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  International - MSN Encarta
International, common name of various socialist organizations, all of which aspired to be expressions of supranational working-class solidarity.
He became the dominant figure in the International, drafting its general rules and a carefully worded inaugural address that was designed to safeguard unity of purpose.
At The Hague Congress of 1872, Marx prevailed, and Bakunin was expelled from the International.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761551779/International.html   (709 words)

  
 Comintern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The new International thus represented a response to the latter's failure to form a unified coalition against the First World War, which the founders of the Third Internationalists regarded as a bourgeois imperialist war and which the whole of the anti-militarist socialist movement had been completely opposed to until the beginning of the war itself.
The First International, founded in 1864, had split between the socialists and the anarchists who preferred not to enter the political arena, setting their sights instead on the creation of a strong anarcho-syndicalist movement (a.k.a.
Discredited by its passivity towards world events, the Second International was henceforth dissolved in the middle of the war, in 1916, its internationalist ideals having obviously been defeated by the nationalist ideology in force in each country.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Third_International   (2939 words)

  
 Third Planet's International Sustainable Energy Development Activities
Third Planet is accredited by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as an NGO (non-governmental organization) observer, and was also accredited to participate in the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2002.
In September 2005 Third Planet was invited to advise the Government of the Bahamas on strategies for deploying solar technologies, and on developing renewable energy policies.
Third Planet is now seeking the funding to take these ideas to a next level: to organize, educate, and assist this proposed NGO in championing sustainable energy and climate change adaptation developments in the Bahamas.
www.thethirdplanet.org /international.html   (776 words)

  
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Before it was dissolved in May 1943, the Third International was composed of representatives of communist parties, in over 50 countries.
This was partly due to the fact that the Third International had its headquarters in Moscow.
Stalin and his associates thereupon used the Third International to advance their version of communism—or socialism—as opposed to the versions of Trotzky and other dissenting communists.
www.historians.org /projects/GIRoundtable/RussianAlly/RussianAlly12.htm   (506 words)

  
 International School Services - Services - Articles, News Resources - Third Culture Kids   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In summarizing that which we had observed in our cross-cultural encounters, we began to use the term "third culture" as a generic term to cover the styles of life created, shared, and learned by persons who are in the pro-cess of relating their societies, or sections there of, to each other.
Most also say an international dimension in their lives is important; they work toward that goal by keeping international touches in their homes, welcoming opportunities to meet foreigners*, and keeping informed on the places they lived abroad.
Over a third (38 percent) got no degree at the first college they attended; nearly half (45 percent) have attended three or more colleges (not including technical schools and institutes), and some have attended as many as nine different colleges or universities.
www.iss.edu /pages/kids.html   (5752 words)

  
 TIMSS 1995 Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious international study of student achievement ever conducted.
In 1994–95, it was conducted at five grade levels in more than 40 countries (the third, fourth, seventh, and eighth grades, and the final year of secondary school).
The TIMSS results were released in 1996 and 1997 in a series of reports, providing valuable information to policy makers and practitioners in the participating countries about mathematics and science instruction and the achievement of their students.
timss.bc.edu /timss1995.html   (184 words)

  
 The Third International - Uncyclopedia
The Third International Boogie Down was a wild, celebratory communist party held by John Lenin in 1997, following the takeover by communists of the government of the Undead Kingdom by Newt Gingrich.
Just like the First International Boogie Down, it was attended by socially inept maestros and the purpose was to advance commujism, however, music played no role, it was banned by Margaret Thatcher, the host of the Third International and Supreme Leader of the Conservatory Party.
The third group to leave the Third International were the Champagne Socialists, who went to France.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/The_Third_International   (538 words)

  
 U.S. International Transactions News Release
Net U.S. purchases of foreign securities were $53.0 billion in the third quarter, down slightly from $53.9 billion in the second.
The statistical discrepancy--errors and omissions in recorded transactions--was a positive $49.7 billion in the third quarter, compared with a positive $64.9 billion in the second.
In the third quarter, the U.S. dollar depreciated 1 percent on a trade- weighted quarterly average basis against a group of 7 major currencies.
www.bea.gov /bea/newsrel/transnewsrelease.htm   (2182 words)

  
 International Third World Leaders Association (ITWLA)
The International Third World Leaders Association's (ITWLA) primary focus is on addressing the unique dynamics of the Third World context.
With an international membership of almost 700, the IJWLA is expanding rapidly, drawing from all walks of life.
As Bahamas Faith Ministries International moves into the 21st Century, the International Third World Leaders Associations membership is soaring.
www.bfmmm.com /thirdworld.asp   (400 words)

  
 :: Third International Gathering of Youth Orchestras in Leesburg ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Third International Gathering of Youth Orchestras in Leesburg, Virginia, USA »
YMPPA and The Little Mozart Academy will be holding the "Third International Gathering of Youth Orchestras in Leesburg", June 30-July 5, 2006, in Leesburg, Virginia.
With this, we hope to create cultural bridges among the participating nations, as well as to give the young musicians an opportunity to share with one another their culture and musical abilities and experiences.
www.ymppa.org /gathering   (230 words)

  
 The Third International and Its Place in History
The Second International (1889-1914) was an international organisation of the proletarian movement whose growth proceeded in breadth, at the cost of a temporary drop in the revolutionary level, a temporary strengthening of opportunism, which in the end led to the disgraceful collapse of this International.
Leadership in the International of the working-class movement then passed to Germany; that was in the seventies of the nineteenth century, when she lagged economically behind Britain and France.
Leadership in the revolutionary proletarian International has passed for a time -- for a short time, it goes without saying -- to the Russians, just as at various periods of the nineteenth century it was in the hands of the British, then of the French, then of the Germans.
www.marx2mao.com /Lenin/TIPH19.html   (2453 words)

  
 The Tasks of the Third International
If in desiring to discuss The Third International Ramsay MacDonald evades the substance of the matter, beats about the bush, utters empty phrases and does not speak of what should be spoken about, that is his fault and his crime.
The party which to this day has not admitted this under the rule of the bourgeoisie and does not carry on systematic, all-sided illegal work in spite of the laws of the bourgeoisie and of the bourgeois parliaments is a party of traitors and scoundrels who deceive the people by their verbal recognition of revolution.
The servile souls of the Berne International never think of inculcating upon the masses the idea of the inevitability and necessity of defeating the bourgeoisie in civil war, of pursuing a policy wholly dedicated to this aim, of elucidating, raising and solving all problems from this, and only from this, point of view.
www.marx2mao.com /Lenin/TTI19.html   (5395 words)

  
 Third International Conference on Skanda-Murukan announcement
The Third International Conference Seminar on Murukan-Skanda was held in Malaysia at Kuala Lumpur from November 2-5, 2003.
An International Organising Committee consisting of the scholars of international repute, religious leaders, leading industrialists, honorable ministers and reputed leaders from Malaysia functioned for the efficient conduct of the conference.
One aim of the conference was to disseminate the knowledge gained by mutual dialogue and free exchange of thoughts on Murukan cult for the benefit of humanity at large.
murugan.org /events/3rd_conf_announce.htm   (357 words)

  
 Report from Moscow, 3rd International congress, 1920 - Otto Ruhle | libcom.org
However because the KAPD doesn't give in nevertheless it ought to be censured by the Congress of the III International to comply to Moscow's power- of-command.
This is not to say that we wished to oppose the organisational unification of communist workers and an international alliance of the revolutionary proletariat.
We only mean, that the affiliation to an actual revolutionary International will not be decided through paper Congress decisions and the goodwill of the strata of the hierarchies.
libcom.org /library/third-international-congress-report-ruhle   (2662 words)

  
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Having conquered power in a backward country, the Marxists were prepared confidently for the international revolution as the only solution to the problems of the workers of Russia and of the world.
Thus the theory of 'Socialism in one country', represented the ideology of the ruling caste in the Soviet Union, that layer of Officialdom who were satisfied with the results of the revolution, and did not want their privileged position disturbed.
It was this outlook which now began to change the Communist International from an instrument of international revolution into merely a border-guard for the defence of the Soviet Union, which was supposed to be busily constructing Socialism on its own.
www.newyouth.com /archives/theory/faq/third_international.asp   (838 words)

  
 ILA Third International Conference, Japan 2006
We are confident that this theme will enable us to expand the theoretical base and invigorate practice in our field by fostering interdisciplinary discussion and identifying promising new research directions.
We are delighted that Kanda University of International Studies is hosting the conference, particularly since 2007 is the 20th anniversary of its founding.
Kanda University of International Studies has pioneered significant developments in independent language learning in Japan and boasts a state-of-the-art Self Access Learning Centre.
independentlearning.org   (250 words)

  
 International Third Position - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
International Third Position (ITP) was a United Kingdom group formed by the Italian Roberto Fiore and as a continuation of the Political Soldier movement that originated in the Third Positionist British National Front in the early 1980s.
The International Third Position operated more as an "elite cadre" than a mass movement.
Overall membership is estimated by Searchlight magazine to be somewhat lower than this, although the ITP maintains a relatively strong publishing presence as well as its network of international contacts.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/International_third_position   (362 words)

  
 Revolutionaries in Britain and the struggle against imperialist war, Part 2: the Third International | International ...
It was eventually on the initiative of the Italian Socialist Party that a first, unofficial international socialist conference was held at Zimmerwald in September 1915.
The BSP executive platonically greeted Zimmerwald but remained opposed to any move to form a new international organisation in opposition to the ISB, while the centre of the party was hesitant in its support, repeating its demand that the ISB ‘act’.
Sylvia Pankhurst also gave support to Zimmerwald in her paper the Women’s Dreadnought, which was in the process of evolving towards a revolutionary position on the war; its transition to class politics would be marked by the newspaper changing its name to the Workers’ Dreadnought in 1917.
en.internationalism.org /wr/268_rev_against_war_02.html   (2193 words)

  
 Islamset - Third International Conference on Islamic Medicine
The Third Conference on Islamic Medicine assumed a special importance after the Isamic Organization for Medical Sciences (IOMS) had taken its final legal shape and started full-swing work in accordance with its defined aims and constitution.
The importance of this Third Conference was also due to the fact that it was held, for the first time, outside Kuwait which had initiated these Islamic scientific meetings.
The Third Conference did not neglect, in its concluding recommen-dations, setting on record deep appreciation for the efforts made by Kuwait: Amir, government and people, towards adopting the IOMS, issuing its laws and regulations as well as the special decree of its constitution, and supporting its activities.
islamset.com /ioms/3rdconf.html   (380 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged: Books: Philip Babcock Gove,Merriam-Webster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The OED has the advantage of scholarship, prestige and preeminence: it is generally regarded as the gold standard in the definition of English words.
I have wished for a long time for the CD version of the Oxford English Dictionary and was on the verge of buying it until I read a review that expressed disappointment with OED-CD ease of use.
Third, many of the illustrations in the print version are NOT in the CD version.
www.amazon.com /Websters-Third-International-Dictionary-Unabridged/dp/0877792011   (1586 words)

  
 Tragedy and Hope The Third International Soy Symposium Ð Part II
Organizers of the Third International Soy Symposium would be hard pressed to call the conference an unqualified success.
Even at low levels of consumption — averaging one-third of a gram per day at the time — the presence of these carcinogens was considered too great a threat to public health to allow GRAS status.
Soy protein did have approval for use as a binder in cardboard boxes and this approval was allowed to continue because researchers considered that migration of nitrites from the box into the food contents would be too small to constitute a cancer risk.
www.tldp.com /issue/11_00/soy.htm   (3258 words)

  
 Third Age International
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Third Age International provides the tools and support you need for improving the quality of your life and health in the Third Age.
We bring people of the baby boom generation together to help each other find ever-increasing levels of passion, purpose and joy in the aging process.
www.thirdagefoundation.com /index.htm   (336 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE Third International CodecSys(TM) Patent Granted   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Russia, a growing market for U.S. technology, now joins Singapore and India as the third international jurisdiction to issue notification that a patent for the unique, video compression technology will be granted.
Broadcast International is a leading provider of video-powered business solutions, including IP and digital satellite, Internet streaming, and other types of wired/wireless network distribution.
Broadcast International was founded in 1984 and is a public company (OTC BB: BCST) headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT. For more information and to learn more about Broadcast International and CodecSys on the Web, go to www.brin.com and www.codecsys.com
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=121142   (396 words)

  
 The Third International Conference on Date Palm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Indeed, the Third International Conference on Date Palm, illustrates the special attention and priority given by His Highness to this important economic sector.
The present conference is the third one in a series of International conferences organized by UAE during the last six years (March 08 –10, 1998 and March 25 – 27, 2001).
The International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) is an official co-sponsor of the Third International Date Palm Conference.
www.cfs.uaeu.ac.ae /Conferences/ticdp   (4496 words)

  
 The Third International Congress of Traditional Medicine
The 3rd International Congress of Traditional Medicine will be held on September 20-22, 2006 in Toronto, Canada.
The Congress sponsor, World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies is an international organization formed by a group of Chinese Medicine professional bodies around the world with a mutual mission in promoting cross-nation academic exchange and technical cooperation in the development of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture.
The city of Toronto will be the third city, after Paris and Beijing, to host this international congress of traditional medicine.
www.tcmcanada.org /congress/ictm.htm   (527 words)

  
 EWC III - Third International Conference on Early Warning
The Conclusions of the Third International Conference on Early Warning
The discussion draft of the checklist was revised with comments from the Third International Conference on Early Warning.
During 2006 the Checklist will be translated into a wide range of languages and distributed throughout the world as a key tool to help facilitate the development of people-centred early warning systems that will save both lives and livelihoods.
www.ewc3.org   (288 words)

  
 Marketing consulting and sales and response services provided by Third Party International, Inc. (TPI)
A professional staff that will present you in a manner that is in line with the first impression you would like to make is essential.
Then you can take the warm leads they generate and convert them to new business.
Third Party International, Inc. 433 SE 13th Avenue Portland Oregon 97214 503-230-9898
www.thirdpartyintl.com   (482 words)

  
 Spinal Cord Tumor Association Announces Third International Spinal Cord Tumor Conference
The Spinal Cord Tumor Association is pleased to announce the Third International Spinal Cord Tumor Conference, to be held at the Tremont Plaza Hotel, in Baltimore, Md, on August 25-26, 2006.
(PRWEB) August 25, 2006 -- The Spinal Cord Tumor Association is pleased to announce the Third International Spinal Cord Tumor Conference, to be held at the Tremont Plaza Hotel, in Baltimore, Md, on August 25-26.
This is an opportunity to learn about spinal cord tumors and the treatment options, recieve support from tumor survivors, listen to and meet many recognized experts in the medical field.
www.prweb.com /releases/2006/8/prweb428299.htm   (311 words)

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