Support for Socialism


 
 
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Support for Socialism

Support for Socialism: The SRS were socialists and supporters of democracy. They won a mass following in the years preceding the Russian Revolutions of 1917 by endorsing the overthrow of the TSAR and the redistribution of land to the peasantry.

  • Support for Socialism Socialists formed an international body,namely the ‘Second International’.
  • They set up funds for helping members in times of distress and demanded a reduction of working hours and the right to vote.
  • In Germany these associations worked with the Socialist Democratic Party and helped it in winning the parliamentary elections.
  • 1905: Socialists and trade unionists formed a Labour party in Britain and a Socialist Party in France.
  • Socialism however could not precede the influence of the radicals, liberals and conservatives.
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