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Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of
socialism Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes ...
, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of these parties advocate either
democratic socialism Democratic socialism is a left-wing economic ideology, economic and political philosophy that supports political democracy and some form of a socially owned economy, with a particular emphasis on economic democracy, workplace democracy, and wor ...
,
social democracy Social democracy is a Social philosophy, social, Economic ideology, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achi ...
or even
Third Way The Third Way is a predominantly centrist political position that attempts to reconcile centre-right and centre-left politics by advocating a varying synthesis of Right-wing economics, right-wing economic and Left-wing politics, left-wing so ...
as their ideological position. Many Socialist Parties have explicit connections to the
labor movement The labour movement is the collective organisation of working people to further their shared political and economic interests. It consists of the trade union or labour union movement, as well as political parties of labour. It can be considere ...
and
trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...
s. A number of affiliates of the
Trotskyist Trotskyism (, ) is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Russian revolutionary and intellectual Leon Trotsky along with some other members of the Left Opposition and the Fourth International. Trotsky described himself as an ...
International Socialist Alternative International Socialist Alternative (ISA) is an international association of Trotskyist political parties. ISA was founded by sections on one side of a split in the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI). History In 2018 and 2019, a di ...
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

* Communist party *
Democratic Socialist Party (disambiguation) Democratic Socialist Party may refer to: Current parties * Arab Democratic Socialist Ba'ath Party (Syria) * Democratic Socialists (Italy) * Social Democratic Party (Romania) * Democratic Socialists of America (USA) * Democratic Socialist Party (Gui ...
* List of Labour Parties *
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Social Republican Party The Social Republican Party (; , PRS) was a political party in Cambodia, founded by the then-Head of State of the Khmer Republic, Lon Nol, on 10 June 1972 to contest the general election held on 3 September 1972. History The Party was formed ...
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Socialist Equality Party (United Kingdom) The International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) is a public faction of the Fourth International founded in 1953. Today, two Trotskyist internationals claim to be the continuations of the ICFI; one with sections named Socialist ...
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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 * Industria ...
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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) * Sociali ...
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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) * Independent ...
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