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Reformism is the belief that gradual changes in a society can ultimately change its fundamental structures. This belief is contrasted to revolutionary socialism which believes that there must be a revolution to fundamentally change a society.
Socialist reformism was first put forward by Eduard Bernstein and Karl Kautsky. Rosa Luxemburg was a prominent polemicist against reformism, with her essay Reform or Revolution?, written in 1900, where she assailed Bernstein's "Evolutionary Socialism". The Bolsheviks held a similar view, but Luxemburg died in the German Revolution while her counterparts won the Russian Civil War and founded the Soviet Union.
The term "Reformism" is usually applied to the political left. Reformists are seen as centre-left. Some social democratic parties such as the Canadian NDP are considered reformist.
resource (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformist)
Socialist reformism was first put forward by Eduard Bernstein and Karl Kautsky. Rosa Luxemburg was a prominent polemicist against reformism, with her essay Reform or Revolution?, written in 1900, where she assailed Bernstein's "Evolutionary Socialism". The Bolsheviks held a similar view, but Luxemburg died in the German Revolution while her counterparts won the Russian Civil War and founded the Soviet Union.
The term "Reformism" is usually applied to the political left. Reformists are seen as centre-left. Some social democratic parties such as the Canadian NDP are considered reformist.
resource (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformist)