Having abandoned socialism, he now speaks of combining the left's demand for social justice with the libertarian defense of individual freedom.

Niebuhr's thoughts on racial justice developed slowly after he abandoned socialism.

It was also the Leader of the Opposition who said that if he were to abandon socialism he would not be worth voting for.

Critics of Blair denounced him for having the Labour Party abandon genuine socialism and accepting capitalism.

Yet Weaver abandoned socialism for Agrarianism only gradually over a number of years.

In the 1980s she abandoned socialism in favour of the free market, but remained a feminist.

Hun Sen tries to attract foreign investment by abandoning socialism.

There are critics that claim that social democracy abandoned socialism in the 1930s by endorsing Keynesian welfare capitalism.

It shifted the political axis from state-centred collectivism to private enterprise and the free market, forcing Labour to abandon old-style socialism.

The result has been a surge of economic growth that suggests he won a third term precisely because he abandoned socialism.