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  International Socialist Organization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 2001 the ISO was expelled from the International Socialist Tendency (IST) after a dispute between the majority of the IST and the leadership of the ISO.
National coalitions with which the ISO is presently involved include the Campaign to End the Death Penalty, the Campus Antiwar Network, various attempts to organize a response to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and the new struggle for immigrant rights.
ISO defenders point to the ISO's practice of on voting on each action and its instantly recallable elected leadership as genuinely democratic in accord with the tradition of democratic centralism.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/International_Socialist_Organization   (1826 words)

  
 Socialist Getup @ LaunchBase.net (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
However, all socialists agree that a socialist economy must be run for the benefit of the vast majority of the people rather than for a small aristocratic, plutocratic, or capitalist class.
Among the few self-described socialists who dispute these principles is the leadership of the Communist Party of China, who claim to remain socialist, even while the continuing Chinese economic reform explicitly includes the concept of privately-owned large enterprises competing on an equal basis with publicly-owned ones.
Socialists are also divided on which rights and liberties are desirable, such as the "bourgeois liberties" (such as those guaranteed by the U.S. First Amendment or the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union).
www.launchbase.net /encyclopedia/Socialist   (5820 words)

  
 United Nations article - United Nations Flag the United Nations international organization states countries - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In addition to the Governments, a number of non-government organisations, including Lions Clubs International were invited to assist in the drafting of the charter.
The Conference on Disarmament is the sole forum established by the international community for the negotiation of multilateral arms control and disarmament agreements.
While the conference is not formally a UN organization, it is linked to the UN through a personal representative of the Secretary-General; this representative serves as the secretary general of the conference.
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/United_Nations   (4030 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Socialist International Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Socialist International has its roots in the Second International, which was formed in 1889.
Split by the outbreak of World War I, it was re-formed in 1923 (as the Labour and Socialist International), and reconstituted again (in its present form) after World War II (during which many socialist parties had been suppressed in Nazi-occupied Europe).
The Party of European Socialists, a party active in the European Parliament, is an associated organization of the Socialist International.
www.ipedia.com /socialist_international.html   (584 words)

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