Democratic socialism
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Democratic socialism is a variant of socialism that rejects centralized, elitist, or authoritarian methods of transitioning from capitalism to socialism in favor of grassroots-level movements aiming for the immediate creation of decentralized economic democracy.
The term is often used by socialists who favor either electoral transition to socialism or a spontaneous mass revolution from below to distinguish themselves from authoritarian socialists that call for a single-party state, most notably to contrast with Marxist-Leninists and Maoists.
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Notable democratic socialists
- Salvador Allende
- Rosa Luxemburg
- Clement Attlee
- Michelle Bachelet
- Tony Benn
- Rómulo Betancourt
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- Léon Blum
- Leonel Brizola
- Hugo Chávez
- Eugene V. Debs
- John Dewey
- Tommy Douglas
- Jean Jaurès
- Helen Keller
- Naomi KleinTemplate:Citation needed
- Ken Livingstone
- Michael Manley
- Jan Marijnissen
- José Mujica
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- George Orwell
- Olof Palme
- Emile Roemer
- Bertrand Russell
- Bernie Sanders
- Norman Thomas
- Ronald van Raak
- Cornel West
- Howard Zinn
- Rafael Correa
- Aneurin Bevan
- Daniel De Leon
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See also
- Democratic Socialist Party
- List of democratic socialist parties and organizations
- Libertarian socialism
- Liberal socialism
- Luxemburgism
- Participatory democracy
- Revolutionary socialism
- Sewer Socialism
- Social democracy
- Socialism of the 21st century
- Soviet democracy
- Third camp
- Workers' council
- Yellow socialism
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