Socialist International
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The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of democratic socialist, social democratic, socialist, and labour political parties. It was formed in 1951.
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[edit] History
The Second International, which was formed in 1889 and dissolved on the eve of World War I in 1914, consitituted some of the same parties that would later form the Socialist International. Among the Second International's most famous actions were its 1889 declaration of 1 May as International Labour Day and its 1910 declaration of 8 March as International Women's Day. While the Second International was split by the outbreak of World War I, a skeleton form survived through the International Socialist Commission. The International re-formed in 1923 (as the Labour and Socialist International), and was reconstituted again, in its present form, after World War II (during which many social democratic and socialist parties had been suppressed in Nazi-occupied Europe).
During the post-World War II period, the SI aided social democratic parties in re-establishing themselves when dictatorship gave way to democracy in Portugal (1974) and Spain (1975). Until its 1976 Geneva Congress, the Socialist International had few members outside Europe and no formal involvement with Latin America[1]. In the 1980s, most SI parties gave their backing to the Nicaraguan Sandinistas (FSLN), whose left-wing government had incited enmity from the United States. Since then, the SI has admitted as member-parties not only the FSLN but also the centre-left Puerto Rican Independence Party, as well as the ex-Communist parties such as the Italian Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra (DS)) and the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO).
The Party of European Socialists, a European political party active in the European Parliament, is an associated organisation of the Socialist International.
The current Secretary General of the Socialist International is Luis Ayala (Chile), who has held the post since 1989.
[edit] Presidents
- Morgan Phillips 1951-1957
- Alsing Andersen 1957-1962
- Erich Ollenhauer 1963
- Bruno Pittermann 1964-1976
- Willy Brandt 1976-1992
- Pierre Mauroy 1992-1999
- António Guterres 1999-2005
- George Papandreou 2006-present
[edit] Honorary Presidents
- Pierre Mauroy
- Ruben Berrios Martinez
- Philippe Busquin
- Alan García
- Anita Gradin
- Elazar Granot
- Anker Jørgensen
- Neil Kinnock
- Enrique Silva Cimma
- Mário Soares
- Hans-Jochen Vogel
[edit] Summits
Frankfurt 1951
Milan 1952
Stockholm 1953
London 1955
Vienna 1957- Hamburg 1959
- Rome 1961
Amsterdam 1963
Brussels 1964- Stockholm 1966
- Eastbourne 1969
- Vienna 1972
Geneva 1976
Vancouver 1978
Madrid 1980
Albufeira 1983
Lima 1986- Stockholm 1989
- Berlin 1992
New York 1996
Paris 1999
São Paulo 2003
Athens 2008
[edit] Member parties
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[edit] Consultative parties
Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan Social Democratic Party
Belarus - Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly)
Burundi - Front for Democracy in Burundi
Dominica - Dominica Labour Party-in government
Fiji - Fiji Labour Party
Gabon - Gabonese Progress Party
Guatemala - Social Democratic Convergence
Greenland - Forward-in government
Guyana - Working People's Alliance
Mali - Rally for Mali
Namibia - Congress of Democrats
Moldova - Democratic Party of Moldova
Paraguay - Party for a Country of Solidarity
Philippines - Akbayan Citizens' Action Party- Philippines - Philippine Democratic Socialist Party
Russia - Union of Social Democrats
Saint Kitts and Nevis - Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party-in government
Saint Lucia - Saint Lucia Labour Party
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Unity Labour Party-in government
Timor-Leste - Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor
Togo - Democratic Convention of African Peoples
Tunisia - Democratic Forum for Labour and Freedom
Northern Cyprus - Republican Turkish Party (pending consultation)
Ukraine - Socialist Party of Ukraine- Ukraine - Social Democratic Party of Ukraine
[edit] Observer parties
Argentina - Justicialist Party / Front for Victory-in government
Botswana - Botswana National Front
Bulgaria - Bulgaria Social Democracy
Central African Republic - Patriotic Front for Progress
Colombia - Alternative Democratic Pole
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Union for Democracy and Social Progress
Haiti - Organisation of the People in Struggle
India - Janata Dal (Secular)
Iran - Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran
Jordan - Jordanian Democratic Party of the Left- Moldova - Social Democratic Party
Palestinian Authority - Fatah-in government- Russia - Just Russia-support president Medvedev
Turkey - Democratic Society Party
Western Sahara (SADR) - Polisario Front-in government
Yemen - Yemeni Socialist Party
[edit] Fraternal organisations
- International Falcon Movement - Socialist Education International
- International Union of Socialist Youth
- Socialist International Women
[edit] Associated organisations
- International Federation of the Socialist and Democratic Press
- International Labour Sports Confederation
- International League of Religious Socialists
- International Union of Social Democratic Teachers
- Jewish Labour Bund
- National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (United States of America)
- Parliamentary Group of the Party of European Socialists
- Party of European Socialists
- Social Democratic Group of the Latin American Parliament
- World Labour Zionist Movement
[edit] See also
- African Socialist International
- PARLATINO
- International Workingmen's Association ("First International")
- International Working Union of Socialist Parties ("Second and a half international"/"Two-and-a-half International")
- Section Française de l'Internationale Ouvrière (SFIO, the French section of the Second International)
[edit] References
- ^ The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of South America, Routledge, 1989
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