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History of socialism
The history of socialism has its origins in the Age of Enlightenment and the French Revolution, along with their aftermaths, although it has precedents in earlier movements and ideas. The Communist Manifesto was written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1847-1848 just before the Revolutions of 1848 swept Europe, expressing what they termed scientific socialism. In the last third of the 19th century, parties dedicated to democratic socialism arose in Europe, drawing mainly from Marxism. In 1848, Louis Blanc became the first socialist in any country to hold a governmental position; serving in the Provisional Government formed in France that year. The Australian Labor Party was the first elected socialist party when it formed government in the Colony of Queensland for a week in 1899. In Denmark, Italy and France by 1903, socialists had (as noted by one study) "inspired and dominated the Government" and in all three countries "very remarkable experiments in Socialistic legislation and administration...
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