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  Labor Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States Labor Party is a social democratic political party advocating workers' interests.
The party was formed in 1995 by the United Mine Workers, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, American Federation of Government Employees, California Nurses Association and hundreds of other local labor unions.
However, party officials believe that the relatively high unemployment rate, the decline in the textile industry, and the indifference of the state Democratic and Republican parties to the interests of working people, African-Americans and women create a political space for the Labor Party.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Labor_Party_(United_States)   (342 words)

  
 Democratic Party (United States) - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Party is currently (as of 2005) the minority party in the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, and governorships.
Of the two major U.S. parties, the Democratic Party is to the left of the Republican Party, though its politics are not as consistently leftist as the traditional social democratic and labor parties in much of the rest of the world.
From 1833 to 1856, the Democratic Party was opposed chiefly by the Whig Party.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: United States Republican Party
It is the birthplace of the Republican Party.
The Party is currently (as of 2005) the minority party in both the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, as well as in governorships and state legislative seats.
Democratic Seal of the President of the United States, official impression The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States.
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 Republican Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Republican Party was established in 1854 by a coalition of former Whigs, Northern Democrats, and Free-Soilers who opposed the expansion of slavery and held a vision for modernizing the United States.
The Republican Party has advocated reforms in the UN and opposes the Kyoto Protocol because of the Protocol's alleged uneven application to countries around the world, arguing that it is likely to slow economic growth and the reduction of poverty, and disputing the science behind it.
The "moderates" tend to dominate the party in New England, and used to be well-represented in all states.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)   (7948 words)

  
 Republican Party (United States) - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In the early 20th century, the traditional symbol of the Republican Party in Midwestern states such as Indiana and Ohio was the eagle, as opposed to the Democratic rooster.
The Republican Party is not to be confused with the Democratic-Republican party of Thomas Jefferson or the National Republican Party of Henry Clay.
The post-war emergence of the United States as one of two superpowers and rapid social change caused the Republican Party to divide into a conservative faction (dominant in the West and Southeast) and a liberal faction (dominant in New England) – combined with a residual base of inherited progressive Midwestern Republicanism active throughout the century.
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 United States Socialist-Labor Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States Socialist-Labor Party was a labor party in the election of 1928 which broke away from their main Socialist party.
 This article about a political party is a stub.
This page was last modified 14:11, 18 May 2005.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party (often referred to as the GOP, for "Grand Old Party") is one of the two major political parties in the United States' two-party system, along with the Democratic Party.
The Republican Party has demanded reforms in the UN and opposes the Kyoto Protocol because of the Protocol's uneven application to countries around the world, on the claim they believe it is likely to slow economic growth and the reduction of poverty, and because of disputes concerning the science behind it.
The new party was created in 1854, in Ripon, Wisconsin, as an act of defiance against what activists denounced as the Slave Power — the powerful class of slaveholders who were conspiring to control the federal government and to spread slavery nationwide.
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 Politics1 - Guide to American Political Parties
Allies of the hardcore faction firmly held control of the party from the late-1980s until the moderates seized control at the 2006 national convention and gutted the party's original platform.
The party ran nuclear physicist John Hagelin as the NLP Presidential nominee in 1992 (ballot status in 32 stares - 39,000 votes - 0.04%), 1996 (ballot status in 44 states - 7th place - 110,000 votes - 0.1%) and 2000 (ballot status in 39 stares - 7th place - 83,000 votes - 0.08%).
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).
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 Kongra-Gel (KGK)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Kongra-Gel was founded by Abdullah Ocalan in 1974 as a Marxist-Leninist separatist organization and formally named the Kurdistan Workers’ Party in 1978.
At a PKK Congress in January 2000, members supported Ocalan’s initiative and claimed the group now would use only political means to achieve its public goal of improved rights for Kurds in Turkey.
In April 2002 at its 8th Party Congress, the PKK changed its name to the Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Congress (KADEK) and proclaimed a commitment to non-violent activities in support of Kurdish rights.
library.nps.navy.mil /home/tgp/kurds.htm   (458 words)

  
 WWW-VL: History: United States History: Labor History
Toward the Cooperative Commonwealth.: An Introductory History to the History of the Farmer Labor Movement in Minnesota 1917-1948, thesis by Thomas Gerald O'Connell
IWMA 1869: Address to the National Labor Union of the United States
UAW born amid sitdowns and the battle of the overpass
vlib.iue.it /history/USA/labor.html   (938 words)

  
 Labor Party
Voters from every county in the state signed the petition.
We are well on our way to being the first state in the nation where workers can vote for a real party of our own."
Ten years ago, in June 1996, trade unionists and activists from around the country convened in Cleveland, Ohio to found a labor party.
www.thelaborparty.org   (512 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Labor Party press
United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001 -- Periodicals.
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 Reform Party of the United States of America > Home
We, the members of the Reform Party, commit ourselves to reform our political system.
Together we will work to re-establish trust in our government by electing ethical officials, dedicated to fiscal responsibility and political accountability.
The Reform Party of the United States of America has created an open forum monthly teleconference.
www.reformparty.org   (117 words)

  
 Political Resources on the Net - USA (I)
Political Parties and Youth Organizations in the United States of America
Royalist Party of America A party whose goal is to change the USA to a constitutional monarchy
Cascadian National Party (CNP) A progressive political party that calls for the independence of Oregon and Washington state to create a Cascadian Republic
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 Socialist Labor Party of America, Karl Marx, Daniel DeLeon, Daniel De Leon, De Leonists, socialist industrial unionism, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Socialist Labor Party of America, Karl Marx, Daniel DeLeon, Daniel De Leon, De Leonists, socialist industrial unionism, socialist unionism, labor unions, Marxian socialists, revolutionary Marxists, revolutionary Marxism, revolutionary socialism
E-mail the Socialist Labor Party or The People
This is the official Web site of the Socialist Labor Party of America, the original political party of socialism in the United States.
www.slp.org   (136 words)

  
 LaborNet: Online Communications for a Democratic Labor Movement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Global online communication for a democratic, independent labor movement
Last Updated: Sun 10 Sep 2006 11:03:08 PM EDT
Rebuilding the Labor Movement in the United States
www.labornet.org   (131 words)

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