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De Leonism, also known as Marxism–De Leonism,[1] is a Marxist tendency developed by Curaçaoan-American trade union organizer and Marxist theoretician Daniel De Leon. De Leon was an early leader of the first American socialist political party, the Socialist Labor Party of America (SLP). De Leon introduced the concept of socialist industrial unionism.
According to De Leonist theory, militant industrial unions are the vehicle of class struggle. Industrial unions serving the interests of the proletariat would be the needed federal republican structure used to establish a socialist system.
De Leonism shares characteristics with syndicalism. While the Socialist Labor Party of America is a member of the predominantly anarcho-syndicalist Industrial Workers of the World, De Leonism differs in that it emphasizes the necessity of a political party, advocating a constitutional amendment making the union the government of industry. A general union would coordinate production and resource allocation between industries. The party would cease to exist, as would the state, as its goal. No vanguard is prescribed to manage the federal republic.[2]
- ^ Epps, Henry (2012). Ethics Vol II: Universal Ethics and Morality. pp. 84–85.
- ^ "How the Socialist Labor Party Differs from the Industrial Workers of the World".