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	The political legacy of De Leonism (part VI)
		The De Leonist ability to bury its head in the sand like an ostrich, denying the experience of the American proletariat which suffered bloody repression at the hands of the army, the police, the pinkertons, of the Palmer Raids, is unsurpassed in the history of the working class.
		De Leonism's American exceptionalism and sectarianism cut it off from the international workers movement, and thus left it incapable of drawing the lessons of the class struggle of the entire 20th century.
		De Leon's confusions at the turn of the last century may have been honest errors, but to repeat those same errors a hundred years later at the dawn of the 21st century, and ignore the lessons of working class experience, reduces De Leonism to an anachronistic sect.
	en.internationalism.org /book/print/775 (2086 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/De Leonism
		The De Leonist victory at the polls would be accompanied by a transfer of control of the factories, mines, farms and other means of production to workers councils organized within the industrial unions.
		De Leonists distinguish this event from the general strike to take control of the workplaces advocated by anarcho-syndicalists, and refer to it instead as a general lockout of the ruling class, although in reality the two concepts are very similar.
		De Leonism is criticized by some other Marxists for this reason, and the term "impossibilists" has sometimes been applied to De Leonists, implying that their chance of success is nil.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/De_Leonism (711 words)

	The Legacy of De Leonism, Part II \| foo.internationalism.org
		De Leon’s opposition to reformism, a central element in his ideological perspective, superficially resembles the position defended today by the ICC and the rest of the Communist Left.
		De Leon’s view that the workers’ standard of living during the ascendant phase of capitalism had continually "gone from bad to worse" was refuted by the reality of workers’ struggles.
		De Leonism’s failure to grasp Marxism’s theory of the laws of motion of the capitalist economy, and its political implications for the class struggle, have condemned it to dire consequences on the political terrain, as we shall see in future articles in this series.
	foo.internationalism.org /inter/114_legacy_deleon.htm (2270 words)

	Daniel De Leon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		De Leonism is an interpretation of Marxism which is extremely different from the one put forth by Lenin and his successors in various countries.
		De Leon was born on Dec. 14, 1852 on the island of Curacao, and died on May 11, 1914 in New York City.
		De Leon here described the political party as the "sword" and the industrial union as the "shield" of labor, a viewpoint which was to be exactly reversed by De Leon in 1904.
	www.deleonism.org /deleon.htm (2058 words)

	90sDeLeon
		De Leon’s major concern, states Coleman, was “to apply the orthodox position of Marx to the industrial conditions of his own time, and to simplify its reasoning and conclusions”.
		By 1905 De Leon was rejecting the notion of a solely political transformation of society.
		De Leon’s failings as a revolutionary socialist are openly and clearly brought out and, in many respects, account for the greater part of Coleman’s work.
	www.worldsocialism.org /spgb/etheory/Early90's/html/90DeLeon.html (1084 words)

	The legacy of De Leonism, part IV
		Perhaps the most quixotic feature of the De Leonist political legacy is its cluster of bizarre positions on such basic class principles as the nature of parliamentarism, the possibility of overturning capitalist domination through a peaceful, non-violent revolution, the proletariat’s historic tasks in relation to the capitalist state, and the dictatorship of the proletariat.
		De Leonism seems simply incapable of grasping the nature of the Marxist method, of understanding the material conditions under which the proletariat wages its struggle against the bourgeoisie, and develops forms of struggle that correspond to these conditions.
		However, this is not the method of De Leonism, which, in cult-like fashion maintains the blunders of its founder, and then refuses to acknowledge the contradiction between their dogma and the theoretical legacy of the Marxist movement, and worse, falsifies history to insist that their positions are consistent with Marxism.
	en.internationalism.org /book/print/770 (1793 words)

	Daniel De Leon Online, Daniel De Leon, Daniel DeLeon, DeLeonist Literature, De Leonist Literature, DeLeon's Works, De ...
		De Leon was an active participant in those struggles, not only with the SLP on the political field, but also on the economic field, first from inside the Knights of Labor, then with the Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance, and ultimately with the original Industrial Workers of the World.
		De Leon was only a man, much like any other, except that he had an exceptional mind and made a conscious decision to use it for the sake of humanity.
		De Leon's first marriage was in 1882 to Sarah Lobo, a beautiful, dark-haired young lady whom he had met on one of his return trips to his native Curacao (an island off the coast of Venezuela).
	www.slp.org /De_Leon.htm (2962 words)

	Unions: What They Are and What They Should Be
		De Leon was a true genius, and his easy-to-understand SIU program being just as relevant today as it was in 1901 is further testimony to that fact.
		Marxism-De Leonism is adamant in its stance that while the economic and politcal organization of workers will work in tandem to achieve socialism, it will be the economic organization of labor, and not the political, that will ultimately take control of the industries for the working class.
		De Leonism paves the way for this, and it will be this revolutionary type of union that will ultimately lead the working class to victory over the capitalists, according to the SLP and NUP, and I believe this assessment to be a sound one.
	www.angelfire.com /co2/socialism/unions.html (1437 words)

	Internationalism and "The Legacy of DeLeonism" : A Review
		De Leon's principal failure, according to Grevin and Internationalism, was his development of the idea of socialist industrial unions as the model for the society of the future instead of workers' councils which became the revolutionary organization of choice after the Russian Revolution.
		It was this tendency which De Leon and his supporters in the SLP fought during the first ten years of his editorship of the People until the split in 1899/1900 and afterwards in the new Socialist Party of America.
		De Leon's idea featured a peaceful revolution through the ballot preceded by a period of economic and political education by a revolutionary party and a revolutionary union movement.
	www.libertariansocialism.4t.com /db/db010708.htm (3064 words)

	Daniel De Leon Summary
		De Leon's career at Columbia apparently declined because of his support of Henry George's third-party mayoralty candidacy in 1886 and his interest in the Nationalist movement of Edward Bellamy.
		De Leon's attempt to align the Knights of Labor as an auxiliary to the SLP in the early 1890s only hastened the decline of that union.
		De Leon was highly critical of the trade union movement in America and described the craft-oriented American Federation of Labor as the American Separation of Labor.
	www.bookrags.com /Daniel_De_Leon (1004 words)

	The Legacy of De Leonism, Part II
		The Legacy of De Leonism, Part II The Legacy of De Leonism, Part II De Leon’s opposition to reformism, a central element in his ideological perspective, superficially resembles the position defended today by the ICC and the rest of the Communist Left.
		However, De Leon’s views, originally formulated as early as the 1890s, were based on a total confusion on the operation of capitalist economy and were actually incorrect for the period in which he lived.
		Even the Socialist Labor Party’s Arnold Petersen was forced to acknowledge in his 1947 introduction to a reprint of De Leon’s "Reform or Revolution," that "social systems are born, grow and mature and eventually decay," and that before a social system reaches its period of decay, reforms are possible.
	foo.internationalism.org /book/print/762 (2011 words)

	An Irish anarchist look at the ideas of James Connolly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		De Leon argued that to achieve socialism the working class should elect a socialist party backed by a strong Industrial Union into parliament so as to create a socialist government, he believed that by doing this the working class could control the State and usher in Socialism.
		De Leon argued that the party must usher in Socialism, and the role of the Industrial Union was to support the party.
		De Leon was arguing for a revolution that involves seizing control of the State, a revolution lead by politicians.
	struggle.ws /wsm/rbr/rbr8/connolly.html (3842 words)

	Daniel De Leon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		De Leon lost control and the ability to influence the organization to what he called disparagingly 'the bummery'.
		De Leon was engaged in a policy dispute with the leaders of the IWW.
		Haywood's faction prevailed and De Leon left the IWW to form a rival Detroit-based IWW, which was soon renamed as the Workers' International Industrial Union.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Daniel_De_Leon (558 words)

	sociology - Libertarian socialism
		The American Marxist leader Daniel De Leon, for example, who joined and reorganized the Socialist Labor Party in 1890, advocated a form of "industrial unionism" (known as De Leonism), which was similar to syndicalism, although De Leon himself made a point of distinguishing between the two ideologies.
		Council communists also believed in diminishing the role of the party to one of agitation and propaganda, rejected all participation in elections or parliament, and argued that workers should leave the reactionary trade unions and form one big revolutionary union.
		According to the De Leonist theory, workers would simultaneously form socialist industrial unions in the workplaces, and form a socialist political party which would organize in the political realm.
	www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Libertarian_socialism (4915 words)

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		And although he never completely broke with De Leonist politics and all its incumbent weaknesses, but which had played such an important role in his life, Frank was also prepared to learn from discussion, and admit when he was wrong.
		The ICC had many polemical exchanges with Frank, particularly on the political legacy of De Leonism, especially its blind spot when it came to the mystifications of bourgeois democracy.
		Despite its opposition to reformism, and despite the lessons of history, De Leonism, and Frank, persisted in a naive belief that capitalism could be overthrown at the ballot box.
	www.cvoice.org /CV2girardobit.doc (911 words)

	Two, Three, Many Parties of a New Type?
		He considered himself a revolutionist of the deed, 'not a philosopher and not an inventor of systems like Marx.' He refused to recognize the existence of any preconceived or preordained laws of history.
		We have confidence only in those who reveal by deeds their devotion to the revolution, without fear of torture and dungeons, and we disavow every word which is not directly followed by a deed.
		By the spring of 1908, this interminable squabble had thoroughly disgusted rank and file elements in the IWW...who felt that the endless controversy over De Leonism was interfering with the all-important task of organizing the unorganized.
	struggle.net /ALC/TwoThreeCh2H.htm (1630 words)

	How the WSM Is Different From Other Groups – World Socialist Movement
		If they do not claim to have established socialism, after apparently being elected to do so, then they have no justifiable claim to be socialists, even using their own, flawed definitions of socialism.
		Inclusion of the IWW as De Leonist is admittedly questionable, but the IWW is a "socialist industrial union", which is usually considered a De Leonist approach.
		De Leonism is generally a U.S. phenomenon, and this may be partly responsible for the tendency, by some, to talk about establishing "socialism" in the United States.
	www.worldsocialism.org /articles/how_the_wsm_is_different.php (1611 words)

	Daniel De Leon Online, Daniel De Leon, Daniel DeLeon, DeLeonist Literature, De Leonist Literaure, DeLeon’s Works, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		As editor of The People, from 1892 until his untimely death, De Leon developed the strategy and tactics needed to establish socialism by civilized, but nonetheless revolutionary, means in highly industrialized countries like the United States—the Socialist Industrial Union program of the Socialist Labor Party.
		De Leon was a scientist—a social scientist—who built on the foundation laid down by another, earlier social scientist, Karl Marx.
		After editor Lucien Sanial resigned because of failing eyesight, De Leon, in 1892, was chosen as editor—a post he would hold until his death.
	www.marxists.org /archive/deleon/bio/deleon.htm (2953 words)

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		de Mably, Morelly (whose thoughts extensively influenced the French Revolution, in particular the Jacobins) and other revolutionary egalitarian clubs embodied in persons like Jean Paul Marat.
		Many 19th century19th-century idealists, disgusted by the ongoing oppression and mass poverty created by the Industrial Revolution, broke away from society to form short-lived communal "utopias".
		The French philosopher ?tienne Cabet, in his book "Voyage et aventures de lord William Carisdall en Icarie" ("Travel and adventures of lord William Carisdall in Icaria") (1840), depicted an ideal society in which an elections
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Communism (4021 words)

	industrial unionism or anarcho-syndicalism \| libcom.org
		Not a De Leonist or anything, but worthy of discussion I feel given the growth of IWW in recent months.
		If there wasn't this difference in emphasis De Leonism would not be a conclusion capable of being reached.
		Now on a day-to-day level in the UK this is irrelevant, but at a high point in struggle I think it is an important differential, and one of the key reasons to be building the IWW, because local advances can be international advances much more easily.
	libcom.org /forums/thought/industrial-unionism-or-anarcho-syndicalism (4042 words)

	Glossary of People: Be (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Mary Ritter Beard was born in Indianapolis on 5 August 1876, the third of six children and the elder of two daughters of Narcissa (Lockwood) and Eli Foster Ritter.
		At sixteen she left home to attend De Pauw University in Asbury, Indiana, where she studied political science, languages, and literature.
		Beard quoted French historian Fustel de Coulanges for the motto of the WCWA: "No documents, no history," and she envisioned an archive of women's papers and organizational records that would provide a foundation for women's history as an academic field as well as serve as a public good.
	www2.cddc.vt.edu /marxists/glossary/people/b/e.htm (3933 words)

	THEBIZBEACON.COM - Economics - Libertarian Socialism
		De Leon's insistence on a revolutionary political party working as the political wing of the industrial unions, however, sets him outside of the libertarian socialist current of anarchism (see opposition to the state above).
		While the anarchist movement lost much of it's influence on the labour movment by the late 1930s, many anarchist labour unions continue to organize and grow.
		Notable examples include the Spanish Confederacion General del Trabajo de España and Confederación Nacional del Trabajo, the Swedish Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation, the French Confédération nationale du travail, the Siberian Confederation of Labour SKT, and the Italian CIB Unicobas.
	www.thebizbeacon.com /economics/libertarian.html (6216 words)

	International Director Sebastião Braga
		In recognition of his service to the association he has received numerous awards, including the 100% District Governor Award and four International President’s Medals.
		He is also an honorary Lion of the Academia Mineira de Leonism.
		In addition to his Lions activities, Director Braga is a member of numerous professional and community organizations, including the National Association of Bank Lawyers and the National Board of Labor.
	www.lionsclubs.org /EN/content/lions_leaders_director3.shtml (247 words)

	Left Wing Lies
		At my first introduction to the works of Marx, Engels, De Leon and others, I felt quite a bit like a subversive, as if I was doing something that society didn't approve of.
		in which the knee-jerk vilification of nearly everyone who came after Marx, Engels and De Leon, and who had a profound effect on world history, was at an end, or closer to the end.
		It was as though the reservoir of those who were willing to fondly remember, rehash and reprint the old formulas every week had finally dried up.
	www.geocities.com /kenellis2020/parta.html (10398 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002: The Year in Sports - A year for the aged - Friday December 13, 2002 04:34 PM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sports stars are doing what we're all doing, eating right and exercising and reaping the spoils of medical research.
		Red Wings center Igor Larionov, the NHL's oldest player at 42, has this Ponce de Leonism: he drinks two glasses of wine every night.
		In June, Larionov's goal 14:47 into the third overtime against the Hurricanes won the third game of the Stanley Cup final and put the Wings en route to the title.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /features/2002/year/essays/kennedy (1057 words)

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