Daniel De Leon

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Daniel De Leon
BornDecember 14, 1852
Curaçao
DiedMay 11, 1914
New York City, New York, United States
Political orientationSyndicalism
De Leonism
Political partySocialist Labor Party


Daniel De Leon (December 14, 1852 – May 11, 1914) was a Statesian socialist who served as the leader of the Socialist Labor Party from 1891 until his death. He preferred a society governed by trade unions instead of the dictatorship of the proletariat and believed in reformism instead of revolution. He correctly criticized the AFL for being class-collaborationist and called for creating new unions instead of radicalizing existing ones.[1]

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