Socialist Democracy
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Socialist Democracy can refer to any of several political parties. Groups using this name tend to have a connection to the reunified Fourth International
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The term was also sometimes used by "communist state
s" to describe their system of government.
It may also be used to refer to Democratic Socialism
Reunified Fourth International
The Fourth International is a Trotskyist international. In 1963, the majorities of the two public factions of the Fourth International, the International Secretariat and the International Committee, reunited, electing a United Secretariat of the Fourth International...
, reflecting its distinctive position on socialist democracy http://www.marxists.org/archive/mandel/1985/dictprole/1985.htm:
- Socialist Democracy (Australia)Socialist Democracy (Australia)Socialist Democracy was a network of Trotskyist activists in Australia who were in sympathy with the reunified Fourth International....
- Socialist Democracy (Brazil)Socialist Democracy (Brazil)Socialist Democracy is a Trotskyist group in Brazil. Formed in 1979, DS was affiliated to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International. DS was one of the first groups to affiliate with the Workers' Party when the PT formed in 1980. The activists in Socialist Democracy hoped to transform the...
- Socialist Democracy (Ireland)Socialist Democracy (Ireland)Socialist Democracy is the successor to People's Democracy, a left wing current which emerged in Belfast in 1968 during the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland. During the 1970s it evolved towards Trotskyist positions and, by merging with the Dublin-based Movement for a Socialist Republic,...
- Socialist Democracy GroupSocialist Democracy GroupThe Socialist Democracy Group was a Trotskyist group which existed in England between 1998 and 2002. It organised former supporters of the Militant Tendency and Socialist Outlook who supported the Scottish Socialist Party....
(England) - Socialist Democracy PartyParti de la démocratie socialisteThe Parti de la Democratie Socialiste was a political party in Quebec, Canada.The early origins of the PDS can be traced back to the Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif , later renamed Parti social démocratique du Québec...
(Canada) - Socialist Democracy PartySocialist Democracy PartySocialist Democracy Party is a left-socialist party in Turkey. Most of its members were formerly in an opposition grouping within ÖDP, named Sosyalist Eylem Platformu . They defended closer ties with pro-Kurdish DEHAP and radical left and campaigned against privatisation and European Union...
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The term was also sometimes used by "communist state
Communist state
A communist state is a state with a form of government characterized by single-party rule or dominant-party rule of a communist party and a professed allegiance to a Leninist or Marxist-Leninist communist ideology as the guiding principle of the state...
s" to describe their system of government.
It may also be used to refer to Democratic Socialism
Democratic socialism
Democratic socialism is a description used by various socialist movements and organizations to emphasize the democratic character of their political orientation...