Democratic socialism

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'''Democratic socialism''' is a variant of [[socialism]] that rejects centralized, elitist, or [[Authoritarianism|authoritarian]] methods of transitioning from capitalism to socialism in favor of grassroots-level movements aiming for the immediate creation of decentralized [[economic democracy]].

The term is often used by socialists who favor either electoral transition to socialism or a spontaneous mass revolution from below to distinguish themselves from authoritarian socialists that call for a single-party state, most notably to contrast with [[Marxist-Leninist]]s and [[Maoist]]s.

==Notable democratic socialists==

*[[Salvador Allende]]
*[[Rosa Luxemburg]]
*[[Clement Attlee]]
*[[Michelle Bachelet]]
*[[Tony Benn]]
*[[Rómulo Betancourt]]
*[[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]]
*[[Léon Blum]]
*[[Leonel Brizola]]
*[[Hugo Chávez]]
*[[Eugene V. Debs]]
*[[John Dewey]]
*[[Tommy Douglas]]
*[[Jean Jaurès]]
*[[Helen Keller]]
*[[Naomi Klein]]{{citation needed|date=December 2012}}
*[[Ken Livingstone]]
*[[Michael Manley]]
*[[Jan Marijnissen]]
*[[José Mujica]]
*[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
*[[George Orwell]]
*[[Olof Palme]]
*[[Emile Roemer]]
*[[Bertrand Russell]]
*[[Bernie Sanders]]
*[[Norman Thomas]]
*[[Ronald van Raak]]
*[[Cornel West]]
*[[Howard Zinn]]
*[[Rafael Correa]]
*[[Aneurin Bevan]]
*[[Daniel De Leon]]

==See also==
*[[Democratic Socialist Party]]
*[[List of democratic socialist parties and organizations]]
*[[Libertarian socialism]]
*[[Liberal socialism]]
*[[Luxemburgism]]
*[[Participatory democracy]]
*[[Revolutionary socialism]]
*[[Sewer Socialism]]
*[[Social democracy]]
*[[Socialism of the 21st century]]
*[[Soviet democracy]]
*[[Third camp]]
*[[Workers' council]]
*[[Yellow socialism]]


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