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'''Fabian socialism''' is a type of [[socialism]] founded in 1884 in Britain. It sought use of the democratic framework to achieve gradual conversion to socialism.  This approach originated from the movement for utopian socialism.  Its nine<ref name="Story"/> founding members were Frank Podmore, Edward R. Pease, William Clarke, Hubert Bland,<ref name="McBriar">{{cite book|last1=McBriar|first1=Alan M.|title=Fabian Socialism and English Politics, 1884-1918|date=1962|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]}}</ref> Percival Chubb, Frederick Keddell,<ref name="Story">{{cite book|last1=Cole|first1=Margaret|title=The Story of Fabian Socialism|date=1961|publisher=[[Stanford University]] Press|isbn=978-1163700105}}</ref> Henry Hyde Champion,<ref name="Pease">{{cite book|last1=Pease|first1=Edward R.|title=The History of the Fabian Society|date=1916}}</ref>[[E. Nesbit|Edith Nesbit]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Matthews|first1=Race|title=Australia's First Fabians: Middle-class Radicals, Labour Activists and the Early Labour Movement|date=1993|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]}}</ref> and Rosamund Dale Owen.<ref name="McBriar"/><ref name="Story"/>  Havelock Ellis is sometimes also mentioned as a tenth founding member, though there is some question about this.<ref name="Story" />

'''Fabian socialism''' is a type of [[socialism]] founded in 1884 in Britain. It sought use of the democratic framework to achieve gradual conversion to socialism.  This approach originated from the movement for utopian socialism.  Its nine<ref name="Story"/> founding members were Frank Podmore, Edward R. Pease, William Clarke, Hubert Bland,<ref name="McBriar">{{cite book|last1=McBriar|first1=Alan M.|title=Fabian Socialism and English Politics, 1884-1918|date=1962|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]}}</ref> Percival Chubb, Frederick Keddell,<ref name="Story">{{cite book|last1=Cole|first1=Margaret|title=The Story of Fabian Socialism|date=1961|publisher=[[Stanford University]] Press|isbn=978-1163700105}}</ref> Henry Hyde Champion,<ref name="Pease">{{cite book|last1=Pease|first1=Edward R.|title=The History of the Fabian Society|date=1916}}</ref>[[E. Nesbit|Edith Nesbit]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Matthews|first1=Race|title=Australia's First Fabians: Middle-class Radicals, Labour Activists and the Early Labour Movement|date=1993|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]}}</ref> and Rosamund Dale Owen.<ref name="Story"/><ref name="McBriar"/>  Havelock Ellis is sometimes also mentioned as a tenth founding member, though there is some question about this.<ref name="Story" />

Important Fabians includes Beatrice and Sidney Webb, [[Annie Besant]], and [[Bertrand Russell]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carson |first1=Clarence B. |url=http://fee.org/freeman/detail/the-rise-and-fall-of-england-11-the-fabian-thrust-to-socialism |title=The Rise and Fall of England: 11. The Fabian Thrust to Socialism |work=[[The Freeman]] |date=January 01, 1969 }}</ref>

Important Fabians includes Beatrice and Sidney Webb, [[Annie Besant]], and [[Bertrand Russell]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carson |first1=Clarence B. |url=http://fee.org/freeman/detail/the-rise-and-fall-of-england-11-the-fabian-thrust-to-socialism |title=The Rise and Fall of England: 11. The Fabian Thrust to Socialism |work=[[The Freeman]] |date=January 1, 1969 }}</ref>

The Fabians were influential in forming the ideas of the British [[Labour Party]].

The Fabians were influential in forming the ideas of the British [[Labour Party]].

==History==

==History==

The Fabian Society is generally regarded as a derivative of a group "Fellowship of the New Life"<ref name="McBriar" />, though there is some disagreement about this.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Britain|first1=Ian|title=Fabianism and Culture: A Study in British Socialism and the Arts C1884-1918|date=2005|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]}}</ref>  The Society derives its name from [[Fabius Maximus]], a [[Roman]] general known for his delaying tactics.  This was at the suggestion of Frank Podmore.<ref name="Pease" /><ref>Podmore wrote: "For the right moment you must wait, as Fabius did most patiently, when warring against Hannibal, though many censured his delays; but when the time comes you must strike hard, as Fabius did, or your waiting will be in vain, and fruitless"</ref>

The Fabian Society is generally regarded as a derivative of a group "Fellowship of the New Life",<ref name="McBriar" /> though there is some disagreement about this.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Britain|first1=Ian|title=Fabianism and Culture: A Study in British Socialism and the Arts C1884-1918|date=2005|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]}}</ref>  The Society derives its name from [[Fabius Maximus]], a [[Roman]] general known for his delaying tactics.  This was at the suggestion of Frank Podmore.<ref name="Pease" /><ref>Podmore wrote: "For the right moment you must wait, as Fabius did most patiently, when warring against Hannibal, though many censured his delays; but when the time comes you must strike hard, as Fabius did, or your waiting will be in vain, and fruitless"</ref>

===Coat of Arms===

===Coat of Arms===

==Ideology==

==Ideology==

===Evolutionary Socialism===

===Evolutionary Socialism===

Ideologically, Fabians are quite different than other brands of socialism.  Fabian socialists prefer evolutionary tactics over revolutionary tactics.  This is a direct rejection<ref>{{cite book|last1=Shaw|first1=G. Bernard|title=The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more|date=2015|quote=When we put our system before the English public there was not a single word about Karl Marx or any other foreign Socialist. From beginning to end Fabian Socialism was worked out on English lines with English thought, on English facts.}}</ref> of one of the most important parts of [[Marxism]].  This is seen with their choice of name; being named after Roman General Fabius, who preferred tactics of harassment and wearing down his enemies rather than directly engaging with them.  This is also seen in their choice of mascot: the tortoise.  One iteration of the Fabian tortoise contains the inscription ''When I strike, I strike hard''.  The Fabian preference for evolutionary socialism(achieving full socialism in multiple stages instead of one stage) is also reiterated in a summary<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qps14mSlghcC|title=Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations: Parties, Groups and Movements of the 20th Century|date=2000|pages=942-943}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fy11AwAAQBAJ|title=Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice|date=2007|pages=541-543}}</ref> slogan which was coined by Sidney Webb: ''The Inevitability of Gradualness''.

Ideologically, Fabians are quite different than other brands of socialism.  Fabian socialists prefer evolutionary tactics over revolutionary tactics.  This is a direct rejection<ref>{{cite book|last1=Shaw|first1=G. Bernard|title=The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more|date=2015|quote=When we put our system before the English public there was not a single word about Karl Marx or any other foreign Socialist. From beginning to end Fabian Socialism was worked out on English lines with English thought, on English facts.}}</ref> of one of the most important parts of [[Marxism]].  This is seen with their choice of name; being named after Roman General Fabius, who preferred tactics of harassment and wearing down his enemies rather than directly engaging with them.  This is also seen in their choice of mascot: the tortoise.  One iteration of the Fabian tortoise contains the inscription ''When I strike, I strike hard''.  The Fabian preference for evolutionary socialism(achieving full socialism in multiple stages instead of one stage) is also reiterated in a summary<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qps14mSlghcC|title=Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations: Parties, Groups and Movements of the 20th Century|date=2000|pages=942–943}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fy11AwAAQBAJ|title=Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice|date=2007|pages=541–543}}</ref> slogan which was coined by Sidney Webb: ''The Inevitability of Gradualness''.

===Inevitability of Gradualness===

===Inevitability of Gradualness===

===Permeation===

===Permeation===

Permeation is another ideological trait of Fabianism.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a56hc3uASjoC&pg=PA114|last1=Miller|first1=Elizabeth|title=Slow Print: Literary Radicalism and Late Victorian Print Culture|date=2013|publisher=[[Stanford University]] Press|pages=113-115}}</ref>

Permeation is another ideological trait of Fabianism.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a56hc3uASjoC&pg=PA114|last1=Miller|first1=Elizabeth|title=Slow Print: Literary Radicalism and Late Victorian Print Culture|date=2013|publisher=[[Stanford University]] Press|pages=113–115}}</ref>

===Exclusivity===

===Exclusivity===

The [[London School of Economics|LSE]] was founded in 1895 by leading Fabian members [[Beatrice Webb]] (1858-1943), [[Sidney Webb]] (Lord Passfield) (1859-1948), [[George Bernard Shaw]], and [[Graham Wallas]].

The [[London School of Economics|LSE]] was founded in 1895 by leading Fabian members [[Beatrice Webb]] (1858-1943), [[Sidney Webb]] (Lord Passfield) (1859-1948), [[George Bernard Shaw]], and [[Graham Wallas]].

==See Also==

==See also==

* [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Barack Obama]]

* [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Barack Obama]]

* [[Democratic socialism]]

* [[Democratic socialism]]

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==External Links==

==External links==

*[http://www.fabians.org.uk/ Fabian Society]

*[http://www.fabians.org.uk/ Fabian Society]

*[https://books.google.com/books?id=45GsAAAAIAAJ Fabian Essays in Socialism], (1889)

*[https://books.google.com/books?id=45GsAAAAIAAJ Fabian Essays in Socialism], (1889)