Potential Tendencies of a Revolutionary Pan-Leftist Libertarian Socialist Movement

This list is not to be deliberately exclusionary of any non-authoritarian socialist ideology nor is it exhaustive of possible ideologies at home within the Libertarian Socialist Caucus.

Democratic Socialism supports political democracy within a socially owned economy with particular emphasis on workplace democracy, worker’s self management or some form of decentralized planned socialist economy. Democratic socialism argues that capitalism is inherently incompatible with values of freedom, equality, and solidarity. Democratic socialists are opposed to authoritarian variants of socialism.

Syndicalism is an anarchist school of thought that uses revolutionary international unionism as a method for workers in capitalist society to gain control of an economy and thus control influence in broader society. The end goal of syndicalism is to abolish the wage system regarding it as wage slavery.

Council Communism is a form of Marxism that advocates for workers councils being the core foundation of a socialist society. Council Communists generally oppose the existence of strong influence from political parties within the socialist political system, favoring council democracy.

Market Anarchism is a form of leftist anarchist that mixes anarchist goals such as the abolition of hierarchy, the state and capitalism with heightened individualism and an opposition to bosses, corporations, and crony capitalists. This should not be confused with Anarcho-Capitalism which Libertarian Socialists discredit.

Cooperativists attempt to restructure worker relations into a more democratically governed organization with the goal of mutually benefiting members and a broader societal good. A worker co-op is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned organization managed by the people who work there.

Libertarian Marxists emphasize the anti-authoritarian and libertarian aspects of Marxism. Early currents of libertarian Marxism such as left communism emerged in opposition to Marxism–Leninism. Libertarian Marxism is often critical of reformist positions such as those held by social democrats. They also emphasize the Marxist belief in the ability of the working class to forge its own destiny without the need for a vanguard party to mediate or aid its liberation.

Minarchist Municipalism is a system in which libertarian institutions of directly democratic assemblies would oppose and replace the state with a co-federation of free municipalities. Minarchist municipalism intends to create a situation in which the two powers—the municipal co-federations and the nation-state—cannot coexist.

Platformism is a form of anarchist organization that seeks unity from its participants. It stresses the need for tightly organized anarchist organizations that are able to influence working class movements. Platformist groups reject the model of Leninist vanguardism, instead aiming to make anarchist ideas the leading ideas within the class struggle. According to platformism, the four main principles by which an anarchist organisation should operate are: ideological unity, tactical unity, collective responsibility, and federalism.

Autonomism also known as autonomist Marxism is a set of anti-authoritarian social movements in contrast to centralized decisions and hierarchical structures. Autonomous social movements involve people directly in decisions affecting their everyday lives. They seek to expand democracy and to help individuals break free of imposed political structures and behavior patterns.

Anarcho-Communism is a form of anarchism that advocates for the abolition of capitalism and the state, as well as the collective ownership of the means of production. Anarcho-Communists support a decentralized economy and government, with Anarcho-Syndicalism being a common way of organizing such a society.

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