Initiative for Democratic Socialism

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Initiative for Democratic Socialism
Iniciativa za demokratični socializem
National affiliationUnited Left
European affiliationParty of the European Left
Coloursred
Website
http://www.demokraticni-socializem.si/

Initiative for Democratic Socialism (IDS) was a

Slovene: Levica).[4]

Program

Its program, based on The Workers and Punks University economic analysis, included regulation of neoliberalism in the short term by making tax rates more progressive, directing funds to public works to lower unemployment, and other ideas associated with social democracy. Their long term goal was the replacement of capitalism with democratic socialism, through policies like workplace democracy and nationalization.[1]

International partners

The initiative is linked to the

Front de Gauche, and Portuguese Left Bloc.[2]

2014 Elections

The United Left, which included the IDS, received 5.47 percent of the vote in the 2014 European Parliament election in Slovenia and 6.0 percent of the vote in the 2014 Slovenian parliamentary election.

References

  1. ^ a b Nastala je nova stranka, Iniciativa za demokratični socializem, Delo, 8 March 2014
  2. ^ a b Neki novi tovariši..., Mladina, 13 November 2013
  3. ^ Nastala je nova stranka, Iniciativa za demokratični socializem, Dnevnik, 8 March 2014
  4. ^ "STA: Merging of the Left marked by departures from IDS". english.sta.si. Retrieved 2017-06-25.