socialism

Samuel Gompers, the longtime leader and founder (1881-1924) of the American Federation of Labor, was shockingly conservative for a union leader. He was anti-immigration, racist to Asians and blacks, opposed to industrial unionism, opposed to the idea of an American Labor Party, vehemently...

Let's suppose in the late 19th century-1930s, for whatever reason, a socialist revolution happened in the USA. How would it look back at it's past history? Now it's common for leftists(as in to the left of Bernie Sanders and AOC left) to view America as, quite literally, contributed nothing...

Prologue “Have you ever had American cuisine?” “No.” “Well, neither have they.” (joke loosely translated from the original French) American food, where it is discussed at all in food circles, is discussed purely as a joke. This is perfectly understandable, particularly from the viewpoint of my...

Most are aware that Israeli politics were shaken by the 1977 elections in which the Alignment lost power and Likud formed the government. There were many factors in this (growing participation of Mizrahi voters, anger at the economic performance especially of non state sector companies, disgust...

Settling in unknown lands has always fascinated me. It just sounds so beautiful to arrive in a new land and to have a completely fresh start to build your own society from scratch. Indeed, many nations begun this way, America and Israel come to mind. People who had poor fortunes in their own...

In the wake of the Great War, Europe was stricken by massive socio-economic upheaval. People all over the continent, war-weary and hungry, were fed up with the contemporary order, and many became attracted to Marxist ideals and socialism. From Russia to Berlin, from Bavaria to Hungary, uprisings...

The Fatherland's Red Banner - An Alternate Cold War TL Excerpt from Seized Opportunity: Why Economic Reforms in Russia have Succeded by Marshall Irwin Goldman (1994) Chapter I - Historical Backround Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov held the post of General Secretary of the Communist Party of...

The two-party system has been a very constant facet of American politics; for the majority of US history and into the present day, the two main political parties have been the Democratic and Republican Parties. However, their political coalitions and party platforms have shifted many times, most...

In a world where the October Revolution doesn't happen in Russia, what becomes of communism and socialisms? Does communism just become a curiosity?

“These are the basic Socialist values and principles – individual liberty, equality, citizenship, the diffusion of power, the importance of collective and social action…these principles may not have the satisfying certainty of Marxist analysis, nor may they constitute quite the same stirring...

This topic has been brought here a few times, but let's see... The year is 1935, Getúlio Vargas has been undemocraticaly ruling Brazil for the last five years. Finally, in November 23 a revolt starts in Natal, northeastern region of Brazil. The revolutionaries take control of the city and...

Nothing to Lose but Your Chains! This is the reboot of my previous timeline The Communist International Becomes the Communist Interstellar? Like the previous timeline this will be inspired by the HOI4 Spartakus mod, where the point of divergence is the Communist Party of Germany being...

https://www.christiantoday.com/article/when-north-koreas-capital-had-so-many-christians-it-was-called-the-jerusalem-of-the-east/107588.htm https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/the-jerusalem-of-the-east One of the North Korean Christians who fled south during the exodus was...

The unexpected appearance of the third way of socialism did occur in Spain during the late 1930s. Short - ten months' long civil war between rebellious reactionaries of the Spanish Armed Forces and the leftist government of the Spanish Republic ended as it began - with a treachery of the parts...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Antoine_de_Saint-Just Unlike many other figures of the French Revolution he is almost forgotten I hardly find any book specifically written on him, only 1 or 2 french book and no English book. Saint-Just was the youngest among the Jacobin leaders during the...

Czechoslovakia was one of the world's most industrialized nations in the interwar, with economic performance and standards of living that were on par with the Western European nations. At the beginning of the Cold War it continued to be the most economically developed and productive Eastern Bloc...

Hello! My name is Regnum Dei and this is my first written TL which asks the question: What if WWI had no clear winner. This scenario is inspired by HoI4 mod Red Flood but I will try to include a lot of my ideas and expand apon certain things that are not adressed in the mod. Comments...

Author's Notes: "Crimson Banners Fly" is an alternate history timeline set at the turn of the century, at the precipice of momentous change for the United States. This will be a re-imagining of an older timeline of mine from around 2015/6 called "Paint it Red" (posted only on the Atlas Forum)...

Chapter 0 Articles Of Confederation Ratified! on July 4th, 1776 the Articles of Confederation were ratified over a dispute between pro-slave factions and anti-slave factions. the compromise...

Does anyone have any good books talking about the self-management in Yugoslavia? Recommendations? I would also like to know how and why it failed, why it made unemployment and inflation a big problem over there, and what were the suggested alternatives at the time? Answers would be...