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The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of social democratic, labour, and democratic socialist political parties. It draws its name from the Second International, which was formed in 1889 and dissolved on the eve of World War I in 1914. Among the Second International's most famous actions were its 1889 declaration of 1 May as International Labour Day and its 1910 declaration of 8 March as International Women's Day. While the Second International was split by the outbreak of World War I, a skeleton form survived through the International Socialist Commission. The International re-formed in 1923 (as the Labour and Socialist International), and was reconstituted again, in its present form, after World War II (during which many social democratic and socialist parties had been suppressed in Nazi-occupied Europe).

During the post-World War II period, the SI aided social democratic parties in re-establishing themselves when dictatorship gave way to democracy in Portugal (1974) and Spain (1975). Until its 1976 Geneva Congress, the Socialist International had few members outside Europe and no formal involvement with Latin America[1]. In the 1980s, most SI parties gave their backing to the Nicaraguan Sandinistas (FSLN), whose left-wing government had incited enmity from the United States. Since then, the SI has admitted as member-parties not only the FSLN but also the centre-left Puerto Rican Independence Party, as well as the ex-Communist parties such as the Italian Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra (DS)) and the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO).

The Party of European Socialists, a European political party active in the European Parliament, is an associated organisation of the Socialist International.

Countries currently ruled by SI member, consultative, or observer parties (October 21, 2006)
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Countries currently ruled by SI member, consultative, or observer parties (October 21, 2006)

Presidents

As of 2006, George Papandreou, leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, is the president of the Socialist International.

Honorary Presidents

Congresses

I 1951 Frankfurt II 1952 Milan III 1953 Stockholm IV 1955 London V 1957 Vienna VI 1959 Hamburg VII 1961 Rome VIII 1963 Amsterdam IX 1964 Brussels X 1966 Stockholm XI 1969 Eastbourne XII 1972 Vienna XIII 1976 Geneva XIV 1978 Vancouver XV 1980 Madrid XVI 1983 Albufeira XVII 1986 Lima XVIII 1989 Stockholm XIX 1992 Berlin XX 1996 New York XXI 1999 Paris XXII 2003 São Paulo

Full member parties

Currently ruling

Non-Ruling

Consultative parties

Observer parties

Fraternal organisations

Associated organisations

See also

References

  1. ^ The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of South America, Routledge, 1989

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