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	Socialist Party Archive - No-Choice Elections in Germany (Sept 02)
		by Sascha Stanicic, mamber of SAV, the CWI in Germany (28/09/02)
		The vote for smaller parties and for the far right was lower this time (the far right parties went down from 4.4 percent to 1.8 percent) because a layer of the electorate wanted to prevent a Stoiber-led government.
		The decline in votes was a rejection of the right-wing policies of the party leadership.
	www.socialistparty.net /pub/archive/germany-nochoice.htm (1891 words)

	National Socialism - MSN Encarta
		The new party grew slowly, and principally in Bavaria.
		In 1921 Hitler was elected “unlimited chairman” of the party, which in the same year adopted as its official emblem a flag consisting of a red field in the center of which was a large white circle containing a fl swastika.
		Thereafter the party was the principal instrument of the totalitarian control of the state and of German society, exercised through the leadership corps of the party.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761560927_2/National_Socialism.html (1416 words)

	Socialist Unity Party of Germany 1946-1990 (East Germany)
		The Socialist Unity Party of Germany (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands or SED) was the ruling party of the former German Democratic Republic.
		The leading Socialist Unity Party was the result of the (Soviet-influenced) unification of the Social Democratic and Communist Party in the Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany in 1946.
		The Socialist Unity Party of Germany was founded 21th April 1946 by a forced unification of the Communist Party of Germany (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands or KPD) and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands or SPD).
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/de}sed.html (658 words)

	Socialist party - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In 1898 the Social Democratic party was formed by a group led by Eugene V. Debs and Victor Berger.
		Two years later, Debs ran for president with the support of the more moderate wing of the Socialist Labor party, and in 1901 this group, led by Morris Hillquit, united with the Social Democratic party to form the Socialist party.
		In 1919 this faction withdrew from the party, thereby substantially weakening it, and formed the Communist party of the United States.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-socprty.html (703 words)

	Germany - Party of Democratic Socialism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The communist party that ran East Germany was the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands--SED).
		The PDS won 11 percent of the vote in eastern Germany in the 1990 all-Germany election, an outcome that entitled the party to seventeen seats in the Bundestag.
		The party's strongholds are Saxony, Berlin, and Brandenburg.
	countrystudies.us /germany/165.htm (395 words)

	Germany - dKosopedia
		To the north, Germany is defined by the North and Baltic seas and a border with Denmark.
		The oldest political party in Germany, the center-left Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) is the junior partner in the current ruling coalition.
		The The Left Party is the political alliance between two opposition parties on the left: The first, the former Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), is the heir to East Germany's Socialist Unity Party (SED).
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Germany (1864 words)

	Socialist Unity Party of Germany information - Search.com
		The Socialist Unity Party of Germany (German: Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, or SED) was the governing party of East Germany from its formation in 1949 until the elections of 1990.
		The SED was created in 1946 from a Soviet-influenced merger between the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) members and the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) members who lived in the Soviet-occupied zone of Germany and the Soviet-occupied sector of Berlin.
		After 1990, the party reformed itself as the Party of Democratic Socialism (later in 2005, the Left Party.PDS), and continues to be a notable force in German government on the state and local levels in former East German territory.
	www.search.com /reference/Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany (798 words)

	Social Democratic Party of Germany : Social Democratic Party (Germany)
		The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD - Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) is the oldest political party of Germany and also one of the oldest in the world, celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2003.
		The leader of the Prussian government in Berlin, socialist Otto Braun[?] was ousted by military coup on July 20, 1932 and the party was banned by the Nazis in 1933.
		In the Russian sector which later became East Germany, the Social Democratic Party and the Communist Party of Germany[?] were forced to merge to form the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) before regaining its status as a separate party after the fall of East Germany in 1989 and merging with its West-German counterpart.
	www.fastload.org /so/Social_Democratic_Party_(Germany).html (449 words)

	Socialist Party
		The Socialist Party of France was led by Jules Guesde and Edouard Vaillant.
		This party failed to make much progress and in 1905 it merged with the French Socialist Party under the leadership of Jean Jaurés.
		Parties involved in the agreement included the Socialist Party, the Communist Party, and the Radical Party.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FRsocialist.htm (685 words)

	Sexuality and struggle in Weimar Germany\|25Feb06\|Socialist Worker
		Germany’s socialist party, the SPD, was the largest Marxist organisation of its time, a mass party with a wealth of cultural and social functions as well as political ones.
		The party’s newspapers covered the campaign widely, with leading articles on the “sex question” that argued that moral attitudes were historically variable.
		The fate of both the gay and socialist movements was determined by the failure of Germany’s revolution during that period.
	www.socialistworker.co.uk /article.php?article_id=8339 (871 words)

	Socialist Labor party - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Socialist Labor party in the United States, begun in 1877 by New York City socialists.
		During the 1880s a national organization was established and the party concentrated, unsuccessfully, on electoral politics.
		After many members who opposed the leadership of De Leon withdrew (1899) and joined the less militant Social Democratic party (see Socialist party), the Socialist Labor party did not regain its previous importance.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-soclab.html (275 words)

	Germany - Political Parties and Democratization
		The reintroduction of democratic political parties in Germany was one of the primary concerns of the Allies during the final phase of the war.
		When it became obvious that the SPD would emerge as the most popular leftist party in the Soviet zone, the Soviet authorities forced the merger of the KPD and the SPD in April 1946 and subsequently, from this merger, the formation of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands--SED).
		As such, the SPD envisioned a neutral socialist Germany located between the capitalist economies of the West and the Soviet dictatorship of the East.
	countrystudies.us /germany/46.htm (1009 words)

	sociology - East Germany
		In Imperial Germany and Weimar Republic territory that would become East Germany was situated in the center of the state.
		Since Berlin was entirely enclosed in the Soviet part of Germany, the areas of Berlin being held under the control of the three western countries soon became known as West Berlin.
		The party exercised its leadership role formally during the party congress, when it accepted the report of the general secretary, and when it adopted the draft plan for the upcoming five-year period.
	www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/East_Germany (4451 words)

	Socialist Party Archive - History: Germany 1989: The Fall of the Berlin Wall
		Ideas of a socialist 'third way' were an attempt to preserve what were rightly seen as the more progressive elements of East Germany.
		And, because of Germany's central role in Europe, the possibility of transformation of the entire continent was posed.
		In the absence of a socialist alternative, over time, the West German ruling class was able to step in, offering capitalist unification as the answer to all problems.
	www.socialistparty.net /pub/archive/hist1989berlin.htm (1440 words)

	Glossary of Organisations: So
		While failing to build an alternate Socialist International, it did bring together many of the forces that eventually built, in 1919 and under the auspices of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the 3rd, or Communist International.
		The agrarian programme of the Socialist-Revolutionaries, called the "socialisation of the land", envisaged the abolition of private ownership of the land, which was to be transferred to the village commune on the basis of the labour principle and egalitarian tenure, and also the development of co-operatives.
		Victor Chernov was among the prominent theoreticians of the SR party.
	www.marxists.org /glossary/orgs/s/o.htm (3834 words)

	Wikinfo \| Socialist International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		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).
		In the 1980s, most SI parties gave their backing to the Nicaraguan Sandinistas (FSLN), whose leftwing government had incited enmity from the United States.
		The Party of European Socialists, a party active in the European Parliament, is an associated organization of the Socialist International.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Socialist_International (565 words)

	CNN Cold War - Profile: Willy Brandt
		Born Herbert Ernst Frahm on December 16, 1913, in Luebeck, Germany, the later Willy Brandt was the son of Martha Frahm, a young, single shopgirl.
		A fierce anti-communist and pragmatic socialist, Brandt quickly made a name for himself in the SPD, which in 1957 chose him as its candidate for mayor of West Berlin.
		It was the beginning of the later-to-be-famous "Ostpolitik," which sought to overcome the effects of the division of Germany and Europe on the basis of the recognition of its reality.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/brandt (503 words)

	Erich Honecker Speeches to the FDJ
		On this tradition-filled square, Karl Liebknecht proclaimed the socialist republic from the balcony of the imperial palace.
		Our party, our government, will of course do everything in their power, in cooperation with the forces united in the National Front, to realize the election program of the National Front of the GDR in the interest of the prosperity of the people, in the interests of peace everywhere.
		Party Congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany.
	www.calvin.edu /academic/cas/gpa/fdj.htm (2411 words)

	Germany: Concrete steps towards formation of new party
		Against the background of increased attacks on living standards and working conditions, important sections of the working class in Germany have drawn the conclusion that an organisational and political alternative to the neo-liberal policies of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Co. needs to be built.
		This enthusiasm, generated even before it was clear whether WASG would actually constitute itself as a party, is a clear indication of the huge potential that exists to build a new, left party in Germany today.
		That it is possible, however, to win credible support for socialist ideas was reflected in the votes Christine Lehnert, SAV member and councillor from Rostock, received when standing for the WASG National Committee.
	www.socialistworld.net /eng/2004/12/13germany.html (1039 words)

	CER \| Germany: New tensions between the SPD and the PDS
		When, in mid-1945, the Communists took power in East Germany with the support of the Soviet Union, many Social Democrats remained—next to Nazis but next to liberal and conservative prisoners as well—in the concentration camps that were then "re-used" by the Soviet occupation forces.
		They are pinning their hopes on the growing weakness of the Greens (mostly West German "bourgeois" left-wingers) and the likewise growing discontent of a large part of the East Germans who already vote "pink" (ie more "red" than "red") in growing numbers, out of deep disappointment with the first decade of post-unification politics.
		It remains to be seen whether her likeable appearance will help the party's big business image and allow them to widen its base of "steady voters" to include more of East Germany and the female electorate.
	www.ce-review.org /01/14/germanynews14.html (620 words)

	History of Germany, 1945 to 1990
		East Germany's economy performed modestly when compared with that of West Germany, but of all the socialist economies it was the most successful.
		Pending the negotiation of a peace treaty with Germany, Poland was to administer the German provinces of Pomerania, Silesia, and the southern portion of East Prussia.
		The party structure of the SED had been reorganized in the image of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union even before the foundation of the GDR, and the system of nomenklatura, with its strict system of ideological education and selection of candidates for all functions in party and state, was introduced.
	home.carolina.rr.com /wormold/germany/5.htm (6399 words)

	WSPUS History: - WSPUS
		The Workers Socialist Party was, with the Socialist Parties of Canada and Great Britain one of the few groupings to maintain a consistent anti-capitalist war position.
		Prominent radicals and “socialist leaders” attended WSP classes and lectures and advised others to attend to “learn Marxism” but ignore their “politics.” But more important than the celebrities touched by the W.S.P. were the numerous workers who were enabled to hear the case for socialism.
		Socialists have often pointed out that capitalism is much better at providing us with poverty than with a living, and that we should more accurately speak of a standard of poverty instead.
	www.worldsocialism.org /usa/wiki/index.php?title=WSPUS_History: (3965 words)

	Socialist Showdown -- Friday, Nov. 24, 1967 -- Page 1 -- TIME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The leaders of the Social Democrats are trying to turn the world's oldest Socialist party (104 years) into a more broadly based "people's party." The trouble with the effort is that it has raised a storm of protest from the trade unions, long the backbone of the party.
		Wehner and Socialist ministers in the coalition defended their actions as necessary for Germany's welfare, promised to press hard for Socialist goals when the country can better afford them.
		Brandt managed to defuse the conference by warning the Christian Democrats not to expect the Socialists to be "meek as lambs." "I call the Grand Coalition neither a marriage of love nor a shotgun marriage," he said, "but a question of practical politics." After that, the Socialist delegates departed, considerably meeker themselves.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,844151,00.html (591 words)

	GDR Definitions of Agitation and Propaganda
		It educates the workers in socialist patriotism and proletarian internationalism, as well as builds their strong class position in the battle against the enemies of peace and socialism.
		It must also encourage citizens to think, feel and act in a socialist way, and encourage their initiative and creativity in the fight for peace, in order to further strengthen socialism and at the same time firmly oppose bourgeois ideology.
		Its goal is to strengthen the knowledge and conviction of the leading role of the working class and its Marxist-Leninist party, and to actively develop and strengthen socialist consciousness among the working people as well as the Marxist-Leninist worldview and morality of the working classes.
	www.calvin.edu /academic/cas/gpa/kpwb.htm (1443 words)

	East German Politics - The political system of East Germany - GDR
		The equivalent of the Communist Party in East Germany was the Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (Socialist Unity Party of Germany, SED).
		Before the elections in 1990, the old Social Democratic Party was re-established as a separate party while the rump of the SED that remained after a massive plunge in membership was renamed to Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS).
		East Germany was a member of the Warsaw Pact aliance and in the front-line of the cold war.
	www.germannotes.com /hist_east_politics.shtml (773 words)

	The Socialist Roots of Naziism
		Organization is to him, as to all socialists who derive their socialism from a crude application of scientific ideals to the problems of society, the essence of socialism.
		And lietice it was necessarily a vital concern of any socialist party that Germany should triumphantly hold her own against her enemies, and thereby be able to fulfil her historic mission of revolutionizing the world.
		To be sure, as the result of strenuous socialistic labors for fifty years, the state is no longer the same as it,was in the year 1867, when universal suffrage first came into operation; but then, Social Democracy, in its turn, is no longer the same as it was at the time.
	lamar.colostate.edu /~grjan/hayeknaziism.html (3591 words)

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