As well as the national bodies listed above, there are also various regional and international alliances on the democratic/left spectrum. Although none of these identifies specifically as democratic socialist, several of them include a high proportion of democratic socialist members, most notably:
Progressive International“We are workers, peasants, and peoples of the world rising up against the reactionary forces of authoritarian oligarchy. Our aim is international organization: to combine forces across borders in order to reclaim the planet as our own.”
Member organisations are listed here: https://progressive.international/members
Party of the European Left“...we stand united with grassroots organizations, left wing and progressives parties, trade unions and of course – you. With your support, we’re determined to reshape European policy. We’re carving a path toward a Europe that’s peaceful, socially just, environmentally conscious, feminist, and anti-racist.”
Member organisations are listed here: https://www.european-left.org/about-us/our-parties/
Now the People (Europe only)“Together with popular movements, we fight for social and climate justice, solidarity, equality and democracy in Europe. We embody the main counter force to austerity and liberal policies imposed by the right-wing for decades. We fight for a Europe that puts people’s needs before the interests of multinationals.”
Member organisations are listed here: https://nowthepeople.eu/
The European Left Alliance“A project for economic and social justice in which everyone would contribute according to their income and where wealth is redistributed. A project to really combat global warming and its severe consequences and to protect nature while supporting working-people in the transition.”
Member organisations are listed here: https://leftalliance.eu/news/a-new-left-european-political-party-to-better-resist-act-and-hope/
The São Paulo Forum (mostly Latin American and Caribbean countries)Participants in this conference include democratic socialist and social-democratic parties, left-wing grassroots labor and social movements, ethnic and environmentalist groups, anti-imperialist and nationalist organizations and communist parties, united in struggle against neoliberalism. Most participants are based in Latin America or the Caribbean.
Member organisations are listed here: https://forodesaopaulo.org/partidos-4/
- This quote (Michael Harrington et al, Socialism, New York 1972; HDS eds) is taken from a fairly comprehensive historical summary of the term 'democratic socialism' published by the Rosa Luxemberg Foundation, accessible here.
- Some analysts and reference works use the expression almost interchangeably with social democracy. The U.K. Labour Party, for instance, identifies the party as such on the back of their membership card. The World Population Review identifies 19 liberal democracies as democratic socialist. Others apply it more narrowly to describe the Nordic countries, or those socialist parties that seek some form of revolution through the ballot box. Most definitions place it at some point on a linear scale between social democracy and socialism, ignoring its inherently pluralist nature. More.