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The Union (political coalition) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The act was assumed to have political significance since the murderers killed him on a political occasion and with dozens of witnesses. The Union of Christian Democrats expressed the most positive judgements from the centre-right, and Bruno Tabacci called for primary elections in the centre-right too, following tensions between his party and Berlusconi, no longer felt to be a strong candidate. Romano Prodi, leader of the Olive tree coalition, supported by the largest parties of the Union, former prime minister of Italy and president of the European Commission. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Union_(political_coalition)   (1298 words)

Yale Political Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Though the Yale Political Union as a whole has regained strength in recent years, the long-term strength of this resurgence remains to be seen, and membership remains roughly 25% of its last peak in the late 1980s. The Yale Political Union (YPU), a debate society that is the largest student organization at Yale University, founded in 1934 by Professor Alfred Whitney Griswold (1906–1963), who would later become University President, to combat the apathy that characterized Yale's political culture in the 1930s. Though the Yale Political Union was originally founded by a member of the Yale faculty, the current administration is generally unsupportive of the Union's efforts. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yale_Political_Union   (2106 words)

Yale University Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.com The Yale Political Union, the oldest student political organization in the United States, is often the largest organization on campus, and is advised by alumni political leaders such as John Kerry, Gerald Ford, and George Pataki. Yale historian Gaddis Smith notes “an ethos of organized activity” at Yale during the 20th century that led John Kerry to lead the Yale Political Union's Liberal Party, George Pataki the Conservative Party, and Joseph Lieberman to manage the Yale Daily News. Yale, like other Ivy League schools, instituted policies in the early twentieth century designed to artificially increase the proportion of upper-class white Christians of notable families in the student body (see Numerus clausus), and was one of the last of the Ivies to eliminate such preferences, beginning with the class of 1970. www.launchbase.com /encyclopedia/Yale_University   (5450 words)

Political Opinion These results demonstrate the Union's uphill battle to repair its damaged political image, which is also evident in the massive growth of the CSU in Bavaria. Given the political tensions in the coalition, the dismal enthusiasm shown by the voters for a red-green government is not very surprising. While 62% of SPD supporters and 84% of Union supporters view their party to be the walk away winner, 29% could not attribute any credibility in economic and employment related matters to either of the top parties. www.aicgs.org /wahlen/pol_opinion.shtml   (5940 words)

Italian general election, 2006 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Union asked instead for an early general election, to be held possibly in February 2006. Several newspapers politically oriented to the left nicknamed the electoral system proposal by the House of Freedoms as "Truffarellum", after "truffa" (Italian for "fraud") and the "Mattarellum", the commonest name for current Italian electoral law. Since the opposition coalition is clearly against the new constitution reform, defining it as dangerous, separatist, and somehow antidemocratic [16], a prospective referendum might be called for 2006 or 2007, in any case after the general election. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Italian_general_elections,_2006   (2110 words)

OpinionJournal - John Fund on the Trail After the war Sokolov was able to enter the U.S. as a displaced person by claiming he had been only a "proofreader" in the Soviet Union and hadn't been involved in persecution. Yale is one of our country's great institutions of higher learning, and it is the fear that it is now foolishly sacrificing its credibility that has compelled nearly a dozen former and current officials to contact me privately about their concerns. Yale's silence is disconcerting to Hanna Holborn Gray, a former Yale provost who also served as its acting president for 14 months before heading the University of Chicago. www.opinionjournal.com /diary/?id=110008115   (3177 words)

Yale (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yale University, the United States' third-oldest institution of higher education. Yale, British Columbia, one of the two "capitals" of the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush and the namesake of: Yale (mythical creature), a creature in European mythology. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yale   (285 words)

Yale grades portray Kerry as a lackluster student - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Washington - News His top score was a 79, in another political science course. His highest single grade was an 89, for a political science class in his senior year. Under Yale's grading system in effect at the time, grades between 90 and 100 equaled an A, 80-89 a B, 70-79 a C, 60 to 69 a D, and anything below that was a failing grade. www.boston.com /news/nation/washington/articles/2005/06/07/yale_grades_portray_kerry_as_a_lackluster_student?mode=PF   (911 words)

Yale Political Union Should the Yale Political Union be dissolved, its assets shall be distributed among all the parties within the Yale Political Union at the time of its dissolution, according to their relative sizes. Section 9: Membership in the Political Union is subject to revocation by the body in accordance with the rules set forth in the parliamentary authority. No Party shall engage in any activity which endangers the status of the Political Union as a non-partisan and tax-exempt forum. www.yale.edu /ypu/constitution.html   (4940 words)

Nicaragua The National Opposition Union (UNO) Coalition - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System At the time of the elections, of the UNO coalition's fourteen political parties, four were considered conservative, seven fell under a broad definition of centrist parties, and three had traditionally been on the far left of the political spectrum (see table 10, Appendix A). A loose coalition of political parties, UNO traces its origins back to the Nicaraguan Democratic Coordinating Group (Coordinadora Democrática Nicaragüense--CDN), which was formed in 1982 by opposition groups that had protested actions of the Sandinista government as early as November 1980. By the time the various political parties coalesced into an electoral coalition in September 1989, the fourteen political parties that had evolved from the earlier opposition parties were committed enough to the goal of opposing the Sandinista government that they united around a single candidate. www.photius.com /countries/nicaragua/government/nicaragua_government_the_national_opposit~602.html   (1279 words)

The First Ring: Va indietro l'Italia The early April electoral disaster for the coalition, followed by the departure of the Union of Christian Democrats---one of the coalition’s trifecta of political parties---was simply too much for the increasingly unpopular Berlusconi to withstand and thus he resigned as Prime Minister. Berlusconi’s political coalition, Polo delle Libertà, or House (or Pole) of Freedoms, the longest serving government since Italy became a republic, finally came to an end this week. While the Union of Christian Democrats were the first to leave the alliance, the roots of the breakup can be traced to the schism between the Northern League and the formerly fascist National Alliance as documented by The Economist: thefirstringblog.blogspot.com /2005/04/va-indietro-litalia.html   (721 words)

Conspiracy and the State of the Union Political criticism is a vexed but noble attempt to think past the limits of official opinion and earnestly diagnose the legitimacy of our political institutions and their occupants. The only rigorous meaning that the phrase "conspiracy theory" can have would be that political crimes involving more than one actor are usually exceptional episodes unrelated to one another - rather than the ongoing, systemic and unacknowledged relationships between authorities and the criminals they are paid to hinder and to punish. A critic is an interpreter who uses his or her mind and heart to clarify a situation or a text for the effective benefit of the larger public. www.fromthewilderness.com /free/ww3/061704_conspiracy_union.html   (4286 words)

IBEW Local Union 1749 - COPE - Frequently Asked Questions Union members know that working families have the right to be heard in the American political process. Political education and action are needed to help workers understand what is at stake in local, state, and federal elections. And one of the most effective ways to build a coalition of political power is to put our dollars together to help elect candidates who will aggressively support and promote our legislative agenda. www.ibew1749.org /Cope-2.html   (789 words)

Ukraine's leaders expect relations with Poland to remain productive (09/30/01) Polokhalo said the social democrats of Poland's Union of Leftist Democrats-Workers' Union political coalition have taken on all the characteristics of a classic Western European liberalism and are supported by a good portion of the Polish population. The political scientist said that, while Polish President Kwasniewski is closely tied to the social democrats, his influence in the campaign season and on the elections in general was restrained and minimal. Poland's voting public heavily supported the political coalition during elections on September 23, giving it 41.4 percent of the vote and handing it a decisive 29 percent margin of victory over its nearest rival, the Citizens' Platform, which came in at 12.7 percent. www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/2001/390111.shtml   (712 words)

TAP: Vol 10, Iss. 46. Solidarity Ever?. Jeff Faux. The report is a useful reprise of the economic arguments for the importance of unions, summarizing statistics and academic scholarship that make the case for why unions are in the economic interest not only of their membership, but of all workers. Politically, labor leaders who support a broad, "rights-conscious" agenda—from abortion to welfare—are regularly criticized as being out of touch precisely because their members prefer a narrower agenda more directly relevant to their immediate needs. For example, it is not enough for a majority of workers to formally request union recognition in writing; once a request is made the employers have the right to demand an election, during which they can keep unions off the premises while management threatens a captive audience of workers. www.prospect.org /print/V10/46/faux-j.html   (3418 words)

Political Participation and the Union Member by Steven J When you listen to business leaders, political conservatives and the far right press they constantly claim that unions are "out of touch with the American worker" and as such are obsolete and irrelevant in modern society. Union members have only to look at the last presidential election to see just how much a small number of votes can be worth as well as the cost being paid today by working families who decided not to participate on November 7 It is your duty to vote and participate politically in every election. www.kclabor.org /political_participation_and_the.htm   (4224 words)

Yale Political Union Should the Yale Political Union be dissolved, its assets shall be distributed among all the parties within the Yale Political Union at the time of its dissolution, according to their relative sizes. Union funds may only be disbursed in accordance with a duly-passed budget for the Session, or by special authorization by the Executive Board in accordance with Article VII, or by the requirements of this Constitution. Section 5: The Director of Campus Relations shall be elected to serve as liaison between the Union and other campus organizations; to be responsible for the publicity of Union events; to engage faculty with the Union and promote Union events to relevant academic departments; and to ensure the visibility of the Union in campus media. www.yale.edu /ypu/constitution.html   (4940 words)

The Black Commentator - The Future of Organized Labor in the US - Issue 126 The union movement must stand for the expansion of democracy:  Organized labor must stand AND fight for an expansion of democracy beyond the limits of formal legality.  It must be the champion of the fight against racism, sexism, hetero-sexism, xenophobia, religious bias, and other forms of intolerance. Unions should only enter into new industrial sectors, occupations or regions if and when they are prepared to make the long-term commitment to that sector and have demonstrated a willingness to work with other unions in that same sector or region. The union movement must be unapologetically pro-public sector and pro-public service. www.blackcommentator.com /126/126_labor_pf.html   (880 words)

Galloway launches a political coalition in London MP for Glasgow Kelvin George Galloway today launches a new political party, whose raison d'etre is the removal of Tony Blair. Respect, the Unity Coalition hopes to select candidates for the June elections to both the European parliament and the Greater London assembly. Speaking at the coalition's inaugural convention, Mr Galloway said it had 4 months to work to turn the elections "into a referendum on Bush and Blair, privatisation and the war". www.emjournal.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /aj0048.html   (811 words)

The Blog from the Core - Wednesday, February 25, 2004 As a three-sport athlete, president of the Yale Political Union, and a member of Skull and Bones, Kerry's undergraduate experience was seen by many of his classmates as a grooming for public office. And although Kerry was chairman of the Political Union's smallest party — the Liberals — he gained enough support across the political spectrum to win the presidency late in his sophomore year. In my experience, very few political union officers get elected because they are liked or respected. weblog.theviewfromthecore.com /2004_02/day_25.html   (8641 words)

The Yale Herald - Sep 9, 2005 - Can the YPU bring back its glory days? Last year's general manager for the Columbia Political Union, Alexia Koritz, '06, said she sought a balance between well-known guests reluctant to engage in controversial debate, such as Howard Dean, PC '71, and lesser-known experts who played off the vibrancy of New York City to promote intellectual discussion. Vivek Ramaswamy '07, Chairman of the Harvard Political Union, said the debates at his organization are structured as round-table discussions of 40 to 80 people per room, in which party affiliation bears no significance. Leaders of contemporary political unions, at various universities, see different roles for their respective unions. www.yaleherald.com /article-p.php?Article=4269   (1332 words)

The Yale political scene: left, right, and center Summer 2000 In January 1998, the Yale College Student Union (YCSU), founded by former YPU members Marc Linde-mann, SY '98, and Matthew Rothman, BR '00, arrived on the scene as an answer to the YPU's failure to bring prominent speakers to campus. Whether you're a radical liberal, a diehard conservative, or a staunch monarchist, there are plenty of arenas in which to broadcast your political ideology. Though debate is still the YPU's main activity, the organization also offers a chance to hear and ask questions of prominent political activists and leaders. www.yaleherald.com /archive/frosh/2000/justdoit/p63politics.html   (475 words)

Open Directory - Society: Organizations: Student: Political Yale Political Union - The YPU is a prominent forum for campus politics founded in 1934 "to combat the insular and apathetic Yale political culture." Columbia Political Union - Engages the Columbia University community in an ongoing discussion of political ideas. Literary, Speech and Debate Society of Monmouth College - An organization at Monmouth College in Illinois aimed at increasing the political awareness on the campus and competing in speech and debate tournaments. dmoz.org /Society/Organizations/Student/Political   (929 words)

The Federalist Society at Yale Law School The Yale Political Union is sponsoring, along with the undergraduate pro-life group. Senator Arlen Specter wonders whether his hometown Philadelphia Eagles violated the antitrust laws in their rough treatment of trouble-making wide receiver Terrell Owens, and is consdering scheduling hearings before the antitrust subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, of which he is chairman. The Yale Law Women, as previously covered here, is still in a tizzy about the New York Times article on Yale Law School. www.yalefedsoc.org /archives/2005/11   (7462 words)

YAM December 1996 - Campus Politics Making a Comeback The Union's main attraction may be its impressive roster of speakers, which in recent years has included Ted Turner, Ross Perot, and CIA director John Deutch. The P.U.'s half-dozen parties are distributed across the political spectrum, and while differences between groups may seem minor to outsiders, each offers its members a distinctive community. Now a junior, Miller is the voter registrar of the Yale College Democrats, and with a staff of 13 she has helped to register more than 1,000 students this year. www.yalealumnimagazine.com /issues/96_12/politics.html   (2417 words)

The Tory Party - Yale Political Union The Tory Party was founded on April 29, 1969 as a party in the Yale Political Union, but more importantly as a vehicle for activity and advocacy by and for conservative students at Yale. Among those willing to act, however, were the group of students at Yale University who formed the nucleus of the Tory Party of the Yale Political Union. When radical disturbances arrived in full vigor at the Yale campus in New Haven, Connecticut on May Day, 1970 and continued through the days that followed, the Tories rose to the occasion. www2.rpa.net /~smith/TORY.HTM   (394 words)

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Politics -- Classmates say Kerry's membership in Yale GOP group likely a prank He was the head of the Yale Political Union, a college debating club, and led the Liberal Party, one of several political parties in the union that hosted events and debated issues. It was an overwhelmingly Democratic campus in the 1960s, and the Republican club was all but defunct – until it signed up nearly half of the freshman class in 1965 with an offer to hear speakers, drink free beer and meet girls brought to the all-male campus as part of a $3 membership. Among the many activities listed under Kerry's photo in the Yale University yearbook of 1966 is membership in Yale Young Republicans. www.signonsandiego.com /news/politics/20040414-0652-kerry-yalegop.html   (310 words)

Yale '62 - Obituaries - Frank Christian Gray He was vice-president of Calliopean, a member of St. Anthony Hall, the Yale Political Union, Dwight Hall Neighborhood House, Freshman Chorus, chairman of the Junior Prom and a manager of several sports teams. Chris Gray was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and prepared for Yale at Woodbury Forest School and Malvern College in England. Chris was a long time board member of the Winston-Salem YMCA and played a major role in the construction of the Downtown "Y" where a plaque on the building honors his support. www2.aya.yale.edu /classes/yc1962/obituaries/grayf.html   (429 words)

The Book Of THoTH - Politics & The Government - The secret society that ties Bush and Kerry Robert Dahl, the then head of the political science department, said: "Many of us had the sense we were preparing future leaders, but I don't think any of us had any idea we were teaching so many presidential candidates." In fact Yale, with annual tuition fees of $28,400 (£16,000), has long sent graduates to the top of all professions from the campus in New Haven, Connecticut, where it was founded in 1731. Alexandra Robbins, a Yale graduate and author of a book on the Skull and Bones, Secrets of the Tomb, said: "It is staggering that so many of the candidates are from Yale, and even more so that we are looking at a presidential face-off between two members of the Skull and Bones. www.book-of-thoth.com /article288.html   (1301 words)

Technorati Tag: yale Yale University is preparing for a visit by China's President Hu Jintao as part of his trip to the United States later this month. Yale Admissions Secrets: Vault Yale students and alumni give insider accounts of admissions, academics, campus life, social life and more. Yale University Enter our $12,000 scholarship giveaway to Yale University or the school of your choice. www.technorati.com /tag/yale   (435 words)

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