''Democratic Marxism'' is a term employed to emphasise the compatibility between democracy and Marxism. According to

Kenneth Megill Kenneth Megill is an American philosopher, trade unionist, political activist, and records and knowledge manager. Philosopher Megill's primary philosophical contribution is the development of a democratic theory in the tradition of Democratic ...

in his book ''The New Democratic Theory'':

Democratic Marxism is authentic Marxism—the Marxism which emphasizes the necessity for revolutionary action. Loyalty to the movement, not loyalty to any particular doctrine, is characteristic of the orthodox democratic Marxist.

In his book ''Chile's Democratic Road to Socialism'', Michael H. Fleet also uses the term democratic Marxism to describe the nature of the Chilean government at the time of Salvador Allende's presidency:

During at least two of the three years of democratic Marxist government, however, Chile faced severe economic and political crises."Chile's Democratic Road to Socialism"

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