What Is 'Democratic Socialism'?
Jeremy Corbyn
This piece is also set within the context of the rise of the British âradical socialistâ  âdemocratic socialistâ and Leader of the Labour Party   Jeremy Corbyn MP . (According to  his  followers  Corbyn âalmost wonâ the British election in June 2017.)
With the rise of the British âShadow Prime Ministerâ and Member of Parliament  Jeremy Corbyn  there's been a strong emphasis on the words âdemocratic socialismâ. This is a relatively new emphasis; though the words âdemocratic socialismâ do date back decades.
Indeed  some of  Corbyn 's followers have also had the audacity to claim that  Corbyn  is a âsocial democratâ who believes in âsocial democracy.â This means that the supporters of  Corbyn  are intentionally â perhaps cunningly -- fusing democratic socialism with social democracy. Corbynites even cite the Scandinavian countries as being an influence on  Corbyn . However  there's a small and inconvenient fact here: no Scandinavian government is democratic-socialist  let alone outright socialist. Sweden  Norway  and Denmark are all parliamentary (representative) democracies with constitutional monarchies; with two Kings and a Queen as heads of state. These countries are also run by Social Democratic  Liberal  and Conservative parties.
Take the Democratic Socialists of America  which was formed 1982 and is still with us today. In the past  the DSA has endorsed Jesse Jackson  Bernie Sanders  Barack Obama and  more recently  Britain's very own  Jeremy Corbyn .
I mentioned earlier that many of  Corbyn  supporters state that  Corbyn  is a âsocial democratâ who believes in âsocial democracyâ. So it's worth noting that the Democratic Socialists of America has its roots in a split with the Social Democrats  USA. The SDUSA was deemed to be too âright-wing.â The group which arose from the split was called the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC); and that group led to the Democratic Socialists of America.
The Democratic Socialists of America endorse what Michael Harrington called the "left-wing realismâ which is âfound today in the Democratic Party.â Similarly  many Marxists  Trotskyists and communists back the left-wing realism which is found in  Jeremy Corbyn 's Labour Party.
And like the activist group Momentum within the Labour Party (which once said that it "exists to build on the energy and enthusiasm from the Jeremy Corbyn for Labour Leader campaignâ)  the DSA places its cards on the table in this way:
This piece is also set within the context of the rise of the British âradical socialistâ  âdemocratic socialistâ and Leader of the Labour Party    [TGT]  MP . (According to  his  followers  Corbyn âalmost wonâ the British election in June 2017.)
With the rise of the British âShadow Prime Ministerâ and Member of Parliament   [TGT]   there's been a strong emphasis on the words âdemocratic socialismâ. This is a relatively new emphasis; though the words âdemocratic socialismâ do date back decades.
Indeed  some of  Corbyn 's followers have also had the audacity to claim that  Corbyn  is a âsocial democratâ who believes in âsocial democracy.â This means that the supporters of  Corbyn  are intentionally â perhaps cunningly -- fusing democratic socialism with social democracy. Corbynites even cite the Scandinavian countries as being an influence on  Corbyn . However  there's a small and inconvenient fact here: no Scandinavian government is democratic-socialist  let alone outright socialist. Sweden  Norway  and Denmark are all parliamentary (representative) democracies with constitutional monarchies; with two Kings and a Queen as heads of state. These countries are also run by Social Democratic  Liberal  and Conservative parties.
Take the Democratic Socialists of America  which was formed 1982 and is still with us today. In the past  the DSA has endorsed Jesse Jackson  Bernie Sanders  Barack Obama and  more recently  Britain's very own   [TGT]  .
I mentioned earlier that many of  Corbyn  supporters state that  Corbyn  is a âsocial democratâ who believes in âsocial democracyâ. So it's worth noting that the Democratic Socialists of America has its roots in a split with the Social Democrats  USA. The SDUSA was deemed to be too âright-wing.â The group which arose from the split was called the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC); and that group led to the Democratic Socialists of America.
The Democratic Socialists of America endorse what Michael Harrington called the "left-wing realismâ which is âfound today in the Democratic Party.â Similarly  many Marxists  Trotskyists and communists back the left-wing realism which is found in   [TGT]  's Labour Party.
And like the activist group Momentum within the Labour Party (which once said that it "exists to build on the energy and enthusiasm from the  [TGT]  for Labour Leader campaignâ)  the DSA places its cards on the table in this way: