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  Democratic socialism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Democratic socialists maintain a commitment to the re-distribution of wealth and power and social ownership of most major industry, and some believe in a planned economy; these are all concepts which social democrats have largely abandoned.
Democratic socialist parties appeared before the First World War, when no single country could be described as democratic in the full modern use of the term, because of electoral discrimination on the basis of gender, race or wealth.
Democratic socialists advocating direct action may tend to similar positions with anarcho-syndicalism (with which democratic socialism shares the characteristics of being both anti-capitalist and anti-authoritarian), although democratic socialists characteristically do not regard the state itself as an evil to be abolished.
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 Encyclopedia: Democratic socialists
Democratic socialists and social democrats both typically advocate at least a welfare state, although social democrats, being influenced by the Third Way, are now less committed to this.
Democratic socialists maintain a commitment to the re-distribution of wealth and the nationalisation of major industry, and some believe in a planned economy; these are all concepts which social democrats have largely abandoned.
Democratic socialist parties appeared before the First World War, when no single country could be described as democratic in the modern use of the term, because of electoral discrimination on the basis of gender, race or wealth.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Democratic-socialists   (1173 words)

  
 Democratic Socialists of America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is the largest socialist organization in the United States and the principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International, a federation of socialist, social democratic and labour parties and organizations.
While many DSA members are also members of the Democratic Party, electoral politics have been a secondary concern throughout the history of the organization.
Young Democratic Socialists (YDS) is the official youth section of Democratic Socialists of America.
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 Democratic Socialism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Democratic socialism is a political movement propagating the political ideals of socialism within the form of a parliamentary democracy and in opposition to Communism as practiced by the former Soviet Union.
Democratic socialists and social democratics both typically advocate a welfare state though social democrats, influenced by the Third Way are now less committed to this.
Democratic socialists maintain a commitment to the re-distribution of wealth and the nationalisation of major industry and some believe in a planned economy, concepts which social democrats have largely abandoned.
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 Encyclopedia: Democratic Socialists of America
Socialist economics is a term which refers in its descriptive sense to the economic effects of nations with large state sectors where the government directs the kind and nature of production.
The official symbol of Socialist International The Socialist International (SI) is an international organisation for social democratic and democratic socialist parties.
Jump to: navigation, search The Democratic Party, founded in 1792, is the second-oldest political party in the world (after the Tories of the United Kingdom).
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 Socialists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Young Democratic Socialists (DSA) A democratic socialist youth and student organization in the United States.
Young Democratic Socialists - USA The youth section of the Democratic Socialists of America, YDS is the US affiliate of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY).
Democratic Socialists of America The largest socialist organization in the United States, and the principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International.
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 Democratic socialists - Information
Democratic socialists maintain a commitment to the re-distribution of wealth and social ownership of major industry, and some believe in a planned economy; these are all concepts which social democrats have largely abandoned.
During the 1920s, Council communism anticipated democratic socialist positions in several respects, notably through renouncing the vanguard role of the revolutionary party and holding that the system of the USSR was not authentically socialist (describing it as defective or specious socialism).
Revolutionary democratic socialists usually see the role of the public sector, not as a means of achieving socialism, but as a means of ameliorating the worst effects of capitalism until a revolution is accomplished.
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 Democratic Socialists of America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is the largest socialist organization in the United States, and the principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International, which includes the British Labour Party and the New Democratic Party of Canada.
The DSA was formed in 1983 when a splinter group of the old Socialist Party (Michael Harrington's Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee) merged with the New American Movement a coalition of writers and intellectuals with roots in both the "Old" and the "New" left.
However, since the Democratic Party has been dominated by advocates of neoliberal trade policies such as Bill Clinton and Al Gore, many DSA members are trying to move the organization away from this goal.
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 Archive | August 21, 2000 | Lieberman bows to the Democratic socialists
Democratic southern state governments would attempt to hinder the free market as a means of preserving the authoritarian plantation system.
The Democrats erect their colossal edifice on the emotionally driven doctrine of class and race hatred to further enthrone and institutionalize their plantation system on a national level.
This Democratic Socialist policy has had the effect of hindering free market Capitalism, eroding private ownership of property and privacy in general, and creating a public elite with increasing power over the life and welfare of the sovereign individual citizen.
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 'Socialists in Congress_Fri Mar '   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Democratic, representative control over fiscal, monetary, and trade policy would enable citizens to have a voice in setting the basic framework of economic policy--what social investment is needed, who should own or control basic industries, and how they might be governed.
Democratic socialists have an historic opportunity and responsibility to play a central role in the founding of a next Left, and DSA is prepared to meet this challenge.
Democratic socialists are committed to the principles of democracy and by definition cannot be totalitarian.
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 Lecture 20: The French Revolution and the Socialist Tradition: English Democratic Socialists (2)
Democratic radicalism or republicanism, was a variety of liberalism and thus not in any way directly socialist.
There were even democratic radicals who toyed with the idea of socialism and even saw it as the future, but they were more content with agitating for democratic reforms which would eventually pave the way for something like a socialist future.
And with the appearance of the democratic radicals side by side with the socialists we encounter one of the strange dichotomies of the entire socialist tradition -- on the one hand, reform, and on the other, revolution (for a general account of the French Revolution in English History, see Lecture 14).
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 Post-Election Analysis from the Young Democratic Socialists (YDS) : SF Indymedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Statement from the Young Democratic Socialists in the aftermath of the 2004 elections.
Democratic socialists, in contrast, have often found themselves in the unique position of both working within and critiquing structures (the Democratic Party, labor unions, etc.) that provide a mechanism for shifting social and economic power.
As democratic socialists, we understand that all of the struggles we're involved in are intimately linked.
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 WorldNetDaily: A socialist by any other name   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Socialists believe that land, resources and the wealth they generate should be owned, or at least controlled, by the "public," i.e., the government.
Socialists believe that the marketplace should be controlled by government, to ensure the equal distribution of the earth's riches.
Socialists believe that the entire world should be governed by the United Nations, through a system of selected "stakeholder councils" at the local, regional, national and international levels.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36338   (759 words)

  
 The Socialists in Congress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Democrats have put socialists in charge of their members on the Ways and Means Committee, the Banking and Small Business Committees, The Science Committee, the Veterans Committee, the Resources Committee and the Judiciary Committee.
Don't be fooled by the use of the word "democratic." The group explains, "At the root of our socialism is a profound commitment to democracy, as means and end." The end this group has in mind is economic redistribution in order to achieve social and environmental justice.
Perhaps one of the answers is that 58 Democrats in Congress are members of a policy group that is working with, and being promoted by the Democratic Socialists of America, the domestic branch of the Socialist International Party.
www.kucinich.com /kucinich/socialists_in_congress.htm   (1178 words)

  
 Democratic Socialists of America -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
While many Democratic Socialists are also members of the (The older of two major political parties in the United States) Democratic Party, electoral politics have been a secondary concern throughout the history of the organization.
DSA members have at times been elected to public office at the local, state, and federal level, both as Democratic Party and non-partisan candidates.
DSA's involvement in Democratic politics has been a matter of some controversy with other socialists, particularly in the (Click link for more info and facts about Socialist Party USA) Socialist Party USA, who would prefer to see it support only explicitly socialist candidates.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/D/De/Democratic_Socialists_of_America.htm   (213 words)

  
 The Columbus Free Press
A democratic socialist society would be organized around childrearing, education, politics, and the cultivation of individual talents.
Perhaps democratic socialists need to be more wary about their efforts to support the cause of every so-called "liberal" democrat who wants aid in electoral campaigns.
Any Socialist would warm to Backus' assertion that "Man is not merely individual, he is social, and one of the surest marks of fine character is the deep seated acceptance of the fact that we are members one of another.
www.freepress.org /Backup/UnixBackup/pubhtml/leftie/left9810.html   (14858 words)

  
 Twin Cities Democratic Socialists of America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the Saarland state of Germany hosts a public forum ‘One World Saar.’ The Saarland is the tenth German state to hold such a forum.
It’s an approach that views the main agent of change not to be the Socialist International with the Party of European Socialists at its core but rather a multi-faceted global progressive alliance of both party and NGO forces.
The left wing of the socialist party, the communists and the extreme nationalists win: 55% of the French vote ‘non.’ The European Constitution is defeated.
www.twincitiesdsa.org   (2039 words)

  
 Socialists
Democratic Socialists of America - The largest socialist organization in the United States, and the principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International.
Chicago Democratic Socialists of America - The Chicago local of the Democratic Socialists of America, home of the Debs - Thomas - Harrington Dinner.
International Socialists Ireland - Documents and information by this group of former members of the Socialist Workers Party who argue that the International Socialist tendency is undemocratic.
www.findly.com /socialists.htm   (382 words)

  
 Post-Election Analysis from the Young Democratic Socialists (YDS) : Utah IMC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Young Democratic Socialists’ Post-Election StatementAvailable as a PDF at: http://www.ydsusa.org/statements/2004post.pdfMore about YDS at: http://www.ydsusa.orgI.
As young democratic socialists we are proud to have been part of the broad-based struggle to defeat Bush.
Now, more than ever, a socialist vision of an alternative world and a principled struggle to express that vision is called for.
utah.indymedia.org /print.php?id=9661   (1249 words)

  
 ParEcon.org -- Democratic Planners and Market Socialists
The social process of consciously, democratically, and equitably coordinating our interconnected economic activities is fundamentally different from the social process of competing against one another in the exchange of goods and services.
Again, a market socialist could theoretically condemn the community reorganizational logic of markets on grounds that they were not properly “socialized” – that costs of infrastructure in sunrise communities and underemployment of infrastructure in sunset communities, for instance, were not fully accounted by prevailing prices.
In general, while both market socialists and democratic planners have reason to build a movement for economic change that “pre-figures” the alternative to capitalism, since they envision different alternatives there are good reasons we would organize life within the movement differently.
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 Young Democratic Socialists :: Campus Activism
We are the nation's largest socialist student and youth organization, but unlike many socialist groups, we don't think we are the end-all-be-all of progressive politics in America.
We work to be a socialist voice within the left, but don't think that we should tell other movements that we have all the answers.
Progressive Democrats, queer activists, people of color, Greens, labor activists, feminists, we have come together because we don't think there is currently room in US politics for our vision of a society based on solidarity, instead of greed.
www.campusactivism.org /displaygroup-412.htm   (477 words)

  
 Most Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about MIM
Democratic socialists are generally people who want to nationalize private industries and abolish production for profit by using the ballot box.
To listen to the democratic socialists and their friends the social- democrats, communists are advocating a totalitarian system where freedom of the individual including the freedom of speech are repressed.
Those are the cases where democratic socialists actually try to do something, something naive that leads to mass slaughter.
www.etext.org /Politics/MIM/faq/demsoc.html   (912 words)

  
 Young Democratic Socialists Home
YDS is the youth section of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Building democratic socialism is a long struggle, and we take it one step at a time.
Democratic socialism also means fighting non-economic inequalities of power- including racism, sexism and heterosexism in all their forms.
www.ydsusa.org   (389 words)

  
 Democratic Socialists of America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The DSA was formed in 1983 when a splinter group of the Socialist Party (Michael Harrington's Democratic Socialist Organizing merged with the New American Movement a of writers and intellectuals with roots in the "Old" and the "New" left.
Until recent years the main aim DSA was to promote social democratic ideas the Democratic mainstream.
However since the Democratic has been dominated by advocates of neoliberal policies such as Bill Clinton and Al Gore many DSA members are trying to the organization away from this goal.
www.freeglossary.com /Democratic_Socialists_of_America   (540 words)

  
 democratic socialists of america   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The DSA is the largest socialist party in the United States.
The DSA are activists demanding a change in our democratic empowerment in economy, gender and in culture.
Their vision is of a society in which people have a real voice in the choices and relationships that affect the entirety of our lives.
calstaging.bemidjistate.edu /sites/FringeParties/dsa.html   (105 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Socialists urge support of Kerry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Democratic Socialists of America Political Action Committee is officially urging its members to work for the election of John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election.
It was founded as a group determined to push the Democratic Party to the left and has worked closely with the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
The Democratic Socialists of America's chief organizing goal is to work within the Democratic Party and remove the stigma attached to "socialism" in the eyes of most Americans.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39627   (774 words)

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