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Topic: Political Movement Social Democrats

	Social Democrat - ArtPolitic Encyclopedia of Politics : Information Portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Social Democratic parties are among the largest parties in most countries in Europe.
		Although social democrats had been influential in this period, and a moderate breed of Euro-Communism[?] had developed, in general Nationalist, Fundamentalist and Capitalist forces were seen as allies of the United States, and there was some suspicion of Social Democrats as potentially "soft on Communism" and seeking to implement something like Stalinism in Western Europe.
		It is an interesting phenomenon that Social Democrats often succeed in their aims to the point of political irrelevance - then spending some time out of favor with voters who turn to more Conservative parties, e.g.
	www.artpolitic.org /infopedia/so/Social_democrats.html (1097 words)

	Social Democracy - Gurupedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		As of 2004, social democrats generally do not see a conflict between a capitalist market economy and their definition of a socialist society, and support reforming capitalism in an attempt to make it more equitable through the creation and maintenance of a welfare state.
		Social democrats are often described, particularly by revolutionary socialists as being reformists that is in favour of change through gradual reforms in the capitalist system.
		This is in sharp contrast to social democratic ideas, such as workers' unions and employers' unions debating over the wages of the workers to better the working people's living conditions, while control of the means of production would remain in the hands of capitalists.
	www.gurupedia.com /s/so/social_democracy.htm (2059 words)

	SocialDemocrat.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		When the labour movement - Social Democracy and the trade union movement - was founded in Sweden the struggle for democracy and the eight-hour working day was at the forefront.
		The development during the previous century towards greater equality and welfare of the general population was brought to an end by political and economic mistakes in the 1990s.
		Social Democracy has an unquestionable role to play as long as the smallest grain of injustice exists and as long as security and real freedom are not enjoyed by all.
	www.socialdemocrat.org (557 words)

	Plato's Political Philosophy [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		In 399 when a democratic court voted by a large majority of its five hundred and one jurors for Socrates’ execution on an unjust charge of impiety, Plato came to the conclusion that all existing governments were bad and almost beyond redemption.
		In his political philosophy, the clarification of concepts is thus a preliminary step in evaluating beliefs, and right beliefs in turn lead to an answer to the question of the best political order.
		Plato’s achievement as a political philosopher may be seen in that he believed that there could be a body of knowledge whose attainment would make it possible to heal political problems, such as factionalism and the corruption of morals, which can bring a city to a decline.
	www.iep.utm.edu /p/platopol.htm (7226 words)

	THE CCF THE ORIGINAL REFORM MOVEMENT
		The original reform movement in the prairies was based on a labour farmer, socialist alliance against both the political and business monopolies that dominated the Canadian political economy.
		Social Credit was seen as the new voice of rural urban resistance to the Eastern establishment, especially the banks.
		As trade unionists, as socialists and social democrats we have as much to be proud of in Alberta's reform heritage as the Preston come latelys.
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/5202/ccf.htm (1170 words)

	Socialdemokraterne - The Social Democrats of Denmark - an introduction
		The Social Democrats have always had a powerful voice in the arenas of political discussion pertaining to the job/labor market, the construction and preservation of an effective welfare state, consideration afforded to the environment and assigning a high priority to culture.
		In addition, the political levels are represented by the chairpersons in the Social Democratic Party in, respectively, the national legislature and the European Parliament, plus one municipal mayor and one regional government politician.
		The Social Democratic Party’s national governing board is accountable to the party congress and is responsible for the party’s political and organisational activities between party congresses.
	socialdemokratiet.dk /default.aspx?func=article.view&id=85160 (3698 words)

	War Health Peoples Hx Zinn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		As Richard Hofstadter points out (The American Political Tradition): "This was rationalization of the flimsiest sort...." The British had also been intruding on the rights of American citizens on the high seas, but Wilson was not suggesting we go to war with them.
		The industrialists and the political leaders talked of prosperity as if it were classless, as if everyone gained from Morgan's loans.
		In this era of industrial and social unrest both parties are in disrepute with the average man....
	www.thirdworldtraveler.com /Zinn/WarHealth_PeoplesHx.html (3841 words)

	AllRefer.com - Liberal Democrats, British political party (British And Irish History) - Encyclopedia
		Liberal Democrats, British political party created in 1988 by the merger of the Liberal party with the Social Democratic party; the party was initially called the Social and Liberal Democratic party.
		The Social Democratic party, which was formed in 1981 by politically centrist members of the Labour party, joined with the Liberals in 1981 in an electoral alliance, and in 1983 they won 23 seats in the House of Commons.
		Nonetheless, the party remains a minor party in British politics, its centrist position threatened by Tony Blair's movement of the Labour party away from socialist positions.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/LibDems.html (269 words)

	Politics1 - Guide to American Political Parties
		Their agenda is much in the style of the Western European socialist and labor movement -- and somewhat similar to that of the late-1990s formed Labor Party (but the NP has more of a controlled growth outlook on environmental issues).
		Marxist political organizer James Harris was the SWP Presidential nominee in 1996 (ballot status in 11 states - 8,500 votes - 0.01%) and 2000 (ballot status in 14 states - 7,378 votes - 9th place - 0.01%).
		The DSA explains their mission as follows: "building progressive movements for social change while establishing an openly socialist presence in American communities and politics." Thus, the DSA is less like a traditional US political party and much more like a political education and grassroots activism organization.
	www.politics1.com /parties.htm (9731 words)

	Lenin: 1901/witbd: Trade-Unionist Politics And Social-Democratic Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The working-class movement has aroused and is continuing to arouse discontent in some, hopes of support for the opposition in others, and in still others the realisation that the autocracy is unbearable and must inevitably fall.
		Political exposures are as much a declaration of war against the government as economic exposures are a declaration of war against the factory owners.
		Hence, political exposures in themselves serve as a powerful instrument for disintegrating the system we oppose, as a means for diverting from the enemy his casual or temporary allies, as a means for spreading hostility and distrust among the permanent partners of the autocracy.
	www.marxists.org /archive/lenin/works/1901/what-itd/ch03.htm (12474 words)

	lessons from the vietnam anti-war movement
		Underlying the approach of the revolutionary wing of the anti-war movement, which began as a mostly student movement, was the Marxist view that the working class is the only class with the potential and actual power to transform society.
		In the beginning of the movement (not that far removed in time from the Joe McCarthy witch hunt of the 1950s) there was a significant amount of red-baiting, intimidation, and even physical attacks on the antiwar movement.
		The student movement, having organized first, and being the most supportive of self-determination for the Vietnamese, generally played the role of the left-wing in the broad coalitions that formed to carry out city-wide, regional, or national demonstrations.
	www.geocities.com /youth4sa/vietnamwar.html (1369 words)

	The Revolution of 1935 - Mises Institute
		Social Security was representative of national planning schemes, some of which had been tested during World War I and regained popularity with intellectuals after the crash of 1929.
		Social Security was so important to those--such as FDR--who scorned the individualist tradition because it was the centerpiece of a revolution that meant âbig government, modern governmentâ was here to stay.
		When Social Security survived--and, in its earlier years, it was unknown whether it would, and it required all the political, judicial, and legislative skills FDR and his allies could summon--Americans implicitly accepted the most essential part of a new social policy.
	www.mises.org /fullstory.asp?control=997 (2340 words)

	LaborNet: Online Communications for a Democratic Labor Movement
		The meeting of Social Democrats, USA attracted Al Gore's 2000 campaign manager, Donna Brazile; a former president of the AFL-CIO, Thomas Donahue; a veteran labor and civil rights leader, Velma Hill, and a Clinton administration official, Penn Kemble.
		The group has roots in the socialist political party of Eugene V. Debs and Norman Thomas, but includes many who supported the presidential campaign of Senator Henry M. 'Scoop' Jackson, a Democrat who ran in 1972 and 1976, and President Reagan, the Republican elected in 1980 and 1984.
		With the Democratic Party suffering from electoral defeats and what some participants here called a lack of leadership, the Social Democrats are offering some suggestions of how the party might build a winning platform for 2004.
	www.labornet.org /news/0503/socdem.htm (719 words)

	FORWARD : News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		For these Social Democrats, the "social" part of their legacy has long been a promise held in escrow by history.
		Rachelle Horowitz, another Social Democrats, USA, luminary and an event organizer, called Muravchik's comments "profoundly disturbing" — both his use of "us and them" rhetoric and the term "evil." The existence of evil in the world was something Horowitz was happy to concede, she said from the floor.
		The political and philosophical wares that the Social Democrats, USA, came together last Saturday to put on display are a striking commingling of the fusty and the arcane with a remarkable vitality and energy that is sadly missing almost everywhere else on the left today.
	www.forward.com /issues/2003/03.05.23/news12.html (1684 words)

	Social Credit Movement - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Social Credit Movement
		Theory that economic crises are caused by bank control of money, which leads to shortage of purchasing power.
		It was first put forward by Canadian C H Douglas (1879–1952), and his remedy was payment of a ‘social dividend’.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Social+Credit+Movement (127 words)

	SD Website
		"THE NEW SOCIAL DEMOCRATS" is a statement prepared in May 2003 by a sub-committee of the National Committee of Social Democrats, USA, for use in discussion to prepare for the adoption of resolutions and an action program at a meeting to be held in the late Fall or Winter of 2003.
		We are members or allies of the labor movement not only because we share its economic purposes, but also because trade unions are indispensable organs of democracy in a capitalist society.
		The Socialist International is the worldwide organization of social democratic, socialist and labor parties.
	www.socialdemocrats.org (412 words)

	ESR \| January 27, 2003 \| The NDP Leadership Convention 2003: Day One
		Max's main political activity is focused on his organization called Jewish Youth Against the Occupation.
		She announced that the NDP now had a grand total of 82 000 new members including 1 600 union delegates who, in that democratic tradition the NDP is famous for, get weighted as 25 per cent of the vote.
		Bev Meslo declared that, "We must be prepared to democratize this party!" (starting with breaking labour's automatic 25 per cent share, perhaps?) in her usual emphatic manner.
	www.enterstageright.com /archive/articles/0103/0103daythree.htm (3842 words)

	DLC: About The New Democrat Movement
		New Democrats are the modernizers of the progressive tradition in American politics.
		We believe in the traditional values that have always propelled the Democratic Party and we believe that the best way to further those values in a new era is to modernize our policies and programs to keep up with the changing times.
		The New Democrat movement includes hundreds of elected officials, from the federal level to the state and local levels.
	www.dlc.org /ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=85&subid=109&contentid=894 (407 words)

	Swans Commentary: There Never Were Any 'Good Old Days' In The Democratic Party, by Howie Hawkins - hhawk01
		"A liberation movement for the Democratic Party" is one of the goals Ralph Nader stated for his campaign in the question and answer period of his February 23 press conference announcing his 2004 independent presidential candidacy.
		Today, the Left in the corporate media is simply the Democrats; anybody to the left and independent of the Democrats is regarded by the corporate media as marginal, if not downright delusional, as their treatment of Nader illustrates.
		Ralph Nader may be criticized for contributing to the myth that the Democrats might still somehow be transformed into a progressive party, but he is certainly right to scold the "liberal intelligentsia" for failing to fight for their beliefs inside or outside of the Democratic Party.
	www.swans.com /library/art10/hhawk01.html (3109 words)

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		Many in labor and among its allies in the Democratic Party are reluctant to rally to the President's call for confrontation in Iraq.
		Yet there is no need to assent passively to a military campaign based on short-term security concerns and poorly conceived political strategy, or to an Administration that is uncertain in its commitments to the potentially huge task of assuring a democratic outcome in Iraq.
		Their hope is to replay the politics of the Vietnam era and the late Cold War, reviving divisions among Democrats and allied groups, and rallying supporters of strong defense and foreign policies to the Republican camp.
	www.socialdemocrats.org /Iraq.html (1537 words)

	PPI: About The Third Way
		From their political analysis and policy innovations has emerged a progressive alternative to the worn-out dogmas of traditional liberalism and conservatism.
		Social Democrats in Germany the next year confirmed the revival of center-left parties which either control or are part of the governing coalition forming throughout the European Union.
		It rests on three cornerstones: the idea that government should promote equal opportunity for all while granting special privilege for none; an ethic of mutual responsibility that equally rejects the politics of entitlement and the politics of social abandonment; and, a new approach to governing that empowers citizens to act for themselves.
	www.ppionline.org /ppi_ci.cfm?contentid=895&knlgAreaID=85&subsecid=109 (444 words)

	Statement of the WSF 2005, on the threat of Left violence in the Philippines : QC IMC
		i do think it is a sad statement, but not upon the national democratic movement or upon the cpp, but rather upon those who sign it without question and those who consider this sort of thing the best material to propagate in international fora.
		Social democracy must have a fighting side at the present time and collaboration with fasxcism is not justified.
		Social democracy must have a fighting side at the present time and collaboration with fascism is not justified.
	qc.indymedia.org /news/2005/02/2496_comment.php (4333 words)

	Liars Lose -- The Lessons of Regime Change in Spain
		"Political shock in Spain!" blared ABC News on Sunday night, as regime change came to Madrid.
		A cautious, mainstream Democrat like Kerry may be as uninspiring to some of us as the often-vacillating Socialists are to activists in Spain.
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	www.commondreams.org /views04/0315-13.htm (1154 words)

	The Democratic Party of Lake County, Florida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		movement of parents, teachers, and folks of all political stripe protesting the latest misstep by School Superintendent ANNA COWIN (R-Leesburg)...
		Democrats, now more than ever, are standing together against the erosion of funds from our public schools.
		We are Democrats, and we seek to bring more prosperity and justice to the land.
	www.lakedemocrats.com (941 words)

	Harvard University Press/The Social Democratic Moment
		Explaining why these two social democratic parties acted so differently is the primary task of this book.
		The Swedish Social Democrats placed themselves at the forefront of the drive for democratization; a decade later they responded to the Depression with a bold new economic program and used it to build a long period of political hegemony.
		The German Social Democrats, on the other hand, had democracy thrust upon them and then dithered when faced with economic crisis; their haplessness cleared the way for a bolder and more skillful political actor--Adolf Hitler.
	www.hup.harvard.edu /catalog/BERSOD.html (193 words)

	Timmyhawk
		Even if there is a wide political range in the Henry Jackson Society itself, most are centre-right and I think it is no safe to say that therefore the Tory revival edges closer.
		The indecisive outcome which gave the parting and unmissed Gerhard Schroeder's social democrats an almost equal say in the new government has lead to the formal coalition agreement that was signed last week.
		I suppose it's already a bad omen to begin with that the now-governing Christian democrats one staunch Atlanticist, Friedbert PflÃ¼ger, is not included in the cabinet at all.
	timmyhawk.blogspot.com (2938 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Political blow for Brazil's Lula
		Brazil's president has suffered a significant political setback with the withdrawal of two parties from his governing coalition.
		The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party has voted to end its two-year alliance with the president's Workers' Party.
		Their main criticism of the president is that so far he has failed to deliver on social policy.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/4090907.stm (301 words)

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