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  Labour Party (UK)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Labour won a landslide 179 seat majority in the 1997 general election under the leadership of Tony Blair—its first general election victory since October 1974 and the first general election since 1970 in which it had exceeded 40% of the popular vote.
Labour narrowly lost the October 1951 election to the Conservatives (in a coalition with the National Liberals), despite their receiving a larger share of the popular vote and, in fact, their highest vote ever numerically.
Labour in the 1960s made major steps in introducing the permissive society notably the legalisation of homosexuality and abortion, and the abolition of the death penalty (except for a small number of offences - notably High Treason) and various legislation addressing race relations and racial discrimination.
www.tocatch.info /en/Labour_Party_(UK).htm   (7814 words)

  
  Social Democratic and Labour Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland.
It was formed by former members of the Republican Labour Party - a fragment of the Irish Labour Party, the National Democrats, a small social democratic nationalist party, individual nationalists and members of the Northern Ireland Labour Party.
Founder and first leader Gerry Fitt - a former leader of the explicitly republican Republican Labour Party - would later claim that it was the party's decision to demand a Council of Ireland as part of the Sunningdale Agreement that signified the point at which the party adopted a clear nationalist agenda.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party   (1155 words)

  
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Labour Representation Committee, and it was to have acted as a body coordinating attempts to elect to Parliament members who had been sponsored by trade unions as representing the working population.
Labour's chances of electoral success were further damaged by the fact that the Thatcher government's popularity was on the rise after successfully guiding the country to victory in the Falklands War.
Labour in local government appears to be less popular than Labour in national government, as an extensive opinion poll on the day of the 2004 local elections found.
en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)   (2577 words)

  
 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, or RSDLP (Росси́йская Социа́л-Демократи́ческая Рабо́чая Па́ртия = РСДРП), also known as the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party, was a revolutionary socialist Russian political party formed in 1898 in Minsk to unite the various revolutionary organisations into one party.
These were the names used by the factions for the rest of the party congress which debated Lenin's proposals on party organisation and these are the names retained after the split at the 1903 congress, even though Lenin's faction ended up in the minority and remained smaller than the Mensheviks until the Russian Revolution.
It was Lenin's position on democratic centralism and on restricting party membership that caused the split.
www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Russian_Social_Democratic_Labor_Party   (623 words)

  
 Labour Party (UK) Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Labour Party's origins lie in the late 19th century, when it became apparent that there was an increasing need for a third party in Britain to represent the interests and needs of the large working-class population (for instance, the 1899 Lyons vs. Wilkins judgement that limited certain types of picketing).
The Conference created an association called the Labour Representation Committee, and it was to have acted as a body coordinating attempts to elect to Parliament members who had been sponsored by trade unions as representing the working-class population.
The 1960s Labour government, though claiming to be far less radical on economic policy than its 1940s predecessor, introduced several social changes, such as the partial legalisation of homosexuality and the abolition of the death penalty.
www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/Labour_Party_(UK)   (4911 words)

  
 Labour and Democracy, Ancient and Modern ::: International Endowment for Democracy
The anti democrats who pushed slaves into prominence by playing on the theme of the idle mob were far less interested in exploring the problem of slavery itself than in denigrating the democratic multitude.
The labouring poor in England, scorning the 'great law of subordination' and the traditional deference of servant to master, were alternately 'clamorous and mutinous', growing 'ripe for all manner of mischief, whether publick Insurrection, or private plunder', and 'saucy, lazy, idle and debauch'd.
The power of the capitalist to appropriate the surplus labour of workers is not dependent on a privileged juridical or civic status but on the workers' propertylessness, which obliges them to exchange their labour power for a wage in order to gain access to the means of labour and subsistence.
www.iefd.org /articles/labour_and_democracy.php   (8066 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Social Democratic and Labour Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Mark Durkan (born 1960) is a politician in Northern Ireland and the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party.
The National Democrats were a small party in Northern Ireland founded by members of the Nationalist Party who previously attempted to get the Nationalists to adopt a constituency based structure with a party conference and agreed party programme.
The English Democrats Party, previously the English National Party, is a political party in England, which seeks the establishment of a Parliament for England with at least the same powers as those granted to the Scottish Parliament.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Social-Democratic-and-Labour-Party   (4608 words)

  
 Government of Barbados History
It saw the consolidation of land holdings into large estates and the end of the small farmers; the end of the indentured European labourers and the drastic reduction of the white population; and the large scale importation of fl slaves from Africa, who provided plantation labour until their emancipation in 1838.
Political awakening of the fl population was noticeable in the 1920's and crystallised in the formation of the Democratic League by Charles Duncan O'Neal.
The Barbados Labour Party took the reins of government again, when in the General Elections of 1976 and 1981 it was led to power by Mr.
www.barbados.gov.bb /history.htm   (812 words)

  
 Democratic Labour Party - DLP - Home
David Thompson and the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) are deeply moved by the response of the many civil servants who have called to say "Thank you, David!".
The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) in their National Strategic Plan indicated that they are in a "permanent mode of reform" but it is clear they are really in panic mode.
Democratic Labour Party (DLP) parliamentarian Michael Lashley has described Government's housing programme and the ministers behind it as failures.
www.dlpbarbados.org   (1398 words)

  
 Directory - Society: Politics: Socialism: Social Democracy: Parties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)  · cached · The largest socialist organization in the United States, and principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International.
Party of European Socialists  · iweb · cached · The caucus representing 214 socialist MEPs, the PES is the largest group in the European Parliament and reflects the values underlying the Socialist, Labour and Social Democratic parties in Europe.
Social Democratic and Labour Party (N. Ireland)  · cached · Principal party of the nationalist (Catholic) community in Northern Ireland.
www.incywincy.com /default?p=366629   (831 words)

  
 Barbados Elections   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Democratic Labour Party holds dear to its core values of: equal opportunity for all, economic and social justice and to the fundamental rights of access to: a job, quality healthcare, education and housing.
The Democratic Labour Party believes that all Barbadians, regardless of social circumstance, colour or religion, only want to be given a fair share of the country's wealth and its other resources.
The Democratic Labour Party's record of real social transformation is rooted in the economic and social revolution of the 1960's and 70's with the move to universal free secondary education.
www.caribbeanedu.com /elections/bb10_dlp_02.asp   (3080 words)

  
 WHITHER
The answers to the current failure of both the labour movement and social democracy to effectively pose an alternative to capitalism, at this moment in history, is rooted in their origins, actions and goals.
Labour and the CCF's greatest victories were not won in the House of Commons by CCF MP's.
An aggressive labour movement that was in many cases led by CP and socialist workers who had built rank and file controlled unions under the auspices of the CIO.
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/5202/CLCNDP2a1.htm   (3603 words)

  
 Labour Party (UK) - Biocrawler definition:Labour Party (UK) - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Labour Party is a a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdom's three main political parties.
It describes itself as a Social Democratic party and is a member of the Socialist International.
The party itself was rebranded New Labour (as opposed to the democratic socialist 'Old Labour') for the purpose of election campaigning, which critics on the left charged was a separate party.
www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Labour_Party_(UK)   (4015 words)

  
 Articles - Social Democratic Party (UK)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
This group opposed the leftward shift in Labour policy, the increasing prominance within the party of Michael Foot and Tony Benn, and the involvement of trade unions in choosing the leader of the Labour Party.
The Social Democratic Party is officially listed on the Register of Political Parties for England, Scotland and Wales; the cited leader being John Bates, a formidable figure, forever seen in bow tie.
But some of those Labour moderates who remained in the party, such as Roy Hattersley, argue that the split in the centre-left both aided the Conservatives and delayed the move of the Labour Party to a centrist position.
lastring.com /articles/Social_Democratic_Party_(UK)?...   (1968 words)

  
 labour
The idea of “Pink labour day” was to put focus on gender equality issues in a new, modern and interesting way.
The park and Labour Day are associated with the traditions of the social democratic labour movement.
There were a lot of different options in the park: there was a stage with bands and well-known political speakers, and many different labour unions and organizations had their own tents.
www.coe.int /T/E/Cultural_co-operation/youth/2._Priorities/labour.asp   (650 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Russian Social Democratic Labour Party Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, or RSDLP was a revolutionary socialist Russian political party formed in 1898 in Minsk to unite the various revolutionary organisations into one party.
The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, or RSDLP (Росси́йская Социа́л-Демократи́ческая Рабо́чая Па́ртия = РСДРП) was a revolutionary socialist Russian political party formed in 1898 in Minsk to unite the various revolutionary organisations into one party.
It was Lenin's position on democratic centralism, and on restricting party membership that caused the split.
www.ipedia.com /russian_social_democratic_labour_party.html   (605 words)

  
 Choike - Toward a global labour charter for the 21th Century
labour for capital and state, empire and patriarchy), it implies articulating (both joining and expressing) labour struggles with those of all other alienated social categories, people and peoples.
This is for a reinvention of the form of labour self-articulation, as has occurred more than once in the history of the movement (from guilds to craft unions, from craft unions to inter/national industrial ones).
Those in favour of the emancipation of labour, as part of the new social emancipation, are therefore in a relationship of hopefully creative tension with not only the old but the new.
www.choike.org /nuevo_eng/informes/4278.html   (2845 words)

  
 BBC News | TALKING POLITICS | SDP: Breaking the mould
He said they had rejected the New Labour name because they wanted the breakaway party to have a wider appeal and attract disillusioned Conservatives as well as Labour members.
Labour, with Neil Kinnock at the helm, won 31% of the vote and secured 229 seats.
Lord Owen, who stood down as an MP in the 1992 election, believes that the reformed Labour Party is one of the lasting legacies of the SDP.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/talking_politics/1136223.stm   (910 words)

  
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Within three years after democratic socialism was launched in Jamaica, the economy was in tatters.
[D]ivided the old [social-democratic] labour movement may be by disagreements on various topics, on the question of socialism it stands united.
Democratic socialism may not have been popular with the middle class, but average Jamaicans benefited from several of its progressive programmes.
www.lycos.com /info/socialism--democratic-socialism.html   (291 words)

  
 Labour Friends of Iraq
Though they often have historic links to the social democratic parties of the left they are free to lend their political support to whichever party they believe will best represent their interests or to give their support to none.
And the unions that advocate such policies are usually free, democratic and independent and are not tied to a government or political parties.
We Iraqi democrats wish that the international community would put aside old disputes and rush to Iraq with the urgency and determination and zeal of the poor deluded Islamist fundamentalists who cross the border seeking martyrdom and bringing only death and misery.
www.labourfriendsofiraq.org.uk /archives/000635.html   (3161 words)

  
 Open Directory - Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Society and Culture: Politics: Parties: Labour: Special Interest ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Campaign for Labour Party Democracy - Founded in 1973, the CLPD is a pressure group within the Labour Party advocating changes in the party to make it more accountable to rank-and-file party members.
The Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform - Labour is committed to a referendum on the voting system for the House of Commons; join the moral crusade to change the way we practise politics.
Labour In Northern Ireland - The objective of the group is to gain the right of individual membership of the Labour Party for people living in Northern Ireland.
dmoz.org /Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Society_and_Culture/Politics/Parties/Labour/Special_Interest_Groups   (626 words)

  
 Democratic Labour Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Democratic Labour Party is a name used by many political parties:
West Indies Federation - Democratic Labour Party (West Indies Federation) - Federal Party organised by Sir Alexander Bustamante, (1957-1961).
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Democratic_Labour_Party   (128 words)

  
 Cybersociology Magazine | Issue 5 | Labour@Cyberspace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
If labour wishes to achieve its own specific ends it is going to have to not only ally externally with the other indicated movements (and other such that may exist or appear) but to internalise the issues raised by the others.
With the increasing centrality of communication and culture to social life, the labour movement has to not only value and support the pluralisation and democratisation of this area, but to understand its logic, to learn the skills, and to recognise that any new labour internationalism is going to largely be a communications internationalism.
Like other international radical-democratic social movements, labour has to realise that its problem is not `representing' a clientele (ever-diminishing) but of communicating to a global public that alienated labour is a complex global problem, and that a democratic and popular labour movement is essential for overcoming this.
www.socio.demon.co.uk /magazine/5/5waterman.html   (6681 words)

  
 Save the Labour Party - democratic renewal campaign, mass membership promotion, party leadership issues, political ...
The success of the Labour Party is dependent upon an active, vibrant, participatory membership that is able to make its voice loud and clear on policy issues that matter to it.
People join the Labour Party and/or pay the political levy, through their trade union, because they wish to help determine the sort of society they want to live in- not because they desire to be part of a glorified supporter's club.
The values of democratic socialism, internationalism and the need for a successful Labour Party are as relevant to day as they always have been.
www.savethelabourparty.org /aboutus   (1041 words)

  
 Anti-democratic Labour writes rules to suit itself
"Labour's changes effectively allow a dying government to trade on its past popularity as it digs deeper into taxpayer pockets to save its own skin.
Labour's main supporters are being let off the hook.
"In yet another anti-democratic move, Labour wants to extend regulation of election spending from the three months before the vote to the start of the year in which the election is held.
www.national.org.nz /Article.aspx?ArticleID=9905   (352 words)

  
 WebGuest Keyboard-Free Directory - Category: Politics : Socialism : Social Democracy : Parties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) - The largest socialist organization in the United States, and principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International.
Young Democratic Socialists - USA - The youth section of the Democratic Socialists of America, YDS is the US affiliate of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY).
Social Democratic and Labour Party (N. Ireland) - Principal party of the nationalist (Catholic) community in Northern Ireland.
www.webguest.com /Society/Politics/Socialism/Social_Democracy/Parties   (623 words)

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