Democratic+Socialism+-+New+Democratic+Party

__DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM - NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY__ **Definitons** Democratic Socialism – A type of socialism with a major democratic influence of equality.

Reformist- Supporting change rather than having a revolution.

Peaceful - Being free from radical behaviours and having a calm method to solving problems.

Social Ownership - Public ownership over businesses and different resources.

Egalitarianism - Equal rights and opportunity.

Democracy- A Government system with public influence from votes and election where the public is eligible for the change of laws and rules as well as instigating new policies.

Equality- Rights and opportunities among individuals are fair and the rate of succession is the same for everybody no matter where or how they were raised.

Reform- Political, economic or social changes in order to succeed.

Evolution – Gradual development in order to reach economic, political or social succession.

Cooperation – Coming together to achieve success due similar interests and problems. Market economy – Maintenance of economic production and regulation such as pricing, quantities and resources.

Government regulation – Government restrictions and requirements of people in a given country in businesses, firms and organizations, as well as regulating trades and tariffs between countries for goods and services.

Socialism – Social Organization that rules that the community should be in charge of production, distribution and exchange as a whole whether owned or regulated.

**NDP – Concepts** -Gender Equality -Environment Protection by regulation -Water safety -Raise corporate taxes -Decrease poverty -A lot of human rights preservation -Increase budget for public transportation -Public healthcare increase and more prescription write offs -Work force entry help -Working equal rights -Aboriginal rights -Foreign aid and diplomacy -NAFTA reconsideration -War and drug consideration -Decrease taxes for small business



"Change, Change, Change"

This image relates to crisis theory where in crisis, a new political leader is chosen to guarantee safety and stability, Hitler help during the 2nd world war, Obama during the 2008 economic crises and Lenin helps with the Russian revolution. The reason we elected these leaders is because we were in crisis and they could guarantee our security and stability. This cartoon is saying that economically, even though socialism supports support as a community, the government is putting the metaphoric “chains” on the individuals as the individuals have to pay taxes and report to the government and the government runs the economic world that we live in whether it be taxes or stocks which is shown in the “you are mine” quote from Obama.

"Slavery"

This cartoon is saying that socialism is the new slavery because of government regulation. Everything that we do as a society is monitored by the government and we always have to report to the government as well as paying taxes so we are like “slaves”.

“Socialism Theft”



This cartoon is conveying the message that even though the socialist platform is “spread the wealth”, the government sees more benefits rather than citizens no matter how involved in society they are as seen in the patron begging for change and Sara Palin and John McCain having success in riches if they were not socialist. In general terms, the it is seen here as they do not care for the benefits of the people they just care about themselves which show corruption as well as anti-socialism.

"Socialism, Good or Bad?"

This cartoon is saying that economically, even though socialism supports support as a community, the government is putting the metaphoric “chains” on the individuals as the individuals have to pay taxes and report to the government and the government runs the economic world that we live in whether it be taxes or stocks which is shown in the “you are mine” quote from Obama.

This image is demonstrating a belief of Democratic Socialism. It is clearly depicting the belief that the well being of the people, and their rights and freedoms, are more important than financial gain. This shows Democratic Socialism's predominant belief in NDP Platform:

“My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.” - Jack Layton, former leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada. “It is completely inappropriate to use public funds to help CBC management undermine public broadcasting.”- Jack Layton

__**Important Figures**__ **Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway (1 November 1888 — 28 April 1988)** Fenner Brockway was a leading British democratic socialist of the Independent Labour Party, an anti-war activist, and a politician. During the rise of fascism in Spain during the Spanish Civil War, Fenner Brockway began to believe that it is necessary to fight to preserve peace, despite his previous pacifist commitment. On the issue of worker well-being during this war, Fenner Brockway stated //"If I were in Spain at this moment, I should be fighting with the workers against the Fascists forces. I believe it to be the correct course to demand that the workers shall be provided with the arms which are being sent so freely by the Fascist powers to their enemies. I appreciate the attitude of the pacifists in Spain who, whilst wishing the workers success, feel that they must express their support in constructive social service alone. My difficulty about that attitude is that if anyone wishes the workers to be triumphant he cannot, in my view, refrain from doing whatever is necessary to enable that triumph to take place"//

**Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany** The Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany was founded in 1869 under the influence of Marx and Engels. In 1875, it merged with the General German Workers' Association of Ferdinand Lassalle to become the German Social Democratic Party. Socialism became increasingly associated with newly-formed trade unions. In Germany, the Social Democratic Party founded unions.

He was an American Democratic Socialist, writer, political activist, and founder of the Democratic Socialists of America. Harrington served as the first editor of the weekly newspaper of the Social Democratic Party Federationcalled New America that was launched in October 1960. During this period Harrington wrote a book entitled, //The Other America: Poverty in the United States//, a book that studied poverty in the United States. This book greatly influenced decisions made by the Kennedy administration. National social insurance programsthat guarantee access to health insurance for Americans, food stamps and expanded social security benefits were all derived from Michael Harrington’s ideas stated in his book. As a result of such ideas, Harrington became known as the pre-eminent spokesman for democratic socialism in America.
 * Edward Michael Harrington****(February 24, 1928 — July 31, 1989)**
 * The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party**



Currently, the Social Democratic Party has about 100,000 members, with about 2,540 local party associations and 500 workplace associations. The members of this party are prominently organized workers and employees. For many social democrats, Marxism is considered valuable for its emphasis on changing the world for a more just and better future. Not only does Marxism influence Democratic Socialism, but Liberalism has also strongly influenced social democratic ideology as well. Liberalism and Democratic Socialism are interrelated in that they share similar beliefs about security, and economic growth.

The party supports social welfare provision paid for from progressive taxation. They are strong supporters of feminism and all forms of equality. In addition to these beliefs, they strongly oppose any and all forms of racism and discrimination.


 * James Keir Hardie**

James Keir Hardie was an early democratic socialist, who founded the Independent Labour Party in Great Britain. He was a scottish socialist and labour leader who was one of the most prominent founders of the Independent Labour Party.

James Hardie was predominantly quite pacifistic, and was outraged, and upset by the First World War. In collaboration with socialists from other countries, he attempted to organize an international movement to stop the war, although his stance was not supported by the public. James’ anti-war movement was essentially, by the Labour Party. Despite the lack support, James Keir Hardie continued to address anti-war demonstrations globally.


 * __ Classical Liberalism and Democratic Socialism __** :

Classical Liberalism is similar to Democratic Socialism in many ways. Each strongly believes in individual liberties, and freedom. Classical Liberalism’s belief in freedom of religion, speech, press and assembly relate to Democratic Socialism’s belief in egalitarianism. Democratic Socialists greatly emphasize the importance of having equal rights and opportunity for all.

Another commonality between Classical Liberalism and Democratic Socialism is rule of law. Democratic Socialism believes that rights and opportunities among individuals are fair and the rate of succession is the same for everybody no matter where or how they were raised. This applies to the rule of law because it demonstrates that everyone is equal before the law, and that everyone has equal opportunities in society. This implies that everyone will be treated the same, and will receive the same consequences for their actions, no matter their social status.

**__Opposing perspectives/beliefs:__**

Although Democratic Socialism and Classical Liberalism share many beliefs, they also have opposing beliefs and values. C lassical Liberals believe in minimal government intervention. They oppose having an activist government in society, and they support a laissez-faire style government. This differs from the beliefs of Democratic Socialists due to their belief in the benefits of having government intervention in society. Democratic Socialists believe in government -issued restrictions, and requirements of people in a given country in businesses, firms and organizations. Democratic Socialism also promotes the government’s role in regulating trades and tariffs between countries for goods and services. Democratic Socialism does, however, believe that a government system with public influence that changes laws is important. This is another similar view to Classical Liberalism because of the belief of public ownership over businesses resources. Classical Liberalism believes in free markets, and competition. They also believe, and promote having privately owned property. This greatly differs from the beliefs of Democratic Socialism because Democratic Socialism strongly promotes cooperation, and the unity of people to achieve success due similar interests and problems. This strongly opposes Classical Liberalism’s individualist perspective on society. Additionally, Democratic Socialists believe in having a market economy in which the maintenance of economic production and regulation such as pricing, quantities and resources are influenced by government intervention. This opposes Classical Liberalism’s Laissez-Faire economic beliefs.

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Democratic Socialism //Wikipedia. Retrieved March 4, 2012// //[]// NDP Party of Canada Platform //NDP Website////. Retrieved March 4, 2012 [] //

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