Socialist Nationalist Ideology

A Socialist Nationalist Ideology is a nationalist ideology that combines socialist economic principles with national liberation and anti-imperialist struggle.

• AKA: Socialist Nationalism, Left-Wing Nationalism, National Socialism (left-wing), Anti-Colonial Socialism, Liberation Nationalism.
• Context:
  • It can typically merge class struggle with national independence against foreign domination.
  • It can typically advocate economic sovereignty through national control of resources and industry.
  • It can typically mobilize working classes and peasantry for national revolution.
  • It can often oppose both capitalist imperialism and bourgeois nationalism.
  • It can often promote social equality within national frameworks.
  • It can often conflict with international socialism over national particulars versus universal class solidarity.
  • It can range from being a Democratic Socialist Nationalist Ideology to being an Authoritarian Socialist Nationalist Ideology, depending on its political structure.
  • It can range from being a Marxist Socialist Nationalist Ideology to being a Non-Marxist Socialist Nationalist Ideology, depending on its theoretical base.
  • It can range from being a Revolutionary Socialist Nationalist Ideology to being a Reformist Socialist Nationalist Ideology, depending on its change method.
  • It can range from being an Internationalist Socialist Nationalist Ideology to being an Isolationist Socialist Nationalist Ideology, depending on its foreign relations.
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• Examples:
  • Anti-Colonial Socialist Nationalisms, such as:
    • Vietnamese Socialist Nationalism under Ho Chi Minh.
    • Cuban Revolutionary Nationalism led by Fidel Castro.
    • Algerian FLN Socialism during independence war.
  • Post-Colonial Socialist Nationalisms, such as:
    • African Socialism including Ujamaa in Tanzania.
    • Arab Socialism through Ba'athism and Nasserism.
    • Bolivarian Socialism in Venezuela.
  • European Socialist Nationalisms, such as:
    • Irish Republican Socialism combining national liberation with working-class politics.
    • Basque Left Nationalism merging independence with socialism.
    • Scottish Socialist Nationalism linking self-determination to social justice.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • International Communism, which rejects national divisions for global proletarian unity.
  • National Socialism (Nazism), which despite the name was anti-socialist and far-right.
  • Liberal Nationalist Ideology, which accepts capitalist economy with national sovereignty.
• See: Nationalist Ideology, Socialist Ideology, Anti-Imperialism, National Liberation Movement, Third World Socialism, Dependency Theory, Post-Colonial Theory, Class Struggle, Economic Nationalism, Resource Sovereignty.

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