A political party is an organized group of people who act together as a political unit, having distinctive aims and objectives involving political questions in the state and acting together and seeking to obtain control of government.
Socialism is a philosophical current of economic, social and political thought, as well as a diverse set of political theories, movements and socio-economic systems that have been inspired by such thought.
All of them have in common the defense of the public, collective or cooperative property of the means of production of the society, instead of their property in private hands. In addition, it proposes the planning and organization of social and economic life from the forces that make up the State.