the American socialist movement
They were well organized and knowledgeable about socialism
No. Iran is a theocratic country but there's some socialist practices. That's because Islamic laws have socialist characters throughout history. Also Iran is anti-imperialist country and opposes globalisation.
Litterally, they proclaimed "the democratic and social republic". The rebellious workers' leaders were either ''radicals' or socialists and Communist ideas or leaders played no role. So a 'socialist takeover' is the best choice here.
They act as a joint leadership, with no one individual as leader. Joe Higgins would be the most prominent of their members.
July 29, 1921 was the day that the leaders of the National Socialist Workers Party acknowledged that Hitler had replaced Drexler (its founder) as leader of the party.
The USSR formerly had republics and not states. Some of them include Soviet Socialist Republic, Federative Socialist Republic Ukrainian, and Soviet Socialist Republic Byelorussian.
Bismarck's Anti-Socialist campaign backfired because it actually increased support for the Socialists. Instead of quelling their movement, the repressive measures used by Bismarck, such as banning socialist publications and imprisoning socialist leaders, made the Socialists appear as victims of an authoritarian regime. As a result, more people sympathized with their cause and supported the Socialist Party in elections.
Nobody. The Socialist movement has no need of leaders. Workers must liberate themselves.
No. The US economy has included strict capitalistic and some socialist policies for decades. The current trend is away from socialist policies rather than toward them.
Well the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, North Vietnam were socialist governments, while countries like India, Afghanistan, Burma, Laos, Cambodia claimed to be socialist without the socialist party in power
No, he has not. It is a very common myth among some Republicans that the president is a socialist, but in reality, he is not. There is one senator, Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, who is registered as a Socialist. But President Obama is a registered Democrat.