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| | Despite its declared reformism the SLP was initially entered by <<<<<b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>>revolutionaryb>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>> groups such as the Communist <<b>bb>>Partyb>bb>> of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee), the <<<<<b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>>Revolutionaryb>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>> Democratic Group and the International Bolshevik Tendency. | | | The <<b>bb>>partyb>bb>> advocates traditionally <<<<<b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>>Socialistb>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>> policies, such as state ownership of industry and high taxation to fund public services and initially attracted will known trade union figures such as Mick Rix and Bob Crow. | | | The <<b>bb>>partyb>bb>> was formed as a left-wing splinter in reaction to Tony Blair's re-positioning of the British Labour <<b>bb>>Partyb>bb>> to the centre ground of politics. |
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| | In 1960 the <<b>bb>>partyb>bb>> took <<b>bb>>partyb>bb>> in the formation of a coalition government in the state, consisting of the Indian National Congress, Praja <<<<<b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>>Socialistb>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>> <<b>bb>>Partyb>bb>> and IUML. | | | In 1969 the <<b>bb>>partyb>bb>> left the CPI(M) -led government and participated in the formation of a new government, led by Communist <<b>bb>>Partyb>bb>> of India -leader Achutha Menon as Chief Minister, together with CPI, RSP, KSP and Kerala Congress. | | | In the elections in Kerala in 1967 the <<b>bb>>partyb>bb>> had entered a united front led by the Communist <<b>bb>>Partyb>bb>> of India (Marxist). |
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| | Lenin was determined to return to Russia to incite further developments in the <<<<<b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>>revolutionaryb>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>> movement and his own Bolshevik <<b>bb>>Partyb>bb>>. | | | With the support of another radical <<b>bb>>partyb>bb>>, the Left <<<<<b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>>Socialistb>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>> Revolutionaries (Left SRs; a splinter group of the more moderate <<<<<b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>>Socialistb>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>> Revolutionaries), Lenin’s Bolsheviks formed a coalition government headed by the Council of People’s Commissars, of which Lenin was the chairman. | | | Lenin was more successful as a <<<<<b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>>revolutionaryb>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>> leader than as a statesman, and his legacy would contribute to the political and ideological divisions that characterized the Soviet leadership in the 1920s. |
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| | As a result they ceased to be a faction in the RSDLP and instead declared themselves an independent <<b>bb>>partyb>bb>> though they retained the name RSDLP (Bolshevik). | | | Bolsheviks believed in organizing the <<b>bb>>partyb>bb>> in a strongly centralised hierarchy which sought to overthrow the Tsar and achieve power. | | | However, it was not until 1952 that the <<b>bb>>partyb>bb>>, which since the 1930s had been the Communist <<b>bb>>Partyb>bb>> of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks), formally dropped the word Bolshevik from its name. |
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| | Purdy denied that Congress was a bourgeois <<b>bb>>partyb>bb>> or organisation, calling it instead a “united front of the nation” – the same formulation used by the Congress Socialists, Stalinists, Royists, et al as a rationale for all sorts of opportunism. | | | Now a clear <<<<<b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>>revolutionaryb>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>> programme was adopted, in line with the programme of the Fourth International, founded by Trotsky in 1938....An effort was thus made to convert the <<b>bb>>partyb>bb>> from a loose body of individuals into a fighting organisation. | | | The British CP’s response was The USSR and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, Congress <<<<<b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>>Socialistb>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>>, 17 July 1937, pp.7-8ff. |
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| | Somali <<<<<b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>>Revolutionaryb>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>> <<<<<b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>>Socialistb>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>> <<b>bb>>Partyb>bb>> (SRSP) in June 1976 and voted to establish the Supreme Council as the new <<b>bb>>partyb>bb>>'s central committee. | | | Decision-making power resided with the new <<b>bb>>partyb>bb>>'s politburo, a select committee of the Supreme Council that was composed of five former SRC members, including Siad Barre and his son-in-law, NSS chief Abdullah. | | | This action was followed by another reshuffling in October 1980 in which the old Supreme <<<<<b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>>Revolutionaryb>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>><<b>bb>>bb>bb>>b>bb>>bb>bb>>><b>bb>b>bb>>bb>bb>>>>> Council was revived. |
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Background |
| | East Timor declared itself independent from Portugal on 28 November 1975 and was invaded and occupied by Indonesian forces nine days later. | | | On 21 November 1995, in Dayton, Ohio, the warring parties initialed a peace agreement that brought to a halt three years of interethnic civil strife (the final agreement was signed in Paris on 14 December 1995). | | | For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. |
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| | On 21 November 1995, in Dayton, Ohio, the warring parties initialed a peace agreement that brought to a halt three years of interethnic civil strife (the final agreement was signed in Paris on 14 December 1995). | | | For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. | | | Hassan Gouled APTIDON installed an authoritarian one-<<b>bb>>partyb>bb>> state and proceeded to serve as president until 1999. |
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