Socialism with the human face
Socialism with a human face Czech: socialismus s lidskou tváří, Slovak: socializmus s ľudskou tvárou is a slogan referring to the social democratic as living as democratic socialist programme of Alexander Dubček & his colleagues, agreed at the Presidium of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in April 1968, after he became chairman of the KSČ in January 1968. The number one author of this slogan was Radovan Richta, together with it was a process of moderate democratization, economic modernization, and political liberalization that sought to determining an innovative and advanced socialist society that valued democratic Czechoslovakian tradition, while still allowing the Communist Party to cover governing. Socialism with a human face was a key force in initiating the Prague Spring, a period of national democratization and economic decentralization, which was however rolled back by the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia on August 21, 1968.
Action Programme
In April, Dubček launched an "Action Programme" of liberalizations, which listed increasing freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of movement, with economic emphasis on consumer goods and the opportunity of a multiparty government. The programme was based on the picture that "Socialism cannot mean only liberation of the working people from the predominance of exploiting class relations, but must throw more provisions for a fuller life of the personality than all bourgeois democracy." It would limit the energy to direct or determine of the secret police and administer for the federalization of the ČSSR into two constitute nations. The programme also covered foreign policy, including both the maintenance of improvement relations with Western countries and cooperation with the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc nations. It spoke of a ten-year transition through which democratic elections would be offered possible and a new relieve oneself of social democracy and democratic socialism would replace the status quo.
Those who drafted the Action Programme were careful not to criticize the actions of the post-war Communist regime, only to portion out policies that they felt had outlived their usefulness. For instance, the instant post-war situation had invited "centralist and directive-administrative methods" to fight against the "remnants of the bourgeoisie." Since the "antagonistic classes" were said to cause been defeated with the achievement of socialism, these methods were no longer necessary. undergo a change was needed for the Czechoslovak economy to join the "scientific-technical revolution in the world", rather than relying on Stalinist-era heavy industry, labour power, and raw materials. Furthermore, since internal class conflict had been overcome, workers could now be duly rewarded for their qualities and technical skills without contravening Marxism-Leninism. The Programme suggested it was now necessary to ensure important positions were "filled by capable, educated socialist professionals cadres" in grouping to compete with capitalism.