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Democratic Federation and later leader of the C Level Contact List Socialist League– called for the development of the «religion of socialism». May Day, the flagship date of socialism, was described, on numerous occasions, as the "Easter of the C Level Contact List Workers". Even if it tended to be strongly anticlerical - a process that would be very visible in some socialist formations, especially from the end of the century William Morris – leader of the Social C Level Contact List Democratic Federation and later leader of the Socialist League – called for the development of the “religion of socialism”.