Daniel DeLeon

Daniel DeLeon was an influential American socialist and labor leader in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He promoted the idea that workers should control the means of production and believed in revolutionary change through organized labor and political action. DeLeon founded the Socialist Labor Party, advocating for a structured, disciplined approach to socialism, emphasizing the importance of a vanguard party to lead workers toward a classless society. His ideas aimed to unite labor efforts with political activism to challenge economic inequalities and promote workers' rights.