

==Further reading==
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* Sassoon, Donald. ''One Hundred Years of Socialism: The West European Left in the Twentieth Century''. New Press. 1998. ISBN 1-56584-486-6
* Guy Ankerl, ''Beyond Monopoly Capitalism and Monopoly Socialism'', Cambridge, MA: Schenkman, 1978.
* Beckett, Francis, ''Clem Attlee'', Politico's (2007) 978-1842751923
* Nik Brandal, Øivind Bratberg, Dag Einar Thorsen. ''The Nordic Model of Social Democracy'' (2013) Pallgrave MacMillan. ISBN 1137013265
* [[Gerald Cohen]]. ''Why Not Socialism?'' [[Princeton University Press]], 2009. ISBN 0691143617
* [[G.D.H. Cole]], ''History of Socialist Thought, in 7 volumes'', Macmillan and St. Martin's Press, 1965; Palgrave Macmillan, 2003 reprint; 7 volumes, hardcover, 3160 pages, ISBN 1-4039-0264-X.
* [[Michael Ellman]] (2014). ''[http://www.cambridge.org/US/academic/subjects/economics/economics-general-interest/socialist-planning-3rd-edition Socialist Planning].'' [[Cambridge University Press]]; 3 edition. ISBN 1107427320
* [[Friedrich Engels]], ''Socialism: Utopian and Scientific'', Pathfinder; 2r.e. edition (December 1989) 978-0873485791
* Friedrich Engels, ''The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State'', Zurich, 1884. {{LCC|HQ504 .E6}}
* Albert Fried and Ronald Sanders, eds., ''Socialist Thought: A Documentary History'', Garden City, NY: Doubleday Anchor, 1964. {{LCCN|64011312}}.
* Frances Goldin, Debby Smith, Michael Smith. ''Imagine: Living in a Socialist USA''. [[Harper Perennial]], 2014. ISBN 0062305573
* [[Élie Halévy]], ''Histoire du Socialisme Européen''. Paris: Gallimard, 1948.
* [[Michael Harrington]], ''Socialism'', New York: Bantam, 1972. {{LCCN|76154260}}.
* [[Michael Harrington]]. ''Socialism: Past and Future.'' Arcade Publishing, 2011. ISBN 1611453356
* Hayes, Carlton J. H. "The History of German Socialism Reconsidered," ''American Historical Review'' (1917) 23#1 pp.&nbsp;62–101 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1837686 online]
* [[Jesús Huerta de Soto]], [http://www.jesushuertadesoto.com/pdf_socialismo/indice.pdf ''Socialismo, cálculo económico y función empresarial''] (''Socialism, Economic Calculation, and Entrepreneurship''), Unión Editorial, 1992. ISBN 84-7209-420-0.
* Makoto Itoh, ''Political Economy of Socialism''. London: Macmillan, 1995. ISBN 0-333-55337-3.
* {{cite book |last=Kitching |first=Gavin |authorlink=Gavin Kitching |title=Rethinking Socialism |publisher=Meuthen |year=1983 |url=http://www.gavinkitching.com/marx_0.htm |isbn=0-416-35840-3 }}
* [[Oskar Lange]], ''On the Economic Theory of Socialism'', Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1938. {{LCCN|38012882}}.
* Michael Lebowitz, ''[http://www.monthlyreview.org/builditnow.htm Build It Now: Socialism for the 21st century]'', [http://www.monthlyreview.org Monthly Review Press], 2006. ISBN 1-58367-145-5.
* George Lichtheim, ''A Short History of Socialism''. Praeger Publishers, 1970.
* Alan Maass. ''The Case for Socialism.'' [[Haymarket Books]], 2010 (Updated Edition). ISBN 1608460738
* Marx, Engels, ''The Communist Manifesto'', Penguin Classics (2002) 978-0140447576
* Marx, Engels, ''Selected works in one volume'', Lawrence and Wishart (1968) 978-0853151814
* [[Joshua Muravchik]], [http://www.pbs.org/heavenonearth/resources.html ''Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism''], San Francisco: Encounter Books, 2002. ISBN 1-893554-45-7.
* Michael Newman, ''Socialism: A Very Short Introduction'', Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-280431-6.
* [[Bertell Ollman]], ed., ''Market Socialism: The Debate among Socialists'', Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0-415-91967-3
* [[Leo Panitch]], ''Renewing Socialism: Democracy, Strategy, and Imagination''. ISBN 0-8133-9821-5.
* Emile Perreau-Saussine, ''[http://www.polis.cam.ac.uk/contacts/staff/eperreausaussine/what_is_left_of_socialism.pdf What remains of socialism?]'', in Patrick Riordan (dir.), Values in Public life: aspects of common goods (Berlin, LIT Verlag, 2007), pp.&nbsp;11–34
* [[Richard Pipes]], ''Property and Freedom'', Vintage, 2000. ISBN 0-375-70447-7.
* John Barkley Rosser and Marina V. Rosser, ''Comparative Economics in a Transforming World Economy''. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0-262-18234-8.
* [[Maximilien Rubel]] and John Crump, ''Non-Market Socialism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries''. ISBN 0-312-00524-5.
* Katherine Verdery, ''What Was Socialism, What Comes Next'', Princeton. 1996. ISBN 0-691-01132-X
* {{cite web |last=Webb |first=Sidney |url= http://www.econlib.org/library/YPDBooks/Shaw/shwFS1.html#The%20Basis%20of%20Socialism,%20Historic,%20by%20Sidney%20Webb | title =The Basis of Socialism – Historic |year = 1889 |publisher=Library of Economics and Liberty |authorlink= Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield}}
* [[James Weinstein (author)|James Weinstein]], ''Long Detour: The History and Future of the American Left'', [http://www.westviewpress.com/about.html Westview Press], 2003, hardcover, 272 pages. ISBN 0-8133-4104-3.
* Peter Wilberg, [http://www.newgnosis.co.uk/deep.html ''Deep Socialism: A New Manifesto of Marxist Ethics and Economics''], 2003. ISBN 1-904519-02-4.
* [[Edmund Wilson]], ''To the Finland Station: A Study in the Writing and Acting of History'', Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1940. {{LCCN|40034338}}.
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==External links==
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* [http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/index.htm "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific"] by [[Friedrich Engels]]
* [http://monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/why-socialism "Why Socialism?"] by Albert Einstein
* [http://libcom.org/library/soul-of-man-under-socialism-oscar-wilde "The Soul of Man under Socialism"] by [[Oscar Wilde]]
* [http://monthlyreview.org/091109magdoff-yates.php What Needs to be Done: A Socialist View] by Fred Magdoff and Michael D. Yates, ''[[Monthly Review]]'', November 2009
* [http://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/552531 Cuban Socialism] from the [http://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/552494 Dean Peter Krogh Foreign Affairs Digital Archives]
* {{cite web |last=Brians |first=Paul |url=http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/hum_303/socialism.html |date=28 March 2005 |title=Introduction to 19th-Century Socialism |publisher=Washington State University}}
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