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The Socialist International (SI) is an international organisation for social democratic parties. Its secretariat is located in London. Its members include the Labour Party (United Kingdom), SPD (Germany), the Democratic Socialists of America (USA), the Australian Labor Party, and New Democratic Party (Canada), among many others.


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.


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 Party of the Democratic Left (Democratici di Sinistra) (PDS) and the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO).


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


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

Contents
1 Full member parties
2 Consultative parties
3 Observer parties
4 Fraternal organizations
5 Associated organizations
6 External links

Full member parties

Consultative parties

Observer parties

Fraternal organizations

Associated organizations

External links


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Labour Youth - International - Index Page - International (465 words)
It is for this purpose the Labour Youth is an active member of the European Community Organization of Socialist Youth (ECOSY) and the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY).
Labour Youth's International Officer is in a position to communicate with ECOSY and IUSY through debates, and voice the collective opinion of Labour Youth on international issues.
He or she is also in a position to develop awareness of international affairs throughout Labour Youth, as well as inform other organizations in ECOSY or IUSY of Labour Youth movements like the campaign to boycott Coca-Cola.
Socialist International - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (549 words)
The Second International was split by the outbreak of World War I, then re-formed in 1923 (as the Labour and Socialist International), and finally 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).
The Party of European Socialists, a European political party active in the European Parliament, is an associated organization of the Socialist International.
As of 2006, George Papandreou, leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, is the president of the Socialist International.
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