Socialist Party is the name of many different
political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of
socialism
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, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of these parties advocate either
democratic socialism,
social democracy
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or even
Third Way
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as their ideological position. Many Socialist Parties have explicit connections to the
labor movement and
trade union
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s. See also
Socialist International
The Socialist International (SI) is a political international or worldwide organisation of political parties which seek to establish democratic socialism. It consists mostly of socialist and labour-oriented political parties and organisations ...
,
list of democratic socialist parties and organizations
This is a list of parties in the world that consider themselves to be upholding the principles and values of democratic socialism or include significant numbers of democratic socialist members (although many do not specifically include the term ...
and
list of social democratic parties
This is a list of parties in the world that consider themselves to be upholding the principles and values of social democracy. Some of the parties are also members of the Socialist International, Party of European Socialists or the Progressive ...
. Parties belonging to the
pan-Arabist
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Ba'ath movement describe themselves as socialist parties. A number of affiliates of the
Trotskyist
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International Socialist Alternative
International Socialist Alternative is an international association of Trotskyist political parties.
The group was founded in 1974 as the Committee for a Workers' International, by supporters of Militant from 12 countries. In August 2019, a f ...
also use the name "Socialist Party".
This list only includes parties that use the exact name "Socialist Party" for themselves, sometimes alongside the name of the country in which they operate. The list does not include political parties that use the word "Socialist" in addition to one or more other political adjectives in their names. For example, the numerous parties using the name "
Socialist Workers' Party" are not included.
Active parties
Former parties
These are parties which no longer exist or have changed their name from "Socialist Party".
See also
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Communist party
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Democratic Socialist Party (disambiguation) Democratic Socialist Party may refer to:
Current parties
* Party of Democratic Socialism (Czech Republic)
* Arab Democratic Socialist Ba'ath Party (Syria)
* Democratic Socialists (Italy)
*Democratic Socialists of America
* Democratic Socialist Part ...
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List of Labour Parties
The name Labour (or Labor) Party, or similar, is used by political parties around the world, particularly in countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. They are usually, but not exclusively, social-democratic or democratic-socialist and tradi ...
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Lists of political parties
Lists of political parties include:
* List of agrarian parties
* List of banned political parties
* List of centrist political parties
* List of communitarian political parties
* List of fictional political parties
* List of frivolous poli ...
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List of social democratic parties
This is a list of parties in the world that consider themselves to be upholding the principles and values of social democracy. Some of the parties are also members of the Socialist International, Party of European Socialists or the Progressive ...
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Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
Active parties
Fo ...
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Socialist Equality Party (United States)
The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a Trotskyist political party in the United States, one of several Socialist Equality parties around the world affiliated with the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). The ICFI publishes ...
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Socialist International
The Socialist International (SI) is a political international or worldwide organisation of political parties which seek to establish democratic socialism. It consists mostly of socialist and labour-oriented political parties and organisations ...
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Socialist Labor Party (disambiguation) Socialist Labor Party or Socialist Labour Party may refer to:
* German Socialist Labour Party of Poland
* German Socialist Labour Party in Poland – Left
* Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party
* Independent Socialist Labour Party, Poland
* Industrial ...
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Socialist People's Party (disambiguation)
Socialist People's Party may refer to:
* National Socialist People's Party of Sweden
* Socialist People's Party (Brazil)
* Socialist People's Party (Denmark)
** Youth of the Socialist People's Party
* Socialist People's Party (Furness)
* Socia ...
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Socialist Workers Party (disambiguation) Socialist Workers Party may refer to:
*Flemish Socialist Workers Party
*Estonian Socialist Workers' Party
* German Socialist Workers Party in Poland - Left
* Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
* Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (1993)
* Independe ...
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