Bill of Rights socialism

Bill of Rights socialism is the belief that the United States Bill of Rights advocated for a socialist society or that if need be, a new United States Bill of Rights that explicitly advocated for it should be made. The concept was first mentioned by Socialist Workers Party in 1976.[1] Communist Party USA has advocated for expanding the United States Constitution to include the right to join a union, the right to a fair-paying job and others.[2] Bill of Rights socialism has also been advocated by the Democratic Socialists of America.[3]

Concept

In 2012, the concept was revived by the Democratic Socialists of America, who proposed the following public policies in order to achieve basic human social and economic rights whose implementation would help to achieve freedom and dignity for all Americans:[4]

Criticism

The idea of Bill of Rights socialism has drawn ire from right-libertarian critics. Writing for the Future of Freedom Foundation, Richard Embley described Franklin D. Roosevelt's Second Bill of Rights and the idea of a social Bill of Rights as a command economy and "regulatory socialism".[5]

References
  1. "The Socialist Workers Party Propose: A Bill of Rights for Working People". Marxists Internet Archive.
  2. Miles, Roberta Wood, Dee (2016-05-01). "Bill of Rights Socialism". Communist Party USA. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  3. December 23; 2012. "A Social and Economic Bill of Rights". Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Retrieved 2020-10-14.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "A Social and Economic Bill of Rights". Democratic Socialists of America. December 23, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
  5. Ebeling, Richard (November 30, 2015). ""Democratic Socialism" Means the Loss of Liberty". Future of Freedom Foundation. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
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