Editing Libertarian socialism (section)

=== Decline ===
Following the defeat of the [[Republican faction (Spanish Civil War)|Republicans]] in the [[Spanish Civil War]], libertarian socialism fell into decline.{{Sfn|Hahnel|2005|pp=138–139}} [[Left-wing politics]] throughout the world came to be dominated either by [[social democracy]] or [[Marxism-Leninism]], which attained power in a number of countries and thus had the means to support their ideological allies. In contrast, Hahnel argues, libertarian socialists were not able to gain influence within the labour movement. At a time when reformist trade unions were consistently winning concessions, the libertarian socialists' anti-reformist message gained little traction. Their platform of workers' self-management also failed to appeal to industrial workers.{{Sfn|Hahnel|2005|p=147}} Until the 1960s, libertarian socialists were limited mostly to making critiques of [[authoritarian socialism]] and [[capitalism]], although Hahnel asserts that these arguments were largely overshadowed by those from [[neoconservatism|neoconservatives]] and [[Marxism|Marxists]] respectively.{{Sfn|Hahnel|2005|pp=147–148}}