Socialist International

The Socialist International (SI) is an international organisation for social democratic and democratic socialist parties.

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International organisation - Social democratic - Democratic socialist - Parties

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The Socialist International has its roots in the Second International, which was formed in 1889. 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). Among the Second International's most famous actions were its (1889) declaration of 1st May as International Labour Day and its (1910) declaration of 8th March as International Women's Day.

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Second International - 1889 - World War I - 1923 - Labour and Socialist International - World War II - Socialist - Labour Day - 1910 - Women's Day

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During the post-World War II period, the SI aided social democratic parties in re-establishing themselves when dictatorship gave way to democracy in Spain and Portugal. In the 1980s, most SI parties gave their backing to the Nicaraguan Sandinistas (FSLN), whose leftwing government had incited enmity from the United States. Since then, the SI has admitted as member-parties not only the FSLN but also ex-Communist parties such as the Italian Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra (DS)) and the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO).

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Sandinista - Democrats of the Left - FRELIMO

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

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Party of European Socialists - European political party - European Parliament

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The current president is António Guterres from the Portuguese Socialist Party, in office since 1999.

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António Guterres - Portuguese Socialist Party - 1999

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