Internationalist Socialism
Branch of socialism advocating the global unity of working people against capitalism, rejecting bourgeois nationalism, and defending international working-class solidarity.
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In one sentence
I want the global unity of working people against capitalism, overcoming national borders through collective ownership and cooperative planning.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Leaning · Unitary
Structure
- Leaning · Democracy
Representation
- Balanced
Power
- Very strong · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Leaning · Militarist
Diplomacy
- Leaning · Non-interventionist
Intervention
- Very strong · Public
Economy
- Very strong · Planning
Control
- Balanced
Trade
- Very strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Very strong · Progressive
Morality
- Leaning · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Immigration
Leans further toward multiculturalism than 99% of the 260 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 49This ideology 2
Of all the axes, Immigration is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Power
On Power, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 55This ideology 54
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Leon Trotsky
Organizer of the Red Army, Trotsky championed permanent revolution and internationalism, becoming the main left-wing opponent of Stalinist bureaucratization until he was exiled and assassinated in Mexico.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyKarl MarxPhilosopher and economist95%
SociallyFriedrich EngelsRevolutionary theorist94%
EconomicallyAlex WilliamsPolitical theorist99%
Other compatible profiles
Political theoryAntonio GramsciMarxist theorist92%
PoliticsGrigory ZinovievBolshevik revolutionary and Soviet leader91%
ActivismJones ManoelHistorian and Political Communicator91%
EconomicsOtto NeurathPhilosopher and economist90%
Intellectual lifePablo PicassoPainter90%
EconomicsOskar LangeEconomist88%
ActivismJosé DirceuPolitician and activist88%
Intellectual lifeAlan TuringMathematician and computer scientist87%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Soviet Union (USSR)
1922–1991The world's first socialist state, the USSR was a single-party federation with a planned economy and centralized power, becoming a global superpower and the pole of communism during the Cold War.
Other close countries
Uruguay
Secular-progressive republicA South American presidential republic, Uruguay is recognized for solid democracy, strong secularism, broad social rights, and progressive policies, pairing institutional stability with a market economy.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyMassachusetts (United States)Academic-progressive region80%
SociallyRojava (North and East Syria)Democratic-egalitarian confederalism84%
EconomicallyChongqing (China)Industrial dirigiste municipality91%
The most distant
Allende's Chile
1970–1973Under Allende's Popular Unity, Chile attempted democratic socialism through copper and bank nationalization, agrarian reform, and economic planning until the 1973 military coup.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyParis Communemarço–maio de 187180%
SociallyAnarchist Aragon and Catalonia1936–193986%
EconomicallyKádár's Hungary1956–198992%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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Closest within Radical Left
- Radical Left
Marxist Socialism
Marx's original doctrine, analyzing history as class struggle and predicting capitalism's overcoming through proletarian revolution, with abolition of private ownership of the means of production and strong criticism of religion.
- Radical Left
Communism
Final stage theorized by Marx and Engels: a classless, stateless society without private ownership of the means of production, with collective production and distribution according to need, superseding capitalism and the transitional socialist phase.
- Radical Left
Trotskyist Communism
Current of Trotsky, co-founder of the Soviet state and the Red Army, which defends permanent revolution, a vanguard party and the dictatorship of the proletariat, criticizing Stalinist bureaucracy without renouncing one-party rule.
Closest in other spectrums
- Left
Socialism
Broad doctrine that advocates social or collective ownership of the means of production and economic planning to overcome capitalist exploitation, accepting both the revolutionary and the reformist road to get there.
- Left
Left-Wing Technocracy
Model that combines socialist planning with scientific management of the economy, entrusting expert committees, rather than elections or party competition, with the rational organization of production and the egalitarian distribution of society's resources.
- Left
Anti-Colonial Socialism
Socialist current born of national liberation struggles in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, defending economic sovereignty, resource nationalization, non-alignment, and solidarity among peoples of the Global South against imperialism.
The most distant ideology
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