Socialism
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Young Plaid activist Jonathan Edwards will fight hard for a seat in Westminster...reflects the feeling of local people that Labour has betrayed their interests. "I believe the future lies in fusing patriotic Welshness and radical socialism. "To achieve social justice Wales needs to advance constitutionally, and I look... In this article: Adam Price, Labour, Wales, Plaid Cymru, Socialism, Aberystwyth University, and Citizens Advice Cymru |
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scotsman.com - Politics | November 07, 2009
View from Red Road
...whole days away a has yet to fire the imagination. The common view in the constituency is that Labour will hold this bastion of socialism once again, beating off a strong SNP challenge. But the story on Thursday night may not be of that...
In this article: Labour, Glasgow, Tesco, David Kerr, God, and Tommy Sheridan
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Wales Online | November 18, 2009
More than half would say yes to more law-making powers
...are closely interwoven. British Labour movement heroes like Aneurin Bevan took the co-operative traditions of Welsh community socialism and used their models to build the British National Health Service. " Former Labour Welsh...
In this article: Labour Party, Ron Davies, Democracy, Easter, and University of Liverpool
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scotsman.com - Politics | August 12, 2009
George Kerevan: Osborne's new 'progressive' label is a shiny sham
...require brand names. The age between Margaret Thatcher and Gordon Brown was stamped indelibly with the words "modern" and "new", terms patented by Peter Mandelson so Labour could safely abandon the word socialism. Two decades on, "modern"...
In this article: Unemployment, Labour, House of Lords, Peter Mandelson, Margaret Thatcher, and Gordon Brown
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Daily Mail | September 23, 2009
Brown should quit as PM 'for his own dignity', says Charles Clarke
Socialism practised by Labour whether in the 70's or now consists of a bunch of elitist champagne swilling Stalinists bent on looting the countries assets be it property, money or intellect to fuel their distributive welfare program. The...
In this article: Charles Clarke, Labour Party, Gordon Brown, Tax, Tories, Pain and suffering, Champagne, and Recession
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New Kerala | October 01, 2009
Alan Mcgee attacks British government
...an 'idiot', and accusing him of letting down Britain. Speaking to U.K. newspaper The Sun, McGee says: 'I joined the party in 1994 when I still believed in Socialism. I thought we were going to change the world... I naively thought...
In this article: Gordon Brown, Labour Party, Oasis, The Sun, Noel Gallagher, Britain, Jim Callaghan, and Tony Blair
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Financial Times | October 03, 2009
Brown agrees to TV debates
...he says. By contrast, Allan and the close-knit coterie around the three architects of New Labour - Blair, Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson - appeared united more by what they opposed (old-style socialism) than big new ideas. Young, media...
In this article: Conservative Party, Andy Coulson, Steve Hilton, Policy Exchange, George Osborne, Google, and Tony Blair
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Wikipedia | November 05, 2009
Christian socialism
The British Labour Party and Australian Labor Party have both been influenced by Christian socialism, and some figures from both parties could be considered to be Christian socialists, depending on the definition of "socialism" used.
In this article: Christian Socialist Movement, Jesus Christ, Pope Leo XIII, British Labour Party, Kevin Rudd, Democracy, Bread, Catholicism, and Liberation theology
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Independent.co.uk - Commentators | July 25, 2009
Alan Watkins: New Labour awaits a new messiah
...party was proceeding merrily on its way when Gaitskell died. Harold Wilson succeeded him, providing his own version of the Promised Land by means of the slogan Science and Socialism. The consequence was that Labour won the 1964 election.
In this article: Labour Party, Tony Blair, James Callaghan, Gordon Brown, Harold Wilson, Hugh Gaitskell, Neil Kinnock, and Balance sheet
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Wikipedia | September 11, 2009
Grassroots Alliance
These candidates are also supported and endorsed by the Labour Representation Committee, the Socialist Campaign group of Labour MPs , Save the Labour Party, the Labour Black Representation Committee and the Scottish Campaign for Socialism .
In this article: NEC, Walter Wolfgang, and Democracy
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Socialism refers to various theories of economic organization advocating public or direct worker ownership and administration of the means of production and allocation of resources, and a society characterized by equal access to resources for all individuals with an egalitarian method of compensation. In Marxist theory, socialism is a transitional phase between capitalism and communism characterized by unequal distribution of goods and compensation according to work done. Contrary to popular belief, socialism is not a political system; it is an economic system distinct from capitalism, an ideology expounding the setting up of an alternative system, using intervention.
Most socialists share the view that capitalism unfairly concentrates power and wealth among a small segment of society that controls capital and derives its wealth through exploitation, creates an unequal society, does not provide equal opportunities for everyone to maximize their potentialities and does not utilize technology and resources to their maximum potential nor in the interests of the public.
Therefore socialists advocate the creation of a society that allows for the widespread application of modern technology to rationalize economic activity by eliminating the anarchy in production of capitalism, allowing for wealth and power to be distributed based on the amount of work expended in production, although there is considerable disagreement among socialists over how and to what extent this could be achieved, and whether increased production should be the main goal of socialists. Socialism means different things to different people, it can simply be a way of mediating decision-making within a society. Thus the degree of Centralism in creating socialism, just as in capitalism or neo-liberalism, is a feature of debate.
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