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| | Russian Social Democratic Labor Party - encyclopedia article about Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. |
 | | Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania | | | At the first party congress in 1898, all nine delegates were arrested. | | | At the congress, the party split into two irreconcilable factions on November 17: the Bolsheviks (большеви́к; from Bolshinstvo - Russian for "majority"), headed by Lenin, and the Mensheviks (меньшеви́к; from Menshinstvo - Russian for "minority"), headed by Julius Martov. |
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| | The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party and the Revolution of 1905 - Dalius Vasys |
| | Kairys represented the Social Democrats, A. Smetona (future president of Lithuania) the Democrats, J. | | | An autonomous, democratic Lithuania, in federation with neighboring nations, was to be established. | | | And in 1906 it forced the Polish Socialist Party (Polska Partia Socjalistyczna—PPS) to concede Lithuania to the LSDP. |
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| | Government: Parliamentary system |
| | Some of the political parties have decided that every second name on their lists of nomination for election, has to be a woman. | | | When the seals were dying on the Swedish west coast, the Swedish voters became aware of the pollution of the environment and voted for the "green party". | | | In the 1988 election environmental problems became a great issue in the election campaign and a green party (Miljöpartiet de gröna, Mp) entered the stage and received 5.5 % of the vote, and 20 seats in the Swedish parliament, Riksdagen. |
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| | Introduction to Japan's Political Parties |
| | Although the party is jointly run by Hatoyama and Kan, Hatoyama is in practice serve as party head and Kan as secretary general, according to party members. | | | In 1898 a cabinet was formed by the leader of a party for the first time, inaugurating the system of party cabinets. | | | In June 1994, faced with the adoption of a nonconfidence motion submitted by the LDP in a plenary session of the House of Representatives, the cabinet resigned, and the JRP withdrew to the opposition. |
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| | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| | In almost all cases, decisions made in the Presidium are ratified by the Federal Executive and the party congress. | | | Rudolf Scharping, the moderate and relatively unknown minister president of Rhineland-Palatinate, was elected by SPD members--the first time in the history of the party that its members directly chose a new leader--to replace Engholm in late June 1993. | | | Schmidt, although regarded as a statesman abroad and an effective leader at home, became increasingly isolated within his own party, and he chose not to campaign as the SPD chancellor candidate in the March 1983 elections. |
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| | German Social Democratic Party |
| | After the anti-socialist law ceased to operate in 1890, the SDP grew rapidly and in 1912 the party won 110 seats in the Reichstag. | | | This worried Otto von Bismarck, and in 1878 he introduced an anti-socialist law which banned Social Democratic Party meetings and publications. | | | In the 1877 General Election in Germany the SDP won 12 seats. |
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| | A resounding setback for Schröder German Social Democratic Party loses state elections in the Saarland and ... |
| | The German Free Democratic Party (FDP) with 2.6 percent, the extreme right-wing Republican Party (1.3 percent) and the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS—successor to the East German Stalinist SED), which stood for the first time and obtained 0.8 percent of the vote, also failed to enter the parliament. | | | German Social Democratic Party loses state elections in the Saarland and Brandenburg | | | Seventy percent were of the opinion that the government had done nothing to contribute to the creation of more social justice. |
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| | Social Democratic Party -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Palme served as chairman of the Social Democratic party from 1969 and prime minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and again from 1982 to 1986, when he was assassinated on February 28 by an unknown assailant in Stockholm. | | | The Democratic Party unites in 1988 to nominate Dukakis over Jackson. | | | His political strength lay largely in the fact that during the war he had actively opposed the Nazis while in Norway and Sweden. |
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| | STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES OF THE NATURAL LAW SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY |
| | A fourth set of intermediate principles is found in the preambles of laws, in the constitutional principles of nations, in international law, and in national and international declarations of rights. | | | The Natural Law Social Democratic Party claims America's heritage of social reform based on moral principle as its own. | | | Some of his proposals are farther to the right than the proposals currently being made by the more reactionary Republican Party. |
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| | Country Studies - Austria: The Social Democratic Party of Austria |
| | The party program of 1978 stressed the four principles of freedom, equality, justice, and solidarity. | | | Moderates such as Karl Renner and Adolf Schärf, each of whom eventually served as president of the Second Republic, led the postwar party. | | | The SDAP was responsible for pushing through universal voting rights for men in 1905 and for extending the same for women in 1919. |
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| | Glossary of Organisations: Ru |
| | In 1903 the Second Congress of the party met in Belgium and England with this dispute comming to the forefront. | | | This would help lead to the inevitable split in the party over stagism: with some arguing that reformism is necessary before revolution, and by the same logic, that captialism is necessary before socialism. | | | After the 1905 revolution, the Bolsheviks became the minority, and would remain so until September, 1917. |
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| | The party was led by August Bebel and Wilhelm Liebknecht. | | | A Socialist party formed at a Congress of Social-Democrats from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, held in Eisenach between August 7 and 9, 1869, where they became known as the Eisenachers. | | | The Confederation was an association of feudal-absolutist German states; it helped to prolong the political and economic disunity of Germany. |
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| | Encyclopedia: The Social Democratic Party (UK) |
| | It has been argued by some that the creation of the SDP led eventually to Tony Blair's movement of the Labour Party back towards the political centre, and the creation of New Labour. | | | A number of former SDP officials now work as policy advisers to Tony Blair's government. | | | Steel and Maclennan headed the new "Social and Liberal Democrat Party" (SLD) from March 3, 1988 (who were re-named the Liberal Democrats in October 1989). |
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| | CNN.com - Germany poised for election battle - May 23, 2005 |
| | Schroeder on Sunday called for early national elections after his party suffered a crushing defeat in a state vote in a traditional stronghold. | | | A similar tactic was used by Schroeder's predecessor, Helmut Kohl, who forced elections in 1983 by calling a confidence vote in which his own supporters abstained. | | | A somber Schroeder made the announcement that he would seek early elections after voters in the large regional state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) kicked his Social Democrats (SPD) out of government after 39 years. |
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| | AllRefer.com - 1UpInfo > Turkey > Social Democratic Populist Party |
| | Even after Özal officially resigned as party leader in 1989 to become president, his influence--and that of his wife and brothers--continued in Motherland Party affairs. | | | In addition, because the party's past electoral strength had derived from Özal's own popular appeal, it was not evident what long-term impact his death would h ave. | | | Nevertheless, many members were dissatisfied with Yilmaz's leadership; in late 1992 and early 1993, more than fifteen Motherland Party deputies, citing differences with Yilmaz, resigned from the party in a move that reduced its overall strength in the National Assembly to fewer tha n 100 seats. |
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| | Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The current president of the party is Zlatko Lagumdžija, former Bosnian foreign minister. | | | At the last legislative elections, 5 october 2002, the party won 10.4 % of the popular vote and 4 out of 42 seats in the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 15 out of 140 seats in the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. | | | The Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Socialdemocrats (Socijaldemokratska Partija BiH - Socijaldemokrati / Социјалдемократска Партија БиХ - Социјалдемократи), is a political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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| | BBC News TALKING POLITICS SDP: Breaking the mould |
| | All four remain in politics, with Jenkins, Williams, and Rodgers sitting in the House of Lords for the Liberal Democrats. | | | Speaking this week, he said: "I think as the Labour Party started to reform it became inevitable that the SDP would not be able to survive as a separate party." | | | Labour, with Neil Kinnock at the helm, won 31% of the vote and secured 229 seats. |
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| | Social Democratic Party of Croatia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Račan, as the leader of the strongest party, became the prime minister of Croatia. | | | Its president is Ivica Račan, and it currently has 34 seats of the 152 in the Croatian Parliament. | | | The Social Democratic Party of Croatia (Croatian: Socijaldemokratska Partija Hrvatske) is the main social democratic political party in Croatia. |
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| | BBC NEWS VOTE2001 PARTIES Social, Democratic and Labour Party |
| | Last year an internal review in the party suggested it was losing voters to Sinn Fein because of a "tired and middle-class" image. | | | The SDLP made history in 1997 when one of its councillors, Alban Maginness, became the first nationalist to be appointed Lord Mayor of Belfast. | | | Leader and MP John Hume has been a pivotal figure in the peace process and persuading both republicans to take part and the British government to negotiate with the party. |
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| | Radio Prague - the international service of Czech Radio |
| | Ladislav Svoboda (head of Social Democrats in the Senate) | | | Bohuslav Sobotka (head of Social Democrats in the House of Deputies) | | | Results in 1998 parliamentary elections: 74 seats (out of 200), 32.31% of the vote. |
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| | Social Democratic Party left high and dry in Senate elections dominated by opposition Civic Democrats - 15-11-2004 - ... |
| | Leading up to the elections Stanislav Gross' Social Democrats spent millions on an extensive ad campaign and a series of pop concerts to try and rally voter support - but for two weeks in a row voter support fell markedly flat. | | | Low voter turn-out was symptomatic of the Senate elections as a whole: less than 19 percent of eligible voters showed up - the lowest amount in Czech election history. | | | Following regional elections last week the results mark a 2nd major political defeat for Prime Minister Stanislav Gross, raising the question 'What will his Social Democrats do next'? |
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| | Democratic Party of Armenia |
| | The Armenian Constitution and laws should be built on the principle of social justice. | | | The Party declares that its duty is to struggle against the violation of individual rights and interests using Constitutional means. | | | Party Platform: The basic goal of the Democratic Party of Armenia is to create a sovereign, democratic and economically developed state based on social justice and the rule of law. |
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| | The decline of the German Social Democratic Party |
| | Those who say it is the disappointment of the voters, who had hoped for greater social justice from the new government, which is responsible for the decline of the SPD and Greens are closer to the truth. | | | But from the beginning, expectations that the elections meant a return to the reformist politics of the early 70s were built on sand. | | | This policy was continued by his successor, Christian Democratic leader Helmut Kohl, from 1982 onwards. |
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| | CAIN: Issues: Politics: Towards a New Ireland - Proposals by the Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| | The creation of Democratic Machinery in Ireland to implement the terms of the above declaration by the agreement and consent of the people of Ireland, North and South. | | | The Executive Council members shall elect a Chief Executive whose function shall be to preside at meetings of the Executive Council and to allocate or distribute departmental responsibilities. | | | Proposals by the Social Democratic and Labour Party |
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| | Social Democratic Federation |
| | Hyndman and Harry Quelch, two of the foremost pioneers of Socialism, were being opposed by a younger school led by Yates, Matheson, and Tom Clark. | | | There were great discussions at that time about the Social Democratic Federation, which was in turmoil. | | | (2) Edward Carpenter joined the Social Democratic Federation in 1883. |
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| | The Democratic Party of Japan |
| | On January 26, DPJ Supreme Adviser Tsutomu Hata met with a cross-party delegation of Cambodian politicians at party headquarters. | | | On January 23, DPJ Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama met with former Nepalese communications minister Jhala Nath Khanal at party headquarters. | | | On January 11, DPJ President Seiji Maehara met with a delegation from the International Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC), headed by Deputy Director Tan Jialin. |
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| | New leader takes reins of Germany's Social Democratic Party |
| | Muentefering, 64, is considered closer than Schroeder to the party's core voters. | | | Muentefering also asked Social Democrats to recognize the need for Schroeder's reforms. | | | Franz Muentefering, Germany's ruling Social Democratic Party (SPD)'s parliamentary leader, on Sunday was selected as the party's new leader. |
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| | Social Democratic Party (Estonia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Their views were patriotic and they fought for Estonian independence and social justice. | | | The Social Democratic Party (Estonian: Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond or SDE) is a social democratic party in Estonia, led by Ivari Padar. | | | It was the most successful party in the 2004 European Parliamentary Election, obtaining 36.8% of the national vote and returning 3 MEPs. |
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| | BSDP |
| | Its position on the Bulgarian political scene is a moderate central left, reformation political party. | | | Adopted a declaration stating: “ BSDP is alive and no institution can remove it from the Bulgarian political life”; | | | The promotion of the social and civil human rights is an example of the merit of the moderate democratic left. |
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| | Oskar Lafontaine, elected SPD chairman November 1995, resigned from his party and government positions in March, 1999. | | | The SPD emerged as the winner in the September 1998 elections with 40.9% of the votes cast. | | | The SPD is a member party of the Socialist International. |
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| | AllRefer.com - Social Democratic party (British And Irish History) - Encyclopedia |
| | You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > British And Irish History > Social Democratic party | | | The party joined in an electoral alliance with the Liberal party in 1981 and merged with the Liberals in 1988 to form the Social and Liberal Democratic party, now the Liberal Democrats. | | | Some SDP members re-formed the party in 1988, but they disbanded in 1990. |
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| | Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Committed to Social Democracy |
| | Staff: a total of 560 (2002) in the offices in Bonn and Berlin, the four academies and thirteen State and regional offices and abroad. | | | The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) was founded in 1925 as a political legacy of Germany's first democratically elected president, Friedrich Ebert. | | | Ebert, a Social Democrat from a humble crafts background who had risen to hold the highest political office in his country, in response to his own painful experience in political confrontation had proposed the establishment of a foundation to serve the following aims: |
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| | Partidul Social Democrat |
| | Partidul Social Democrat vã invitã vineri, 03 februarie 2006, la ora 11.00, la Palatul Parlamentului, sala C.A. Rosetti”, la şedinţa Consiliului Naţional al PSD. | | | Partidul Social Democrat cere suspendarea primului-ministru, Cãlin Popescu Tãriceanu, din toate funcţiile politice deţinute. | | | In cadrul reuniunii Consiliului Internationalei Socialiste care a avut loc la Atena, Presedintele PSD, Mircea Geoana, a fost ales, cu unanimitate de [...] |
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| | Talossan Social Democratic Party/Parti Sociál Democrätic Talossán |
| | The Secretary of State may, if in the circumstances it seems expedient to the creation of fairer elections, extend the deadline for nomination.” (more…) | | | The Social Democratic Party of Talossa (PSD) is without doubt the most significant political force in the Talossan Republic. | | | “Any party which wishes to stand a list of candidates for elections to the Chamber of Deputies shall present to the Secretary of State: |
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| | New Party |
| | New Party, 88 Third Avenue, Suite 313, Brooklyn, NY 11217 | | | Through fusion, minor parties don't have to always compete in the winner-take-all two party system and can avoid "spoiling" - throwing an election to the most conservative candidate by splitting the votes that might go to two more progressive candidates (ours and another party's). | | | Our current work and long-term strategy is to change states' election rules to allow fusion voting - a method of voting that allows minor parties to have their own ballot line with which they can either endorse their own candidates or endorse the candidates of other parties. |
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| | WWW.HR directory - Law and Politics: Political Parties: Social Democratic Party (SDP) |
| | WWW.HR directory - Law and Politics: Political Parties: Social Democratic Party (SDP) | | | Law and Politics: Political Parties: Social Democratic Party (SDP) (11) | | | Location: Homepage > Web directory > Law and Politics > Political Parties > Social Democratic Party (SDP) |
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| | Alliance New Zealand |
| | The Canterbury Regional Alliance Council runs a friendly quiz evening in the Miller Bar, 308 Lincoln Rd, Christchurch, on the fourth Monday of each month, at 7:30 p.m. | | | Cullen washes his hands of Air NZ job losses | | | The Alliance is a broad, inclusive, party of the Left with policies based on socialist principles: democracy, equality and social ownership. |
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| | Russia needs new Social Democratic Party Gorbachev.htm in Business Recorder on November 25, 2001 |
| | His endorsement of social democratic candidates in the 1999 parliament elections had little effect and he founded his own party last year. | | | But he said the new party's support for the Kremlin leader was "not unreserved, unprincipled or unconditional". | | | Gorbachev, 70, who resigned as Soviet leader 10 years ago next month, was addressing the founding congress of the Social Democratic Party which brings together his own United Social Democratic Party with another social democratic grouping run by a prominent regional leader. |
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| | A Hope for the Working People Korea |
| | Of the 47000 party members elegible to vote, 33663 voted. | | | The results for the leadership positions of the DLP were announced early on the morning of the 25th. |
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| | College Democrats of America |
| | College Democrats Stand Up Against Immoral Republican Budget Reconciliation | | | CDA is the official college outreach arm of the Democratic Party and focuses on electing Democrats from the grassroots level up. | | | In 2004, young voters had the highest turnout since 1972 and broke decisively for John Kerry. |
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| | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| | BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- The theme of the Social Democratic Party's programme for the September 22 election is "Renewal and Unity -- We in Germany." | | | The SPD's campaign is headed by Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who is seeking re-election against challenger and Bavarian leader Edmund Stoiber of the Christian Social Union and its sister party, the Christian Democratic Union. | | | There will be no coalition with the Party of Democratic Socialism, East Germany's former ruling party. |
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| | SD Website |
| | Keynote address to the National Convention of Social Democrats, USA, July 17-18, 1976. | | | This open letter to President Bush on helping the Iraqi people establish the foundations for democracy and human rights was circulated by a group of individuals and is not an offical document of SDUSA. | | | Adapted from an address delivered at the 1978 national convention of Social Democrats, USA |
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| | Ethiopian Social Democratic Federal Party (ESDFP) Home Page |
| | Copyright © 2005 Ethiopian Social Democratic Federal Party | | | Ethiopian Social Democratic Federal Party (ESDFP) Home Page | | | For over a decade CAFPDE has played a significant role in coordinating the struggle of our peoples in their quest for justice, equality and a democratic order... |
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| | Eastern European Social Democratic Forum |
| | We, leaders of social democratic and socialist parties of the CIS and Baltic countries, members of the Eastern European Social Democratic Forum who convened for this meeting on Dec. 20, 2001 in Minsk, appeal to you with a request to cancel this by-law contradicting the norms of international law. | | | Protocol on member parties of the Eastern European Social Democratic Forum | | | Our main task is to coordinate social democratic and socialist parties' efforts in order to establish good-neighbourly and equal rights relations between peoples and states of Eastern European region, to strengthen traditions of democracy and openness, and to accelerate economic and cultural progress in our countries. |
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