The Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to defend some form of socialism, although they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of these parties defend democratic socialism.
Many socialist parties have explicit connections to the labor movement and the unions. There is a list of affiliates of the Trotskyist Committee for the International of Workers who also use the name "Socialist Party". This list only includes those parts of the "socialist party" themselves. The list does not include political parties that use the word "socialist" in addition to one or more political adjectives in their names. For example, the Socialist Workers Party is not included.
The Socialist Party of America (SPA) was a multi-trend socialist and social democratic political party in the United States formed in 1901 by a three-year merger between the Social Democratic Party of America and disgruntled elements of the Socialist Labor Party of America that was had separated from the main organization in 1899.
For example, the Socialist Party of Chile (PS) founded on April 19, 1933. It was born from the merger of various socialist groups that emerged in the first third of the 20th century in Chile. Its ideological base was based on Marxism, derived from the 1980s towards Social Democracy.
It is one of the most important political forces of the Chilean left in the 20th century. He was part of several alliances such as the Popular Front and the Popular Action Front. Between 1970 and 1973, within the Popular Unity, he led the government with his militant Salvador Allende Gossens.
After the military coup of 1973 it was declared illegal and prohibited, like the rest of the left-wing political groups, and its militants and leaders were severely repressed.
During the eighties, it was rearticulated and fought for the return to democracy. He became part of the center-left coalition Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia. In recent decades, two party members have held the first magistracy: Ricardo Lagos Escobar (2000-2006) and Michelle Bachelet Jeria (2006-2010 and 2014-2018).
