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  Trade union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Unions may organise a particular section of skilled workers (craft unionism), a cross-section of workers from various trades (general unionism), or attempt to organise all workers within a particular industry (industrial unionism).
From the beginning unions could be viewed as a reflection of the racial disunity of the country, with the earliest unions being predominantly for white workers.
The legal status of trade unions in the United Kingdom was established by a Royal Commission in 1867, which agreed that the establishment of the organizations was to the advantage of both employers and employees.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trade_union   (3872 words)

  
 union, labor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Although those acts were repealed (1824), little progress was made in union growth until the organization of miners and textile workers in the 1860s, after which the struggle for legal recognition was waged with vigor.
After the Civil War, in 1866, the National Labor Union was formed; it had such objectives as the abolition of convict labor, the establishment of the eight-hour workday, and the restriction of immigration, but it collapsed with its entry into politics in 1872.
Many union movements in the underdeveloped countries, particularly in Asia and Africa, rising on the wave of nationalism, have led anticolonial movements toward political independence; the leaders of many newly independent nations have owed their rise largely to the support of workers they have organized.
www.bartleby.com /65/un/union-la.html   (1452 words)

  
 CONSTITUTION (FUNDAMENTAL LAW) OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
The Council of Ministers of a Union Republic shall be responsible and accountable to the Supreme Soviet of that Republic or, between sessions of the Supreme Soviet, to its Presidium.
The procurators of Union Republics, Autonomous Republics, Territories, Regions and Autonomous Regions are appointed by the Procurator-General of the USSR.
The State Emblem of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is a hammer and sickle on a globe depicted in the rays of the sun and framed by ears of wheat, with the inscription "Workers of All Countries, Unite!" in the languages of the Union Republics.
www.biblebelievers.org.au /ussr.htm   (10238 words)

  
 The Militant - August 4, 2003 -- International socialist conference celebrates increasing trade-union building ...
It laid the basis for socialist workers in coal mining, textile and garment, and meatpacking to rapidly extend their involvement in union-building work in every factory, mine, or mill where they are employed—whether it be work toward organizing unions, or toward mobilizing existing union structures to be used by the membership.
Since then, socialist workers have organized to respond to the new openings by extending their geographic reach through organizing committees and by rebuilding fractions in the meatpacking, garment and textile, and coal-mining industries—where the assaults by the bosses have been deepgoing and the resulting labor resistance tenacious.
The third progressive development, Barnes said, is the increasing opposition to the exploiters’ use of the death penalty and torture to defend their rule.
www.themilitant.com /2003/6726/672650.html   (4636 words)

  
 Driss Jettou - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
His appointment has been controversial as he is not a member of any party, although he is now governing with a coalition which has the majority.
The Socialist Union of Forces for Progress and Independence Party are the major parties of this coalition.
Jettou was born in the town of El-Jadida.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Driss_Jettou   (260 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Background
The Soviet Union invaded in 1979 but was forced to withdraw 10 years later by anti-Communist mujahidin forces supplied and trained by the US, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and others.
Six days later the island was invaded by US forces and those of six other Caribbean nations, which quickly captured the ringleaders and their hundreds of Cuban advisers.
Nauru's phosphate deposits began to be mined early in the 20th century by a German-British consortium; the island was occupied by Australian forces in World War I. Nauru achieved independence in 1968 and joined the UN in 1999.
www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2028.html   (15472 words)

  
 Heaven on Earth . The Film: Synopsis | PBS
There was even fascism, which turned the socialist idea on its head by substituting the brotherhood of nation and race for the brotherhood of class.
Impatient with the lack of socialist progress, Nyerere begins to force Tanzanian's to adopt his vision of the ideal collective society.
Socialists and capitalists debate the impact of the collapse of communism and the political reversals of Social Democratic parties across Europe.
www.pbs.org /heavenonearth/synopsis.html   (906 words)

  
 ICL - Soviet Union (Former~) - Constitution
It is a society in which powerful productive forces and progressive science and culture have been created, in which the well-being of the people is constantly rising, and more and more favorable conditions are being provided for the all-round development of the individual.
It is a society of mature socialist social relations, in which, on the basis of the drawing together of all classes and social strata and of the juridical and factual equality of all its nations and nationalities and their fraternal cooperation, a new historical community of people has been formed -- the Soviet people.
Trade unions, the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League cooperatives, and other public organizations, participate, in accordance with the aims laid down in their rules, in managing state and public affairs, and in deciding political, economic, and social an cultural matters.
www.oefre.unibe.ch /law/icl/r100000_.html   (10400 words)

  
 : Balance of Forces   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
With the demise of the Soviet Union, there is no longer a consistent international alliance of the forces for peace and progress against the forces for war and reaction regarding international and social issues.
Previously, when the socialist countries, the national liberation movements, and the working class and peace movements in the developed capitalist countries were united, they could significantly impact the outcome of most international struggles and win victories in many cases.
The Soviet Union especially acted to prevent world nuclear war, maintained peaceful coexistence and competition between the capitalist and socialist countries, and played decisive roles in the defeat of fascism and in support of national liberation movements.
colorado.indymedia.org /newswire/display/13876/index.php   (1088 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Morocco unveils new coalition
King Mohammed of Morocco has announced the line-up of the new coalition government, but there are no posts for the Islamic party that trebled its vote in September elections.
The 31-strong cabinet under Prime Minister Driss Jettou maintains a similar balance to previous governments, with the Socialist Union of Forces for Progress sharing power with the nationalist Istiqlal Party.
In the election of 27 September, the Socialist Union narrowly won the largest number of seats - 50 compared to the 48 secured by Istiqlal.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/2419585.stm   (316 words)

  
 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces [INF]
Initially the Soviet Union refused to engage in preliminary talks, unless NATO revoked its deployment decision; however, by July 1980, the Soviet position changed, and preliminary discussions began in Geneva in the fall of 1980.
At the beginning of the talks, the Soviet Union opposed the deployment of any U.S. INF missiles in Europe and proposed a ceiling of 300 "medium-range" missiles and nuclear-capable aircraft for both sides, with British and French nuclear forces counting toward the ceiling for the West.
In April the Soviet Union presented its own draft Treaty, and by July, it had agreed in principle to some of the provisions in the U.S. comprehensive verification regime, including data exchange, on-site observation of elimination, and on-site inspection of INF missile inventories and facilities.
www.fas.org /nuke/control/inf/intro.htm   (3948 words)

  
 Some Warnings for the East: What Former Socialist Countries Need to Know
But the economic lessons that they am being taught by their Western tutors, while superior to the disaster of socialist central planning, will, if implemented, lead not to the free market but instead to the instability and dead end of the welfare-interventionist state.
Even if there are strict provisos that the funds supplied should be used for the support and encouragement of new "private enterprises," it will still be the government and the state agencies assigned the responsibility to distribute the funds who still decide who is "worthy" of receiving such assistance.
Part of the mason is the carry-over of their own socialist thinking of the past.
www.fff.org /freedom/1192b.asp   (1388 words)

  
 Hardblogger: Setting up the State of the Union - Hardball with Chris Matthews - MSNBC.com
The two services that that will be the main force behind any operations against Iran, the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy, currently are relatively unencumbered and capable of offensive operations on the scale required.
Our forces may be stretched thin but if you really want to break them, just try bringing them home short of accomplishing their mission.
Rapid improvement of the Iraqi forces is essential to the successful future of the Iraqi experiment in democracy, and both Americans and Iraqis need to capitalize on the tactical initiative that has been achieved in the past few weeks.
msnbc.msn.com /id/10284912   (6350 words)

  
 ISRAEL: A SOCIALIST SPARTA
The very idea of private property was anathema to the founders of the state of Israel, who were socialists almost to a man.
Given the egalitarian and socialist roots of Zionism, it was only natural for the embryonic Israeli state to offer newcomers generous housing and other subsidies in addition to government-created jobs.
As long as Israel is in a state of perpetual conflict with its neighbors, and the US aid machine keeps running, the socialist power elite who run the country will maintain and extend their power.
www.antiwar.com /justin/j042902.html   (2836 words)

  
 Europe and the Post-Modern Left
The world's political and intellectual elite were forced to retreat from a refusal to believe it possible, to a refusal to believe it probable, to a shocked recognition that it had already occurred in less than a decade.
Simply put, he argued that the progress and dissemination of the sciences and arts, their emancipation from political and religious control, are noxious to decent community and its foundation, virtue" (from Bloom, 1990).
These descendents are at least honest: they have been forced into this "weak-thinking" position because they have recognized and grappled with the atrocities spawned by their anti-democratic ideals.
www.wildmonk.net   (7397 words)

  
 Flagrancy to Reason
[July 12th] Israel sent a commando force into southern Lebanon and was subsequently attacked by Hezbollah near the village of Aitaa al-Chaab, well inside Lebanon's southern territory.
It was at this point that an Israel tank was struck by Hezbollah fighters, which resulted in the capture of two Israeli soldiers and the death of six.
They forced him to wear a bra and place a thong on his head.
www.flagrancy.net   (4635 words)

  
 africanfront.com (AUF)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
All the political parties in the African Union are in principle committed to or supportive of Pan Africanism.
Union of Cameroonian Populations or UPC-K [Augustin Frederick KODOG]
Union for the New Republic or UNR [Mamadou Boye BA] Conakry
www.africanfront.com /politicalparties.php   (3176 words)

  
 Afrol Index Page: Links to Politics
UNIONS is the United Nations International Organizations Network Search.
The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, UNITA) is the terrorist guerilla in Angola.
Union des Forces de Changement, UFC, (Union of the Forces of Change)
www.afrol.com /Index/politicsindex.htm   (2602 words)

  
 International Socialist Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
We should, by all means, be working to promote a progressive agenda with each and every candidate and to make the nominee as progressive as possible.
There’s hardly anything more important that people can learn than the fact that the really critical thing isn’t who is sitting in the White House, but who is sitting in–in the streets, in the cafeterias, in the halls of government, in the factories.
We need to organize that struggle from below, because, in the words of the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass, "without struggle there is no progress." And in the process, we can build an alternative to a political system where the only real choices come down to different versions of the status quo.
www.isreview.org /issues/30/anybodybutBush.shtml   (4715 words)

  
 American Nationalist Union
Trusting the Israeli army and air force, which are breaking the Geneva Conventions almost every day, is a dodgy business.
In the morning, Israeli forces in Lebanon clashed with Hezbollah near Avivim.
Khazaria was finally wiped out by the forces of Ghengis Khan, but the evidence indicates that the Khazars themselves migrated to Poland and formed the cradle of Western Jewry.
www.anu.org   (4537 words)

  
 SovLit.com - Soviet Literature Summarized
A family of White Guardists and their friends are forced to accept defeat as their side loses to Petlyura's Ukrainian nationalists in Kiev in December 1918.
Workers are murdered; peasants slaughter and gorge themselves on their livestock to keep it from being collectivized; kulak and sub-kulak forces are liquidated; a proletarian bear, adept at sniffing out kulaks, keeps everyone awake with his noisy hammering; and the fate of the tvordii znak (hard sign) is in doubt.
Those found to be unnecessary and a hindrance to progress will be given 24 hours to leave this life." This, in essence, is the beginning of Efim Zozulya's "Story of Ak and Humanity".
www.sovlit.com   (5423 words)

  
 RedState - Conservative News and Community
Unless they believe American forces will fight and die to protect them in case of a civil war they must know they will be annihilated.
He tries to argue that a pragmatic Iran would be deterred by the MAD policy that kept the United States and the Soviet Union from blowing each other up during the cold war.
British forces have handed over their main base in the city of Basra to the Iraqi military to allow it to take over the main security duties there.
rancher.redstate.com   (5506 words)

  
 Elections in Burkina Faso
Political Parties: ADDP - Alliance for the Defense of Democracy and Progress, ADF - Alliance for Democracy and Federation (centrist), ADF-RDA - Alliance for Democracy and Federation-African Democratic Rally (centrist), AFC - Alliance of the Forces of Progress, APL - Alliance for Progress and Liberty, CDL - Convention for Democracy and Liberty,
*In addition to being the Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) party candidate along with the additional support of the 22-party Presidential Movement Alliance (AMP), Blaise Compaoré received the support of two other parties - the Alliance for Democracy and Federation-African Democratic Rally (ADF-RDA) and the Rally of Democrats for Faso (RDF).
Prior to his withdrawal, he had received the support of nine political parties in addition to the National Union for the Defense of Democracy (UNDD).
africanelections.tripod.com /bf.html   (520 words)

  
 Peace Bibliography I-Q   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Johnpoll, Bernard K., Pacifist's Progress: Norman Thomas and the Decline of American Socialism, Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, 1987 (reprint of 1970 ed.).
Kiljunen, Kimmo, and Jouko Vaananau, Youth and Conscription, Peace Union of Finland, Jyvasklassa, Finland, 1987.
Parulekar, N.B., The Science of the Soul Force or Mahatma Gandhi’s Doctrine of Truth and Non-Violence, Hind Kitabs, Bombay, India, 1962.
www.centeronconscience.org /biblio_I-Q.htm   (12137 words)

  
 October 2001
In the second round on October 26, the PRDS wins 10 seats, the UFP 2, and the Union for Democracy and Progress 1.
Germany: In state elections in Berlin, the Social Democratic Party wins 29.7% of the vote (44 of 141 seats), the Christian Democratic Union 23.7% (35), the Party of Democratic Socialism 22.6% (33), the Free Democratic Party 9.9% (15), and the Greens 9.1% (14).
Spain: In Galicia elections, the People's Party wins 50.9% of the vote (41 of 75 seats), the Galician Nationalist Bloc 23.3% (17), and the Socialist Party of Galicia 21.8% (17).
rulers.org /2001-10.html   (732 words)

  
 Social Democratic Parties of the World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland / Socialist Party of Switzerland (Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz / Parti Socialiste Suisse / Partito Socialista Svizzero, SP/PS), associated to PES
Socialist Movement for Integration (Lëvizja Socialiste për Integrim, LRI), Albania
Left Union of the III Republic of Poland (Unia Lewicy III Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej)
www.broadleft.org /socdem.htm   (524 words)

  
 Leftist Parties of Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Union for Renaissance/Sankarist Movement (Union pour la Renaissance/Mouvement Sankariste, UNIR/MS)
Patriotic Front for the Renovation and the Progress (Front Patriotique pour le Renouveau et le Progrès, FP-RP)
Party of Progress and Socialism (Hizb al-Taqaddum wa-al-Ishtirakiyah / Parti du Progrès et du Socialisme, PPS)
www.broadleft.org /africa.htm   (543 words)

  
 SIW: Members
Pauline Green is the Leader of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament.
Union of Socialist Women of Chile, Socialist Party of Chile, PS Colombia
Socialist Women's Movement, EDEK Socialist Party of Cyprus
socialist.org /siwomen/english/memeng.html   (585 words)

  
 Moroccan political parties call Pretoria to withdraw 'SADR' recognition
UN official deplores Israeli disproportionate use of force in Gaza
South Africa's decision, made public Wednesday, to establish democratic relations with the alleged 'SADR,' was described as an "unfriendly act towards Morocco" in a in a letter to south Africa's ambassador to Morocco.
The Koutla, which includes the Socialist Union for Popular Forces (USFP), Progress and Socialism Party (PPS) and the Istiqlal Party (PI), expressed "surprise" and "consternation" over this decision.
www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/040918/2004091820.html   (491 words)

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