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  Britain.tv Wikipedia - Liberal
According to the tenets of this form of liberalism, as explained by writers such as John Dewey and Mortimer Adler, since individuals are the basis of society, all individuals should have access to basic necessities of fulfillment, such as education, economic opportunity, and protection from harmful macro-events beyond their control.
Liberals are in favour of a pluralist system in which differing political and social views, even extreme or fringe views, compete for political power on a democratic basis and have the opportunity to achieve power through periodically held elections.
Liberal conservatism is a hybrid of economic liberalism and conservative social philosophy.
www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Liberal   (9373 words)

  
 Brazilian Major Political Parties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
This major neoliberal party is the second largest in Congress, having won 84 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 14 in the Senate in the 2002 elections.
The PL is a center-right party that took 26 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and two in the Senate in 2002.
The flag is defined by Article 4 of the party statutes: "The PTB flag is a pennant (flâmula) [sic] composed of three equal vertical stripes, fl, white, and red, with the initials PTB in the center, obliquely, in fl." The PTD elected 26 deputies and 2 senators in the 2002 elections.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/br-pol1.html   (253 words)

  
 THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS PARTY UK POLITICS
The party was formed in 1988 by the merger of the Liberal Party and the short lived Social Democratic Party; the two parties had already been in an alliance for some years prior to this.
The Lib Dems are the third-largest party in the UK Parliament, behind Labour and the Conservatives, with 63 Members of Parliament - 62 elected at the general election of 2005, and one from the Dunfermline and West Fife by-election.
The Liberal Democrats are a member party of the Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party and their 12 MEPs form part of the ALDE group in the European Parliament.
www.solarnavigator.net /embassies/liberal_democrat_party_politics.htm   (5101 words)

  
 Liberalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Another form of liberalism, often called social liberalism, holds that freedom requires what is sometimes called a "level playing field", that for people to be free they must be free from the unequal power of those born to wealth and high social status.
Classical liberals seek a society characterized by freedom of thought for individuals, limitations on coercive power, especially of government and religion, the rule of law, the free exchange of ideas, a market economy that supports relatively free private enterprise, and a transparent system of government.
Liberalism has its roots in the Western Enlightenment, but the term now encompasses a diversity of political thought, with adherents spanning a large part of the political spectrum.
www.higiena-system.com /wiki/link-Liberalism   (6824 words)

  
 "Latvia's Liberal Party (LLP) in post-Soviet Latvia" by Juris Dobrovskis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
When speaking of liberal parties in the sense of neoliberalism in Latvia, we should speak of parties, which ideology is classical liberalism.
The party was founded in 1990 and dissolved in 2000, due to a lack of members, as told the leader of the party Janis Danoss.
The programm of the party in the field of economics stated that the private property, which was nationalised during the Soviet times, should be returned to heirs of oldier propietiors.
www.iapss.org /politikon/latvialiberal.shtml   (1224 words)

  
 What Is Liberal
In Britain the "Liberal" Party used to be the centre-left party until it was supplanted by the "Labour" party in the early 20th Century.
Liberal and conservative in the US both seem to be for the liberty of corporations at the expense of the individual, but the conservatives are proud of this and the liberals do this quietly.
All the parties like to think of themselves as liberal; 'illiberal' is an accusation often hurled at politicians (especially home secretaries, who are in charge of law and order, immigration, etc) when they are perceived as stepping on peoples' rights (eg introducing compulsor ID cards or putting more people in prison).
c2.com /cgi/wiki?WhatIsLiberal   (1617 words)

  
 Liberal Front Party
The Liberal Front Party (Partido da Frente Liberal) is a political party in Brazil.
The party is a heir of the liberal factions of the ARENA (Aliança Renovadora Nacional), political denomination of support to the Military Dictatorship of 1964 and of the National Democratic Union (UDN - political force of the decade of 1950).
The party arises of a dissidence of the Democratic Social Party (ex-ARENA), as Liberal Front in 1985, for support the candidacy of Tancredo Neves of the Brazilian Party for Democratic Movement, against the official candidate Paulo Maluf.
www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Liberal_Front_Party   (262 words)

  
 Liberal Republican party - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
LIBERAL REPUBLICAN PARTY [Liberal Republican party] in U.S. history, organization formed in 1872 by Republicans discontented at the political corruption and the policies of President Grant's first administration.
The party convention, held at Cincinnati in May, passed over Charles Francis Adams (1807-86), David Davis, and others to nominate Greeley for President; Brown was named for Vice President.
The party program called for civil service reform and an end to the strong Reconstruction program of the radical Republicans; so as not to offend the party's divergent segments, it avoided adopting a position on the tariff question.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-liberalr.html   (550 words)

  
 Canberra Liberals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Canberra Liberals are the only political party in the ACT dedicated to representing the interests of all Canberrans.
As Liberals, we are committed to the best possible well-being of all Canberra's citizens, the creation of opportunities for people to achieve their personal goals, while caring for those in need, and the enhancement of Canberra as a place to live.
The Canberra Liberals are a democratic, grassroots organisation where the members have the greatest possible influence over the policies and activities of the Party.
www.canberraliberals.org.au   (161 words)

  
 Liberalism worldwide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The mainstream of liberalism continues on the path of gradual reforms, embraces electoral democracy as a basic liberal position and organizes itself in the form of the traditional liberal parties.
The so-called Liberal Democratic Party of Russia is not at all liberal; it is a nationalist, right-wing populist party.
Generally identified with the term 'Liberal' in current UK politics, they are the third largest political party, taking 22% of the vote in the last election, but due to the First Past the Post electoral system their representation in parliament is much smaller; it has around 10% of the seats at Westminster.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberal_parties   (5736 words)

  
 The Liberal Party...
For the liberal society is a free society, and it is at the same time and for that reason a strong society.
Assembly believes that the Party’s commitment to a written constitution requires the use of referenda to amend such a constitution and accordingly resolves to amend the statement to read “The Liberal Party is opposed to the use of referenda except for determination of constitutional changes”.
Liberal Party members opposed the merger of the Liberal and Social Democrat parties in 1988, believing it to be an inadequate vehicle for promoting genuine Liberalism.
www.liberal.motime.com   (4884 words)

  
 Welcome to the Manitoba Liberal Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
According to Liberal Leader Dr. Jon Gerrard, what is urgently needed is more provincial assistance in keeping the family unit together by helping struggling families resolve problems and difficulties before it becomes necessary to place children into a one-solution-fits-all child protection system.
This, according to Liberal Leader Dr. Jon Gerrard, is a leading reason behind the NDP’s continued failure to halt the brain-drain of skilled Manitobans leaving for other provinces.
The Liberals also said the NDP has been trotting out ambiguous numbers in an attempt to hide their poor performance.
www.manitobaliberals.ca   (807 words)

  
 Globeinvestor.com: Protest in front of Liberal Party Headquarters in Toronto - Sunday, November 27, 2005
The speed with which the nomination meeting was called and the abridgement of all timelines suggests that the Liberal Party is discouraging all other contenders.
Despite the abridgement of time, and the difficult nomination filing requirements, two candidates were in fact able to prepare and submit the required forms, including police and credit checks, as well as the required 30 signatures in support of their nominations.
Liberal party staffers could be seen through the second storey windows but they refused to answer repeated knocking on the doors and phone calls to the office.
www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CNW/20051127/C0369   (576 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Municipal Elections Strengthen Party of Brazilian President   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The victories included six out of 26 state capitals, and Lula's party has a chance of winning in another nine state capitals in a runoff election on Oct. 31.
In Rio de Janeiro, the second-biggest city, Mayor Cesar Maia of the opposition Liberal Front Party won reelection in the first round.
While most voters were motivated by local issues, political analysts say the election's outcome could have a major impact on the general elections in two years.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A7200-2004Oct4?language=printer   (308 words)

  
 The Arabist » New liberal party launched
Osama al-Ghazali Harb, political pundit and editor of Al-Siyassa Al-Dawliya, is to hold a press conference on the launching of his new political party in Egypt on Sunday, 16 July, 11am at the Shepherd Hotel in downtown Cairo, according to a press release I received.
Harb, a former member of the NDP’s Policies’ Secretariat, resigned from the party shortly after he voted against Mubarak’s proposed constitutional amendment at the Shura Council February last year, and expressed his interest in forming a new political party with a liberal agenda.
The founders of the Democratic Front Party (under establishment) will be holding a press conference on Sunday, 16 July 2006, at 11:00 am in Shepard Hotel, Nefertiti Hall.
arabist.net /archives/2006/07/13/new-liberal-party-launched   (262 words)

  
 Governments on the WWW: Political Parties
Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (SPÖ) [Socialdemocratic Party of Austria]
Hrvatska Seljacka Stranka Bosne i Hercegovine (HSS BiH) [Croatian Peasants Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina]
Partido da Frente Liberal (PFL) [Party of the Liberal Front]
www.gksoft.com /govt/en/parties.html   (2433 words)

  
 americas.org - Leftist Slips in Polls   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Recent polls show Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil’s leftist Workers Party (PT) and Roseana Sarney of the rightwing Liberal Front Party (PFL) in a “technical tie” in preferences for the October 20 presidential elections.
On February 16 he announced that his candidate for the vice presidency would be Sen. José Alencar of the center-right Liberal Party (PL), which is strongly influenced by the evangelical Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.
The new rule might be overturned, since parties in the ruling coalition also form national electoral alliances while competing in local elections.
www.americas.org /item_7591   (315 words)

  
 Brazil - Minor Parties in Congress
Dubbed the businessman's Workers' Party, the Liberal Party rapidly supplanted the Liberal Front Party (Partido da Frente Liberal--PFL) in São Paulo.
In the elections of November 15, 1986, the Liberal Party secured seven seats in the Chamber of Deputies and one in the Senate.
In 1993 the Brazilian Communist Party (Partido Comunista Brasileiro--PCB), in a stormy national convention led by its president, Deputy Roberto Freire, removed Marxist-Leninist doctrine from the party statutes and the hammer and sickle from its flag, and changed its name to the PPS (Popular Socialist Party).
countrystudies.us /brazil/92.htm   (659 words)

  
 INSIDE PCIJ » Liberal Party votes to call for Arroyo’s resignation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Liberal Party as the new opposition party is a good omen for the future of Philippine politics.
Party members even met with the president to express their sentiments, unlike other political parties who blindly troop to Malacanang just to act as rah-rah boys to the president.
It is unfair for Mayor Atienza to claim that he was not invited to the meeting because as party chairman, he was extended the invitation by the LP secretariat and the president himself.
www.pcij.org /blog/?p=206   (5368 words)

  
 Abbott's Honest Politics Trust a Liberal Party front: Donor disclosure required - OpinionWebDiaryArchive2003 - ...
In 1999, prompted by ALP concerns over the Liberal Party’s Greenfields Foundation, this definition was enlarged to include entities which operated to a significant extent for the benefit of one or more registered political parties.
Moreover, it is dangerous to confine the evidence to the former as it will allow parties to camouflage the true nature of their activities through the veil of the trust deed.
For instance, a campaign attacking the Liberal Party clearly benefits the ALP regardless of the fact whether the body coordinating the campaign channels funds to the ALP.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/09/19/1063625165672.html   (1270 words)

  
 Brazilian Liberal Front Party PFL
It received a mere 8.8 percent of the votes in the municipal elections of November 1985, but when Sarney was able to reform the cabinet inherited from Tancredo Neves in February 1986, the PFL received six ministries.
Although it elected only two governors, it remained the second largest party in Congress, electing eleven senators and eighty-nine federal deputies (57 percent from the Northeast), in addition to the vice president.
In Congress the PFL is known to have the most articulate and cohesive delegation, on a par with the Workers' Party.
www.floridabrasil.com /brazil/about-Brazil-Political-Party-System-Liberal-Front-Party.htm   (235 words)

  
 Liberal Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
'''Liberal Party''' is the name of dozens of political parties around the world.
It usually designates a Party that is ideologically liberal, meaning that they advocate human rights and civil liberties, and perhaps left wing meaning that they believe in the redistribution of wealth from rich to poor.
There are however some Liberal Parties which are actually more conservative in nature than their opponents, or whose views are right wing, libertarian, or difficult to categorise.
liberal-party.iqnaut.net   (244 words)

  
 Brazil Government Information
Since it is common for politicians to switch parties, the proportion of congressional seats held by particular parties changes regularly.
The PPS as well as the large PMDB party left the PT-led governing coalition in December 2004.
Party loyalty is weak, and deputies and senators who belong to the parties comprising the government coalition do not always vote with the government.
www.traveldocs.com /br/govern.htm   (528 words)

  
 Liberal Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It usually designates a party that is ideologically liberal, meaning that they advocate individual rights and civil liberties, and sometimes left wing, meaning that they are egalitarian and believe in the redistribution of wealth from rich to poor.
However, there are also some Liberal Parties which subscribe to classical liberalism and therefore support a mostly unregulated free market, or who are actually more conservative in nature than their opponents, or whose views are right wing, libertarian, or difficult to categorise.
Provincial parties affiliated with the federal party includes Manitoba Liberal Party, New Brunswick Liberal Association, Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia Liberal Party, Prince Edward Island Liberal Party, and the Yukon Liberal Party.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberal_Party   (281 words)

  
 SouthWestern Bell Worldroom at the International Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
President Cardoso was elected with the support of a heterodox alliance of his own center-left Social Democratic Party, the PSDB, and two center-right parties, the Liberal Front Party (PFL) and the Brazilian Labor Party (PTB).
Brazil's largest party, the centrist Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), joined Cardoso's governing coalition after the election, as did the center-right PPB, the Brazilian Progressive Party, in 1996, after its formation from three conservative parties the previous year.
Federal deputies and senators who belong to the parties comprising the government coalition do not always vote with the government.
worldroom.tamu.edu /develop/GA_Braz.htm   (469 words)

  
 Commanding Heights : Brazil Political | on PBS
A coalition of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB), concentrated in the Southeast, the Liberal Front Party (PFL), concentrated in the Northeast, and the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), the country's largest umbrella party, holds power.
Cardoso is reelected in 1998, defeating the Workers' Party, which gains seats in Congress.
2002-2003: The national election campaign dominates 2002, with longtime Workers' Party (PT) leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, jumping to an early lead in the polls and eventually winning in a runoff.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/commandingheights/lo/countries/br/br_political.html   (401 words)

  
 americas.org - Party Exits Ruling Coalition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Brazil’s rightwing Liberal Front Party (PFL) pulled out of the center-right government led by President Fernando Henrique Cardoso on March 7, just six months before October elections in which Cardoso is not allowed to seek a third term.
The PFL broke with the government over a March 1 raid by the Federal Police on the offices that PFL presidential candidate Roseana Sarney, governor of the northeastern state of Maranhao, shares with her husband, Jorge Murad.
The police say they are investigating Roseana Sarney and her husband for possible connections to a corruption scandal around the now-defunct Superintendency for the Development of the Amazon (SUDAM).
www.americas.org /item_7590   (399 words)

  
 The Liberal Party of Australia, NSW Division
NSW Liberal Leader and Shadow Minister for Citizenship Peter Debnam today called on Premier and Member for Lakemba Morris Iemma to withdraw all taxpayer funding going towards Sheik Alhilali and his su...
NSW Liberal Leader Peter Debnam said today after 12 years of excuses, the rot is setting in for the Iemma-Costa Labor Government with Carl Scully going last week and Bob Debus jumping ship this week.
NSW Liberal Leader Peter Debnam today called on Morris Iemma to front media this morning to explain his decision to offer full support to Carl Scully despite the Police Minister's lying over the Cronu...
www.nsw.liberal.org.au   (536 words)

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