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	Socialism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This control, according to socialists, may be either direct, exercised through popular collectives such as workers' councils, or it may be indirect, exercised on behalf of the people by the state.
		The modern socialist movement had its origin largely in the working class movement of the late-19th century.
		Early socialists differed widely about how socialism was to be achieved; they differed sharply on key issues such as centralized versus decentralized control, the role of private property, the degree of egalitarianism, and the organization of family and community life.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Socialism (3447 words)

	Christian socialism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Christian socialism generally refers to those on the Christian left whose politics are both Christian and socialist and who see these two things as being interconnected.
		Christian socialists draw parallels between what some have characterized as the egalitarian and anti-establishment message of Jesus, who — according to Christian Gospel — spoke against the religious authorities of his time, and the egalitarian, anti-establishment, and sometimes anti-clerical message of most contemporary socialisms.
		Christian socialism is not to be confused with certain parties with "Christian Social" in their names which are found in the German-speaking world, such as the contemporary Christian Social Union in Bavaria or the Christian Social Party in Austria-Hungary circa 1900.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Christian_socialism (570 words)

	Christian Socialists
		Christian Socialists promoted the cooperative ideas of Robert Owen and suggested profit sharing as a way of improving the status of the working classes and as a means of producing a just, Christian society.
		Socialist Quaker Society, the Roman Catholic Socialist Society, the Guild of St. Matthew, and the Christian Social Union.
		Surely that man or woman is no Christian at all, except in name, in so far as he or she remains indifferent to the awful abyss that yarns between rich and poor; to the insufficiency of the share in our immense wealth which falls to the lot of those who produce it.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /REsocialism.htm (1358 words)

	Christian Socialism
		He argues that most of the Christian Socialists were members of the Broad Church circle and that political radicalism or political socialism was far from being their principal concern.
		In his treatment of Christian Socialism Beer declares that Kingsley “thought the real battle of the time was not Radical or Whig against Peelite or Tory, but the Church, the gentleman, the workman against the shopkeepers and the Manchester School” (183).
		While his Christian Socialism was by no means a system, Kingsley held that a Christian Socialist society would indeed be hierarchical where each one's place is determined by his moral value as well as democratic in the sense that each one's place has been allotted by God.
	www2.bc.edu /~rappleb/kingsley/KChristianSocialism.html (3160 words)

	Whatdowebelieve?
		I have come to know Harry through the CSM officers group, where he is Vice Chair and I am Treasurer and over the years have come to respect his wisdom and experience in all things Christian Socialist and beyond.
		George Lansbury and Donald Soper are the Christian Socialists most known for campaigning on peace issues and for their pacifism, the latter arising from fear of global nuclear war.
		CSM understands the whole range of faith groups and their relation to politics and the Labour Party in particular.
	www.btinternet.com /~stephenbeeronline/whatdowebelieve.htm (2718 words)

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		The Christian Socialist Movement is the organizational voice of Christian socialism today.
		Christian socialism advocates "values based socialism" and "faith based social action".
		Christian socialists has the opportunity to remind Labour of those Christian socialist values at the heart of its tradition of ethical socialism.
	www.christiansocialists.com (210 words)

	Stephen Timms MP - The Christian Contribution to New Labour
		The Christian Socialist Movement was founded in 1960, but it was not influential in the Labour Party and the Christianity spoken of by its leaders did not resonate with ordinary Christians.
		Christian influence has deep roots in the history of the Labour Party, but it is probably more apparent among Labour's leaders today than at any time since the party's earliest years at the start of the twentieth century.
		John Smith's 1992 lecture to the Christian Socialist Movement which marked the turning point in relations between Christianity and Labour had been called "Reclaiming the Ground", and a great deal of ground was subsequently reclaimed.
	www.stephentimmsmp.org.uk /norway.htm (3456 words)

	Welcome to CSM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		CSM are delighted to announce that Cabinet Minister and CSM member Stephen Timms MP will speak at the CSM Youth residential on 9-10 September 2006.
		Christians in Politics, the network of official Christian organisations within the three main political Westminster parties, has recently launched a free resource pack to encourage churches to get their members involved in politics.
		CSM director, Andrew Bradstock will be speaking at a day conference to mark the launch of the long awaited third book in the After Christendom series - Faith and Politics after Christendom - the Church as a Movement for Anarchy.
	www.thecsm.org.uk (275 words)

	Stephen Timms MP - The Launch of the Christian Socialist Movement Archive
		The reason Bob Holman, himself a wonderful Christian Socialist, is such a big admirer of George Lansbury is for the consistency of his life and his message.
		Just after I joined in the early 1980s I attended a summer school at the University of Kent where I met people who still seemed to be struggling with their discovery, a quarter of a century before, that Stalin had not after all been ushering in the Kingdom of God in the Soviet Union.
		Christian Socialism has given birth to a new and highly effective language of political change, and that has been a very important element in the political success of the present Government.
	www.stephentimmsmp.org.uk /csarchive.htm (2084 words)

	RED GROUPS OF THE UK
		Christian Socialist Movement: Formed in 1959 from two older organizations, the Socialist Christian League and the Society of Socialist Clergy Ministers, the CSM seeks to continue the long history of Christian socialism in Great Britain.
		CSM is affiliated to the Labour Party in a manner similar to the Fabian Society.
		Socialist Campaign Group: The SCG is the chief organizational base of the democratic socialist wing of the Labour Party.
	reds.linefeed.org /ukgroups.html (3213 words)

	UK Christian links - political concern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Christian CND provides a focus for Christians who want to witness on the basis of their faith against nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.
		Christian Peoples Alliance The Christian Peoples Alliance acknowledges Christ's authority over human society and demonstrates the love of God through political service by seeking peace and justice, by defending the weak and through prayer for the world and its leaders.
		Christians in Politics Christians In Politics is a joint initiative of the recognised Christian groups in the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties
	www.echurch-uk.org /clinks/politics.php (220 words)

	Top 20 Encyclopedia
		Utopian Socialists, like Robert Owen and Saint-Simon argued, though not from exactly the same perspective, that the injustice and widespread poverty of the societies they lived in were a problem of distribution of the goods created.
		However, all socialists agree that a socialist economy must be run for the benefit of the vast majority of the people rather than for a small aristocratic, plutocratic, or capitalist class.
		Among the few self-described socialists who dispute these principles are the leadership of the Communist Party of China, who claim to remain socialist, even while the continuing Chinese economic reform explicitly includes the concept of privately-owned large enterprises competing on an equal basis with publicly-owned ones.
	encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/Socialism (4963 words)

	UTOPIAN SOCIALISTS
		A failed businessman and Ricardian socialist, Gray was among the first to stress the human element in the destructiveness of competition in principle.
		A radical socialist journalist, Louis Blanc was greatly responsible for unleashing the 1848 Revolution with his 1841 account of the corruption of the orleanist regime.
		The "essence" of Christianity, according to Feuerbach (1841) was merely religious alienation.
	cepa.newschool.edu /het/schools/utopia.htm (1662 words)

	Christian Socialists want to hold Blair to justice agenda - news from ekklesia
		The Christian Socialist Movement is an organization affiliated to the Labour Party which aims to promote “values-based socialism and faith-based social action”.
		Nevertheless, the CSM director says that for Christians and others motivated by moral purpose, “there is an important debate to be had about the relation between means and ends”, and he suggests that “this is an area where CSM may well have more to say” as the rest of Tony Blair’s current term unfolds.
		The star at the Christian Socialist Movement’s closing event was the Rev Steve Chalke of Oasis Trust, who is channelling big government money into regeneration and education involving faith communities — not without controversy.
	www.ekklesia.co.uk /content/news_syndication/article_050930csm.shtml (1239 words)

	The Scotsman - S2 - Onward Christian Socialists
		In addition to the patronage of Tony Blair, the CSM can count on the support of Gordon Brown, who is a regular financial donor, and Michael Martin, the Speaker of the House of Commons, who used to be the movement’s vice president.
		Those favoured with promotion last month included Paul Boateng, a CSM supporter and Britain’s first fl member of the Cabinet; Ruth Kelly, another CSM member, who was promoted to Financial Secretary to the Treasury; and Douglas Alexander, the son of a minister who, as recently as last week, was the guest at a CSM-organised debate.
		According to Dale, the CSM and Labour is a natural cross-fertilisation of ideas and beliefs, based, primarily, on the Biblical ideal of loving thy neighbour as thyself.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /s2.cfm?id=713172002 (1371 words)

	christian socialists choose theologian as new leader - news from ekklesia
		The Christian Socialist Movement (CSM), an organization affiliated to the Labour Party to promote “values-based socialism and faith-based social action” has appointed leading theologian Andrew Bradstock as its new General Secretary.
		CSM chairperson Bev Thomas, a leading activist in the Black churches, says that “CSM aims to be a ‘critical friend’ to the Labour Government.
		The role of Christians in political parties is likely to continue to excite debate inside and outside the churches in the run up to the General Election, expected in May next year.
	www.ekklesia.co.uk /content/news_syndication/article_04126csm.shtml (500 words)

	Can a Tory [or Republican] be a Christian? [Free Republic]
		If to be a Christian means perfectly to express the will of God in political matters, then a sincere Christian Socialist must deny that a Tory can be a Christian.
		Christianity (true Christianity, which is defined as someone having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior) consists of people trying to live their lives to the greater glory of God.
		To hear an ideological socialist talk, the only reason socialist states must have a government at all is because of the evil selfish capitalist influence from the rest of the world that corrupts their budding socialists with self-interest.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3aaf7ed50cbb.htm (2990 words)

	British National Party - Ben Bradshaw MP to marry his boyfriend.
		Mr Bradshaw is a practicing churchgoer and a member of the Christian Socialist Movement.
		Many of the people that joined the Christian socialist movement were nothing more than communists following the teachings of Antonio Gramsci who said that institutions such as the Church should be destroyed from within by people who enter them for the specific purpose of destroying it as a socal and moral force for good.
		The Anglican Church now faces a crisis of epic proportions as the Western wing of the Church run by the supporters of homosexuals and Liberals faces a clash with the Conservative wing of the Church that is run mainly by traditionalists in the Third World.
	www.bnp.org.uk /news_detail.php?newsId=44 (501 words)

	Prime Ministers Speeches - 2001 - Christian Socialist Movement
		As a member of CSM, I am proud of the long and strong tradition of Christian Socialism within the Labour party.
		But the Christian faith is not and should never be the monopoly of any one political party or section of the community.
		An abhorrence of prejudice based on race, class, gender or occupation is fundamental to the Gospels.
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/Page3243.asp (2483 words)

	Christian group blasts Bush remarks : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Andrew Blackstock, director of the Christian Socialist Movement, said: "History is littered with examples of people doing the most bizarre and sometimes wicked things on this basis.
		A Labour-affiliated Christian group has criticised US president George Bush for allegedly saying he was instructed by God to invade Iraq and Afghanistan.
		It is claimed the president made the comments during his first meeting with the Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen) and Abbas' then foreign minister in June 2003.
	sf.indymedia.org /print.php?id=1720622 (479 words)

	BBC Online - On The Record - Interviews
		On Thursday, when Tony Blair makes his first ever speech to the Christian Socialist Movement as Prime Minister, we'll going to hear a lot about values in politics and there's going to be praise for faith based organisations; those religious charities and voluntary groups who do so much to help the least well off.
		WATSON: The Christian Socialist movement has prepared a report called Faith in Politics to be published this week; it will set out the views of people from all religious faiths on the government's progress.
		TIMMS: Jim Wallis stands out as the one well known US Christian who is firmly on the left and so in terms of people like me who is in the Christian Socialist Movement he's a very important figure.
	www.bbc.co.uk /otr/intext/20010325_film_1.html (1657 words)

	May 01 - News - Christian Votes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Mr Blair’s speech to the CSM was a direct appeal for the votes of the religious community.
		Striving to Christianise the conduct and lifestyle of sinners is a fruitless goal and it must not become the focus of the church’s ministry.
		Sadly, some Christians and Christian societies have lost sight of the gospel of grace and concentrate almost exclusively on a social gospel.
	www.evangelical-times.org /ETNews/May01/May01n01.htm (1132 words)

	Guardian \| Having faith in politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Roy Hattersley rather shows his ignorance about religious matters when he speaks of the danger of the prime minister "evangelising" at the Christian Socialist Movement conference on Thursday (Beware of religious links, PM is warned, March 26).
		Neither CSM nor, we imagine, the prime minister are attempting to evangelise.
		What we seek to do is to improve the quality of understanding and debate about the views of the large numbers of people in faith communities, and the contribution they continue to make to our society.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4159998-103683,00.html (226 words)

	Journal of Religion and Society
		The emergence of neo-muscular Christian groups during the latter half of the twentieth century (Putney) and the promotion of sport in Catholic institutions, such as the University of Notre Dame, can be seen as a direct consequence of Victorian Muscular Christianity.
		From this, the doctrine of Muscular Christianity was adopted as a response to the perceived puritanical and ascetic religiosity of the Tractarians, later known as the Oxford Movement.
		This became the core message of the modern Olympic movement and was borne in part from de Coubertin’s engagement with the Muscular Christian ideal.
	moses.creighton.edu /JRS/2005/2005-2.html (8289 words)

	CSM Iraq Geoff Hoon
		May I assure you that the Government's preference is however for a second resolution, but we have to reserve our position on a second UN Security Council resolution if a consensus within the Security Council is not possible.
		The Director of the Christian Socialist Movement, Graham Dale, also expresses "concern that the military build-up should not create an unstoppable momentum for war before the UN weapons inspectors have been given sufficient time and space to complete their task."
		I hope that this addresses the concerns of the Christian Socialist Movement.
	www.btinternet.com /~stephenbeeronline/new_page_9.htm (521 words)

	The Radical Roots of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Christian Core, Socialist Bedrock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		That Christianity "became, through the intervening years, a religion of the powerful and the dominant, used sometimes as an instrument of oppression, must not tempt us into believing that it was thus in the mind and life of Jesus," Thurman insists.
		Decisive for the development of the modern civil rights movement were several important left-wing institutions and key activists that had a substantial Marxist influence and socialist-orientation, and whose impact on King was substantial.
		The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) was the country's foremost pacifist organization, influenced by Christian and socialist currents and by the example of Mohandas Gandhis non-violent campaigns to free India from British colonial rule.
	www.solidarity-us.org /atc/96MLK.html (5508 words)

	Thomas Hughes - Free Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Hughes soon became a supporter of Chartism, a political party in England (1838-48), which contended for universal suffrage, the vote by ballot, annual parliaments, equal electoral districts, and other radical reforms.
		He formed the Christian Socialist movement in 1848 with Frederick Denison Maurice and Charles Kingsley, a movement that wanted to use the Church to help prevent revolution by the working classes.
		The movement produced two journals, Politics of the People (1848-1849) and The Christian Socialist (1850-51), and a series of pamphlets called Tracts on Christian Socialism.
	hughes.thefreelibrary.com (487 words)

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