point in their history. Forms of government The term socialiststate or socialist republic , or workers state can carry one of several different, but related, meanings. The term socialist republic ... the concept of a socialistState polity state altogether, believing a state is not required to establish ... any state supervision or intervention. The meanings of the terms socialist republic , socialiststate ... workers states but not socialist states ref Leon Trotsky, The Workers State, Thermidor and Bonapartism ... argues that Russia was, at that time, a distorted or degenerated workers state and not a socialist ... degenerated or deformed workers state deformed workers states. Some commentators use the term socialist .... ref Typical is, Choose happiness or misery in Obama s socialiststate . Cal Thomas, Glens Falls ... columns cal thomas 14411508.txt accessed 30 7 09. ref Marxist concept of a socialiststate According ... capitalism, and will in turn be replaced by communism . Thus, in Marxist terms, a socialiststate is a state ... Early Marxist conception of a socialiststate One of the most influential modern visions of a socialist ... states . The Soviet Union was the first to proclaim itself a socialiststate in its 1936 Soviet ... example is the People s Republic of China , which proclaims itself to be a socialiststate in its ... state, and open the way to socialist society. http www.servat.unibe.ch icl po00000 .html ref Post war ... that Britain was a socialiststate. ref Crosland, Anthony, The Future of Socialism, pp.9, 89. Constable ..., Britain was a socialiststate. For Bevan, Britain had a socialist National Health Service which stood ... and argue that Britain is a socialiststate while under that government. ref Yet Gordon was not without purpose relentless, unreconstructed statesocialist redistribution. Gerald Warner, The Telegraph ... state intervention into financial activity are socialist states or republics. Some commentators ... benefits or increasing state regulation of financial activity makes a statesocialist , argue that the continued ... more details
The Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic was a formal document issued by the Supreme Soviet of Belarus to assert their independence from the Soviet Union . Passed on July 27, 1990, the Declaration started the process to Belarus eventual independence in August 1991. Until 1996, July 27th was celebrated as Independence Day in Belarus. Category History of Belarus 1945 1990 Category 1990 in the Soviet Union Belarus history stub ... more details
Infobox document document name Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian SFSR br Russian language Russian image Congress of People s Deputies of the Russian SFSR 12 June 1990 .jpg.jpg image width 300px image caption First Congress of People s Deputies of Russia passes Declaration of state sovereignty of the Russian SFSR. 12 June 1990. date created 11 June 1990 date ratified 12 June 1990 location of document flag Russian SFSR name Russia , Moscow Kremlin br small Place, where document signed, not location of copies small writer signers Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR purpose Declaration of sovereignty Wikisourcelang ru Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic The Declaration on State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic RSFSR Russian language Russian , Deklaratsiya o gosudarstvennom suverenitete RSFSR was a political act of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , then part of the Soviet Union , which marked the beginning of constitutional reform in Russia. The Declaration was adopted by the First Congress of People s Deputies of Russia Congress of People s Deputies of the Russian SFSR on June 12, 1990. It proclaimed the sovereignty of the Russian SFSR and the intention to establish a Democracy democratic constitutional state within a Union ... Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Chairman of the Supreme Soviet ... constitutional crisis of 1993 noinclude DEFAULTSORT Declaration Of State Sovereignty Of The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Category History of Russia Category Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Category Government of Russia Category 1990 in law Category 1990 in Russia Category ... more details
star in its state emblem, in 1978 as well as the hammer and sickle for the victory of Communism and the world wide socialist community of states . The banner bears the Soviet Union state motto Workers ... , for Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic . Similar emblems were used by the Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republics ASSR within ... of the motto in the language s of the titular nation s with the exception of the state emblem ... of the state. ref The law of the Russian Federation from April 21, 1992 2708 I http constitution.garant.ru ... Basic law of the Russian SFSR ref The state emblem was changed in 1993 to the present Coat of arms of Russia . Gallery center gallery File State Emblem of the Russian SFSR 1918 1920 .svg State Emblem of the Russian SFSR br 1918 1920 File COA Russian SFSR 1920 1978.svg State Emblem of the Russian SFSR br 1920 1978 File COA Russian SFSR.svg State Emblem of the Russian SFSR br 1978 1992 gallery center See also Coat of arms of Russia State Emblem of the Soviet Union Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic References references Coat of arms of the Soviet Republics Category Coats ... more details
The Socialist can refer to several socialist newspapers The Socialist Australian newspaper , historically published by the Victorian Socialist Party The Socialist Egyptian newspaper , currently published by the Revolutionary Socialists The Socialist Irish newspaper , currently published by the Socialist Party Ireland The Socialist UK newspaper , currently published by the Socialist Party England and Wales The Socialist SLP newspaper , historically published by the Socialist Labour Party UK, 1903 The Socialist Seattle newspaper , published by Hermon F. Titus from 1900 to 1910 The Socialist US newspaper , currently published by the Socialist Party USA disambig ... more details
The Central Office of the State Justice Administrations for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes lang de Zentrale Stelle der Landesjustizverwaltungen zur Aufkl rung nationalsozialistischer Verbrechen or lang de Zentrale Stelle or lang de Z Commission is Germany s main agency responsible for investigating war crime s during Nazi Germany Nazi rule . The commission possesses the largest collection of files, documentation and materials concerning criminal activities during Nazi rule. The Central Office is located in Ludwigsburg . Background Prior to the foundation of West Germany in 1949, Nazi war crimes were investigated by Allied authorities that governed Germany, famously with the Nuremberg Trials . After 1949, the duties of investigation were transferred to the police authorities of the new state. However, after the Ulm forces trials in 1958 of Gestapo and Schutzstaffel SS officers responsible for crimes along the German Lithuania n front at the beginning of German s invasion of Soviet Union in 1941, German authorities decided that a large number of Nazi crimes that had occurred outside Germany itself had remained un investigated. ref name L http www.uni stuttgart.de hing lb en.htm University of Stuttgart ref Creation and functions To this end, the justice ministries of German states formed the Central Office of the State Justice Administrations for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes in December 1958. ref name L http www.uni stuttgart.de hing lb en.htm University of Stuttgart ref Initially, the office was restricted to investigating crimes that occurred outside Germany and only those committed against civilians distinct from those occurring during wartime ..., the Central Office transfers the charge of full investigation to the official police and state justice ministries. State prosecutors are required to inform the Central Office of important investigative ... as the role of the highest state and political offices and their employees in the planning and execution ... more details
Socialist society may refer to one of the following. A society based on socialism inclusive collaborative decision making The societies of the Communist state s Socialist Society a periodical Socialist society Labour Party disambig ... more details
Socialist Democracy can refer to any of several political parties. Groups using this name tend to have a connection to the reunified Fourth International , reflecting its distinctive position on socialist democracy http www.marxists.org archive mandel 1985 dictprole 1985.htm Socialist Democracy Australia Socialist Democracy Brazil Socialist Democracy Ireland Socialist Democracy Group England Parti de la Democratie Socialiste Socialist Democracy Party Canada Socialist Democracy Party Turkey 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 disambig Category Political party disambiguation pages ... more details
multiple issues orphan February 2009 unreferenced May 2010 notability May 2010 Infobox Union name Socialist Teachers country United Kingdom affiliation Socialist Party England and Wales , members full name Socialist Party Teachers native name image founded current head dissolved date dissolved state merged into office people website http socialistteachers.org.uk Socialist Party Teachers footnotes Image socialistpartyteachers.jpg Socialist Teachers are a group of members of the Socialist Party England and Wales in the National Union of Teachers NUT . It is associated with CNWP teachers and its members work with other socialists and trade union activists in the STA Socialist Teachers Alliance and CDFU Campaign for a Democratic and Fighting Union . Socialist Party teacher Martin Powell Davies stood for General Secretary of the NUT in 2004 and polled 6,482 first preference votes. External links http www.socialistteachers.org.uk Socialist Party Teachers website http socialistteachers.blogspot.com Socialist Party Teachers blog Category Teacher associations simple Socialist teachers ... more details
Feminism sidebar Socialist feminism is a branch of feminism that focuses upon both the public and private ... www.feministezine.com feminist modern Socialist Feminism.html What is Socialist Feminism? , retrieved on May 28th 2007. ref Socialist feminism is a dualist theory that broadens Marxist feminism s argument ... felt that when class oppression was overcome, gender oppression would vanish as well. According to socialist ... of the work of socialist feminists has gone towards separating gender phenomena from class phenomena. Other socialist feminists, notably two long lived United States American organizations Radical Women and the Freedom Socialist Party , point to the classic Marxist writings of Frederick Engels The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State and August Bebel Woman and Socialism as a powerful ..., the Socialist Party USA is an example of a socialist feminist party which is not explicitly Marxist ... of principles says, Socialist feminism confronts the common root of sexism, racism and classism the determination of a life of oppression or privilege based on accidents of birth or circumstances. Socialist ... and the Case for Socialist Feminism References Reflist External links http www.redletterpress.org rwmanifesto.html The Radical Women Manifesto Socialist Feminist Theory, Program and Organizational Structure http www.findarticles.com p articles mi m1132 is 10 54 ai 99146088 The socialist feminist project by Nancy Holmstrom http www.redletterpress.org firstdecade.html Socialist Feminism The First Decade ... at Fusion Arts, NYC. 11.30.04 http www.cwluherstory.com CWLUArchive socialfem.html What is Socialist ... women html wm 013118 socialistfem.htm Entry for Socialist Feminism in the Reader s Companion to U.S. Women s History http www.historyisaweapon.org defcon1 chisocfem.html Socialist Feminism A Strategy ... capitalist organization DEFAULTSORT Socialist Feminism Category Socialism Feminism, socialist Category Feminist theory Category Feminism and social class Category Socialist feminists Fem stub el ... more details
Refimprove date November 2007 Image Socialist competition 1973 award.jpg thumb right 200px 1973 socialist competition winner award. Socialist competition or socialist emulation , sotsialisticheskoye sorevnovanie , or , sotssorevnovanie was a form of competition between state enterprises and between individuals practiced in the Soviet Union and in other Eastern bloc states. Competition vs. emulation The first variant is a literal translation of the Russian term, commonly used by Western authors. The second form is an official Soviet translation of the term, intended to put distance from the capitalist competition , which in its turn was translated as , kapitalisticheskaya konkurenciya . There was a significant amount ..., while socialist emulation benefits all. Organization File socialist competition winner flag 10.jpg 250px right Socialist competition winner flag Socialist emulation was voluntary everywhere where ... of managing the socialist emulation. An important component of socialist emulation was socialist ..., employees and work collectives were supposed to put forth socialist self obligations and even enhanced socialist self obligations beyond the plan. Deadlines for tallying up the results of a socialist emulation were usually set at major Socialist and Communist holidays or notable ... to Socialist system, such as tickets to resorts, authorizations for a trip abroad, right to obtain ... Red Banner of the Socialist Emulation Winner . History Vladimir Lenin was the originator and the promoter of the idea of socialist ... tsarist era specialists. Also, he was the first to set socialist emulation against capitalist ... defeat and death of ones and victory and dominance of the others. Principles of socialist emulation .... While criteria of socialist emulation were easy to set, understand and quantify in production ... more details
Socialist Alliance may refer to Alternative Socialist Alliance Independents in Bulgaria Democratic Socialist Alliance in England London Socialist Alliance Scottish Socialist Alliance Socialist Alliance England Socialist Alliance Australia Socialist Alliance Burkina Faso Socialist Alliance Mexico Socialist Alliance Provisional in England Socialist Alliance Democracy Platform in England Welsh Socialist Alliance Young Socialist Alliance in the United States See also Anti Capitalist Alliance disambig ... more details
Socialist Studies may refer to Socialist Studies Committee on Socialist Studies Socialist Studies ca. 1968 , the journal of the Committee on Socialist Studies Socialist Studies 1981 Socialist Studies 1981 , a series of publications by the Socialist Labor Party Socialist Studies 1983 Socialist Studies 1983 , an academic book series published annually by the Society for Socialist Studies Socialist Studies 1989 Socialist Studies 1989 , a quarterly Marxist zine and the London based group which publishes it Socialist Studies 2005 Socialist Studies 2005 , a peer reviewed, interdisciplinary journal published by the Society for Socialist Studies Socialist Studies 2006 Socialist Studies 2006 , a quarterly magazine published by the United Socialist Party UK United Socialist Party Socialist Studies Bulletin , an interdisciplinary journal published by the Society for Socialist Studies disambig ... more details
for the British newspaper Socialist Organiser File SO.jpg left thumb 200px Socialist Organizer is a Trotskyist political party in the United States . It originated in a 1991 split from Socialist Action US Socialist Action SA led by Alan Benjamin&mdash then editor of the Socialist Action newspaper&mdash who had developed sympathies with the Fourth International ICR current of Trotskyism. Failing to win SA as a whole to their politics, about a dozen activists were expelled from Socialist Action after attending the founding conference of the International Liaison Committee for a Workers International ILC in Barcelona, Spain, which SA had prohibited them from attending. These activists then went on to form Socialist Organizer. Socialist Organizer is the U.S. fraternal section of the Fourth International ICR &mdash reproclaimed in Paris in June 1993. It claims direct programmatic continuity with the Fourth International founded by Leon Trotsky in 1938. Additionally, it claims political continuity with the best traditions of the Socialist Workers Party United States Socialist Workers Party ... Program of 1938. Socialist Organizer believes, with the Fourth International, that the emancipation ... at Barcelona, Spain, in January 1991. Since 2006 Socialist Organizer has been intensely involvd in the building of the US immigrant rights movement and the movement against budget cuts in the State of California. Playing a leading role in the latter, the influence of Socialist Organizer far outweighed it s relatively small numbers, becoming the leading socialist organization in the struggle. Socialist Organizer is composed overwhelmingly of Latino working class youth, the result of being one ... 2006 General Strike by immigrant workers. In 2009, Socialist Organizer and a number of Latino and immigrant ... rights activists and other Spanish speaking worker activists. Since Socialist Organizer began publication .... External links http www.socialistorganizer.org Socialist Organizer Official Website http www.eit ... more details
Socialist Left might refer to Socialist Left Australia , a faction of the Australian Labor Party Socialist Left Germany , a current in the Left Party Socialist Left France , a caucus of the French Socialist Party Socialist Left Peru Socialist Left Quebec , a faction of Qu bec solidaire Socialist Left might also refer to Socialist Left Party Austria Socialist Left Party Norway disambig ... more details
This is the funniest disambig page I ve ever created or seen Socialist Laws may refer to one of the following Socialist law Anti Socialist Laws disambig ... more details
Socialist Union may refer to Arab Socialist Union People s Socialist Union Socialist Union of America , a Trotskyist group active from 1954 to 1959. Socialist Union of Catalonia , active from 1923 to 1936. Socialist Union Chile Socialist Union Internationalist , an ex Posadist group active in the early 1970s. Socialist Union of Popular Forces , the largest political party in Morocco. Socialist Union UK , a social democratic group active from 1885 to 1887. Sudanese Socialist Union See also Socialist Unionists Socialist Unity disambiguation disambig Category Political party disambiguation pages ... more details
Otheruses Socialism sidebar Socialist Party is the name of several different list of political parties political parties around the world that are explicitly called Socialist . All of these parties claim to uphold socialism , though they might belong to different branches of the socialist movement and might ... position. Many socialist parties have explicit connections to the Labour movement and trade union s. See also Socialist International , list of democratic socialist parties and organizations ... for a Workers International also use the name Socialist Party . Active parties This list is incomplete. If you know a Socialist Party that is not listed, you are encouraged to add it. class wikitable sortable Nation Party Affiliation flagcountry Albania Socialist Party of Albania Socialist International SI flagcountry Argentina Socialist Party Argentina Socialist Party Socialist International SI flagcountry Australia Socialist Party Australia Socialist Party Committee for a Workers International CWI flagcountry Belgium French Community of Belgium French Community Socialist Party francophone Belgium Socialist Party Socialist International SI , Party of European Socialists PES flagcountry Bolivia Socialist Party Bolivia Socialist Party flagcountry Bosnia and Herzegovina Socialist Party Bosnia and Herzegovina Socialist Party flagcountry Brazil Brazilian Socialist Party Foro de S o Paulo FSP flagcountry Bulgaria Bulgarian Socialist Party Socialist International SI , Party of European Socialists PES flagcountry Chile Socialist Party of Chile Socialist International SI flagcountry France Socialist Party France Socialist Party Socialist International SI , Party of European Socialists PES flagcountry French Guiana Guianese Socialist Party flagcountry Gabon Gabonese Socialist Party flagcountry Guinea Bissau Socialist Party of Guinea Bissau flagcountry Hungary Hungarian Socialist Party Socialist International SI , Party of European Socialists PES flagcountry India Samajwadi Party Socialist ... more details
The names Socialist Youth or Socialist Youth League have been used by several political youth organizations around the world Expand list date August 2008 India DYFI Democratic Youth Federation Of India and SFI Students Federation Of India China Communist Youth League known as the Socialist Youth League of China 1920 1949 Chile Socialist Youth Chile Socialist Youth Croatia Socialist Youth Croatia Socialist Youth of Croatia Denmark Socialist Youth League Denmark, 1935 Socialist Youth League Ireland Socialist Youth Ireland Socialist Youth Norway Socialist Youth Norway Socialist Youth Scotland Scottish Socialist Youth Spain Socialist Youth of Spain Sweden Socialist Youth League Sweden Socialist Youth League Portugal Socialist Youth Portugal Juventude Socialista United Kingdom Socialist Youth Newspaper of the Labour Party Young Socialists Socialist Youth United States Socialist Youth League US Socialist Youth League disambig ... more details
Socialist League may refer to one of several organisations Socialist League Australia Socialist League Canada Socialist League Finland Socialist League Italy Socialist League Sweden Socialist League UK, 1885 , a split from the Social Democratic Federation associated with William Morris Socialist League UK, 1932 , a split from the Independent Labour Party associated with Stafford Cripps Socialist Action UK , originally officially known as the Socialist League Socialist League of Palestine disambig Category Political party disambiguation pages es Liga Socialista ... more details
Socialist Unity may refer to Socialist Unity Italy , a social democratic alliance of parties which contested the Italian general election, 1948 Italian general election of 1948 Socialist Unity UK , a defunct electoral coalition formed by the International Marxist Group Socialist Unity United States , a Trotskyist group Socialist Green Unity Coalition , an electoral alliance which stood candidates in the 2005 UK general election as Socialist Unity See also Socialist Unity Network Socialist Unity Party disambig ... more details
, or lost, socialist law systems provide for most property to be owned by the State polity state or by agricultural co operatives, and having special courts and laws for state enterprises. Citation needed date January 2011 Many scholars argue that socialist law was not a separate legal classification ... of socialist law derived from Stalinism are in fact found elsewhere in the world in other jurisdictions and are thus not truly socialist. ref name austin Soviet legal theory Soviet law displayed many special characteristics that derived from the socialist nature of the Soviet state and reflected Marxism ... life at early stages of existence of each socialiststate however, in all socialist states this policy ...refimprove date June 2007 Socialist law is the official who date November 2010 name of the legal system used in Communist state s. It is based on the civil law legal system civil law system, with major modifications and additions from Marxist Leninist ideology. There is controversy as to whether socialist ... If so, prior to the end of the Cold War , Socialist Law would be ranked among the major legal systems ... to the France French or Germany German civil code system . Legal systems in all socialist states preserved formal criteria of the Romano Germanic civil law for this reason, law theorists in post socialist states usually consider the Socialist law as a particular case of the Romano Germanic civil law. Cases of development of common law into Socialist law are unknown because of incompatibility of basic ... courts in socialist states play a dependent role . Citation needed date January 2011 According to Karl Marx and other socialist thinkers, socialism and law are incompatible. ref name austin ref http ... and the state as instruments of coercion in the hands of the bourgeoisie and postulated the creation ... of Soviet socialist legality in this early phase was P teris Stu ka . Citation needed date January 2011 ... the de Stalinization of the Nikita Khrushchev era, a new trend developed, based on socialist legality ... more details
Green socialist can refer to the movement or ideology Green socialism see Eco socialism or to any of the following Alliance for Green Socialism , a UK socialist grouping Green Socialist Network , a defunct UK socialist grouping Socialist Resistance , a British ecosocialist network Socialist Environment and Resources Association , an organization affiliated with the UK Labour Party UK Labour Party Socialist Green Unity Coalition , a former UK electoral alliance disambig ... more details
buildings are typical themes for state emblems as they represent the government s authority. Socialist .... The Soviet Union was the first state to use socialist heraldry, beginning at its creation in 1922 ...File National Emblem of the People s Republic of China.svg thumb right 200px The state emblem of China is typical of socialist and communist heraldry. The colour red and the star are symbols of communism ... state s. Although commonly called coat of arms coats of arms , most such devices are not actually .... Even a few non socialist states have adopted the style, for various reasons usually because ..., and instead be presented more plainly. This style was followed then by other socialist and communist ... of its associations. Characteristics Socialist heraldry typically makes use of the following ... Coat of arms of the Soviet Union seal of the Soviet Union was the first example of socialist heraldry ... and Asia, but not in Cuba . Romania see also Coat of arms of Romania The Socialist Republic of Romania created a new heraldic tradition which proved to be quite controversial. The State Heraldic committee ... In 1974 , Hungary replaced the coats of arms of 83 cities with Soviet styled socialist emblems. Lions ... of the USSR and other Communist regimes in Europe, most of their socialist heraldry has been replaced with old pre communist symbols or by wholly new coats of arms. The socialist heraldry still goes ... emblem in pure socialist style, as does coat of arms of Vietnam Vietnam . The national emblem of Belarus is reminiscent of that of the Coat of arms of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic ... of that of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia once a constituent socialist republic of the Socialist ... of the Socialist Republic of Serbia ref Law on the use of the coat of arms of the Socialist Republic .... Historical emblems gallery File Coat of arms of the Soviet Union.svg center State emblem ... of the Socialist Republic of Romania.svg center National emblem of the Communist Romania Socialist ... more details
Socialism sidebar expanded Key topics Socialist accumulation in particular, primitive Socialist accumulation was a concept in Socialist economy put forth in the early Soviet Union as a counterpart of the concept of primitive accumulation of capital in capitalist economy . The major proponent of the concept was Yevgeni Preobrazhensky , in his 1926 work The New Economics , based on his 1924 lecture in the Communist Academy , The Fundamental Law of Socialist Accumulation . The concept was proposed during the period of New Economic Policy NEP . Its main principle is that the state sector of the mixed economy of the transitional period has to appropriate the peasant s surplus product to accumulate resources necessary for the growth of the industry . To this end, the major mechanisms were the Foreign trade of the Soviet Union Development of the state monopoly on foreign trade foreign trade monopoly held the state and price control in favor of industry in effect, price scissors ref http www.marxists.org archive preobrazhensky 1921 fromnep biog.html Editor s biographical note to the 1962 translation of From N.E.P. to Socialism ref ref http www.marxists.org archive preobrazhensky 1921 fromnep pub intro.html Publisher s introduction to the 1962 translation of From N.E.P. to Socialism ref This theory was criticized politically and associated with Leon Trotsky and the Left Opposition , but in fact was put into practice by Joseph Stalin in the 1930s, as when Stalin said, in his speech to The Captains of Industry , that the USSR had to accomplish in a decade what England had taken centuries to do in terms of economic development in order to be prepared for an invasion from the West. Beyond lectures and textbooks, however, this theory affected the working class as well. Real wages for both regular workers and managers plummeted, despite the growing wage differential. Also, Soviet penal policy tightened, causing a significant growth of inmates in the Gulag . It was not until after Stalin ... more details
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