Social Action Party [SEP] founder
Milorad Pupovac


for Yugoslav Democratic Initiative, and after that he was the leader of the League of Social Democrats and head of the Social Democrat Alliance of Croatia – Social Democrat Alliance of Yugoslavia. He was a member of the Serb Democratic Party and the founder of the Serbian Democratic Forum. At the beginning of 1995 he participated in the founding of the Independent Serb Party, and with founding of the Action of Social Democrats of Croatia he was involved in the activity of that party and as their representative he entered the Sabor after elections held in
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Spanish Social Democratic Union


Spanish Social Democratic Union (in Spanish: "Unión Social Demócrata Española", USDE) was a social liberal political party in Spain that opposed the Francoist State and wanted a liberal democracy in Spain. The USDE was founded in 1974 by Dionisio Ridruejo. It was the successor of the Social Party of Democratic Action founded in 1957. The USDE had social-catholics, liberal and social democratic internal currents. In 1975 the USDE joined the Democratic Convergence Platform. Fernando Chueca Goitia, one of the founders of USDE, left the
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David Wijnkoop


founder of the Social Democratic Party, predecessor of the Communist Party of Holland. Wijnkoop was the leader of the Communists in the years around World War I. He agitated fiercely against the Social Democrats and organized demonstrations in Amsterdam at the Amsterdam SDAP-alderman Floor Wibaut. He left the CPH in 1925, but returned to it later. Wijnkoop interpellated notably starting in 1918, with the government's action against German Crown Prince Wilhelm, and the action of the mayor of Amsterdam in connection with the movements that took place and the situation
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Nazif Cungu


Democratic Union of Albanians, which resigned due to a disagreement with some action and "deviations" of the party. In the years 2004 to 2005 has performed the function of President of the Economic and Social Council of Ulcinj. Cungu is one of the founders of the party New Democratic Power – FORCA, and is currently chairman of the party. He is a prominent activist of civil society in Montenegro, he was among the founders of the Association "Ulqini" in Switzerland, humanitarian association "Drita", "Montenegro Business
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National Health Action Party


candidates in local and European parliamentary elections in 2014, the party contested 12 seats in the 2015 general election. Surgical registrar Dr Alex Ashman was elected as the party's leader in December 2016 following the resignation of co-founder Clive Peedell earlier that year. The passage of the Health and Social Care Act in March 2012 prompted the party's co-founder Clive Peedell, a cancer specialist doctor, to co-write an open letter to "The Independent" alongside esteemed medical signatories. The letter was highly critical of the
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2011 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election


to the UK Conservative Party. This prompts mixed reactions from senior party figures. 4 Sep – Ruth Davidson formally announces that she will stand in the contest. 5 Sep – Murdo Fraser launches his campaign in Edinburgh. 8 Sep – Ruth Davidson launches her campaign in Edinburgh. 11 Sep – Lord Forsyth, at one point a suggested leadership candidate, declares his backing for Ruth Davidson. 23 Sep – Nominations for leadership close. Margaret Mitchell confirms she will stand in the election. 2 Oct – David Mundell MP declares his backing
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Samsung v. Huawei


that Huawei’s owned a patent is a 4G LTE SEP and that Samsung had infringed Huawei’s SEP. Because of this the court granted an injunction against Samsung and ordered Samsung to cease infringement. Judge Orrick applied the following legal standards in his determination of whether an antisuit injunction should be granted: “A federal district court with jurisdiction over the parties has the power to enjoin them from proceeding with an action in the courts of a foreign country, although the power should be ‘used sparingly.’” Seattle Totems Hockey
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Socialist Equality Party (UK)


US aggression, which, with the Conservatives' support, threatens to spread the illegal wars against Iraq and Afghanistan into Syria and possibly Iran. The manifesto states: "The fight against war is bound up with the struggle to put an end to the capitalist profit system by reorganizing economic life to meet the social interests of the vast majority of the world's population rather than the selfish interests of a parasitic elite." (See SEP election manifesto) The SEP held a public meeting in Sheffield on 23 February 2011 to address
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Fabian Society


Direct or indirect Fabian influence may also be seen in the liberal socialism of Carlo Rosselli (founder, with his brother Nello Rosselli, of the anti-fascist group's Giustizia e Libertà) and all its derivatives such as the Action Party in Italy. The Community Movement, created by the socialist entrepreneur Adriano Olivetti, was then the only Italian party which referred explicitly to Fabianism, among his main inspirations along with federalism, social liberalism, fighting partitocracy and social democracy. During 2000 the Sicilian Fabian Society was founded in Messina.
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Desmond Banks, Baron Banks


papers. In 1952, together with Peter Grafton who had been Liberal parliamentary candidate in Bromley in 1950 in opposition to Harold Macmillan, Banks co-founded the Radical Reform Group, a social liberal pressure group within the Liberal Party to prevent what many saw as a rightward drift by the party, and its potential capture by the economic liberals. The Group campaigned under the slogan 'social reform without socialism'. Banks was a strong pro-European, a founder member and one time chairman of the Liberal European Action Group and
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International Youth and Students for Social Equality


The International Youth Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) is the student organization of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) and the International Committee of the Fourth International, an international Trotskyist organization. Launched in 2006, the IYSSE aims to build an international socialist movement of students and workers opposing militarist violence, social inequality and attacks on democratic rights. The IYSSE continues the work of its predecessor the Students for Social Equality and the International Students for Social Equality, with student clubs at Universities and High Schools worldwide. Chapters of the IYSSE
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Social sculpture


Social sculpture is a phrase to describe an expanded concept of art that was invented by the artist and co-founder of the German Green Party, Joseph Beuys. Beuys created the term "social sculpture" to embody his understanding of art's potential to transform society. As a work of art, a social sculpture includes human activity that strives to structure and shape society or the environment. The central idea of a social sculptor is an artist who creates structures in society using language, thoughts, actions, and objects. During
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Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins


was also a professor at the International University. He was a founder of the Social Democratic Youth in 1974, and deputy secretary general of the Popular Democratic Party in 1975. He abandoned that party in April 1979, in a division that gave rise to the Independent Social Democrats Action. In the same year, he was called to perform duties as chief of António Sousa Franco’s Office, who was the Finance Minister of Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo. In 1980 and 1983, he took his seat as Member of Parliament, elected
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Citizens' Action Party (Costa Rica)


parties, the National Liberation Party and the Social Christian Unity Party. Originally an anti-corruption party, it startled the Costa Rican political arena with a very strong showing in the 2002 general elections. In the presidential vote, party founder and candidate Ottón Solís was able to secure 26% of the votes – an unprecedented amount for a third party in Costa Rica – and force a runoff between the PLN and PUSC. The party won 21.9% of the popular vote and 14 out of 57 seats in the Legislative Assembly,
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2006 Costa Rican general election


was the candidate of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC). Solís is a co-founder of the party and was its candidate in the 2002 presidential elections. In that election he ran against Rolando Araya of the National Liberation Party (PLN) and Abel Pacheco of the Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC). On 3 February 2002 the first round was held, in which Solís lost. He was running in an effort to break up the two-party system in Costa Rica. Solís is a critic of the
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Socialist Equality Party (United States)


, headed by Tim Wohlforth, which emerged out of a split with the Socialist Workers Party, in opposition to the latter's support for Castroism. According to the party's website, the SEP "seeks not to reform capitalism, but to create a socialist, democratic and egalitarian society through the establishment of a workers' government and the revolutionary transformation of the world economy. We seek to unify workers in the United States and internationally in the common struggle for socialism—that is, for equality and the rational and democratic utilization
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SEP-363856


are somnolence, agitation, nausea, diarrhea, and dyspepsia. The mechanism of action of SEP-363856 in the treatment of schizophrenia is unclear. However, it is thought to be an agonist at the trace amine-associated receptor 1 (TAAR1) and serotonin-1A receptor (5-HT1A) receptors. This mechanism of action is unique among available antipsychotics, which generally antagonize dopamine receptors (especially dopamine receptor D2). The precise pharmacokinetic profile of SEP-363856 has not been reported, though the developer has suggested that the pharmacokinetic data supports once daily dosing
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Social Action Party


party. By May 1986, with financial support from big businesses, a faction of the party split off with Boontheng Thongsawasdi to form the United Democracy Party, which proved to be unsuccessful. Corruption scandals continued to devastate the party. In the fall of 1990, when Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan threatened to expel the party from his government coalition, founder Kukrit was asked to return briefly to replace Siddhi Savetsila. Partly because Chatichai had previously served Kukrit as foreign minister, Chatichai ultimately decided not to expel the party. In December 1990
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Jörg Baberowski


the Constitution" published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the Socialist Equality Party is an extremist organisation that is under observation by German authorities and listed as such in the chapter on far-left extremism. The Socialist Equality Party has taken legal action against its inclusion in the list. While being supported by much of the German media and Humboldt University's administration, Baberowski has faced criticism from academics, student groups and the Socialist Equality Party (SEP), the German section of the International Committee of the Fourth International.
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Ashwin Mahesh


and began to work closely with the Aam Aadmi Party. He is a co-founder of the national public affairs magazine, India Together. He also founded the social technology firm, Mapunity, and is one of the co-founders of the electric vehicles-based transportation company, Lithium. He is also a founder member of Bangalore Political Action Committee (BPAC). Ashwin Mahesh was awarded the Ashoka Fellowship in 2009. Ashwin Mahesh did his schooling at Army High School, Bengaluru and Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School (1986
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New Sicily


New Sicily (, NS) is a regionalist social-democratic political party based in Sicily. Its founder and current leader is Bartolo Pellegrino. It is composed mainly by former members of the regional section of the Italian Socialist Party and the Sicilian Action Party. The party is affiliated to the House of Freedoms, the centre-right coalition led by Silvio Berlusconi. It participated in the national general election, obtaining 33,437 votes, and the Sicilian regional election of 2006, in a joint ticket with the Movement for Autonomy, obtaining
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Scottish Democratic Alliance


Norway to promote tourism. The Scottish Enterprise Party was a centre-right political party in Scotland which supported Scottish independence and withdrawal from the European Union. It was formed in July 2004 to provide an alternative to the largely social democratic Scottish National Party for centre-right voters who support independence. The party opposed Scottish membership of the European Union and any prospective membership of the euro; it supported the principle of a constitutional monarchy and elections conducted through the Single Transferable Vote. The SEP backed the constitutional view that parliamentary sovereignty does
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Goh Hock Guan


Goh Hock Guan () (9 September 1935 – 29 March 2018) was a Malaysian politician from Democratic Action Party (DAP) and Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN). He was the founder of the internationally acclaimed architectural firm Goh Hock Guan and Associates. He was one of the founder of the Democratic Action Party as well the party flag designer. He was elected as Secretary-General of Democratic Action Party after the resignation of then Secretary-General Devan Nair. He led the Democratic Action Party in Malaysian General Election
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Somatosensory evoked potential


and early cortical SEPs, using scalp electrodes placed in the parietal and frontal regions for upper limb SEPs and at the vertex for lower limb SEPs. Median nerve SEP begins with the delivery of an electrical stimulus to that nerve at the wrist. A 100–300 microsecond square wave electrical pulse is delivered at intensities strong enough to cause a 1–2 cm thumb twitch. Upon delivery of such a stimulus, nerve action volleys travel up sensory fibers and motor fibers to the shoulder, producing a peak as they enter. This peak is formally known
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SEP-363856


SEP-363856 (also known as SEP-856 for short) is an investigational antipsychotic that is undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease psychosis. The medication is being developed by the pharmaceutical companies Sunovion Pharmaceuticals and PsychoGenics Inc. The adverse effect profile of SEP-363856 differs from that of other antipsychotics because its mechanism of action does not involve antagonism of dopamine receptors in the brain, which is responsible for the drug-induced movement disorders (like akathisia) that may occur with those agents. Some adverse events reported in preliminary clinical trials
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Institute of Public Affairs


IPA Victoria was founded during World War II by businessmen in response to the feared growing power of the Labor Party and international socialism, with founder C. D. Kemp putting the case to the Victorian Chamber of Manufactures sub-committee as such: The IPA Victoria was founded as an apolitical organisation, and rejected the IPA NSW's strategy of "direct short term political action to defeat the Labor Party with an emphasis on propaganda". However, the IPA Victoria acted as a finance committee for non-Labor parties in its first year
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Wan Muhamad Noor Matha


Wan Muhamad Noor Matha (; ; ), also called Wan Nor, (; ; ; born 11 May 1944 in Yala, Thailand) is a Thai politician. He is a founder of the Wahdah Group, a small lobby of Muslim politicians from the Southern provinces. He is a former university lecturer at Songkhla Rajabhat University and Thaksin University. He was elected to the Thai House of Representatives in 1979, representing Yala Province and the Social Action Party until 1984. He moved to the Democratic Party in 1986, to the Solidarity Party
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Socialist Equality Party (Australia)


The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a Trotskyist political party in Australia. The SEP was established in 2010 as the successor party to the Socialist Labour League, which was founded in 1972 as the Australian section of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). According to its 2019 election statement, the party opposes identity politics and the Me Too movement. The party also criticises contemporary trade unions, having adopted the position that "They are no longer workers’ organisations." Inspired by the British Socialist Labour League
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American Left


parties. The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a political party that formed after a 1995 ideological rupture with Workers World Party over the issue of their support of the Fidel Castro government in Cuba, The SEP are composed of Trotskyists and are affiliated with the World Socialist Web Site. With fewer than one thousand members in 1996, the Socialist Worker's Party (SWP) was the second largest Marxist–Leninist party in the United States. Formed by supporters of Leon Trotsky, they believed that the Soviet Union and other Communist
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Keith Martin (politician)


Martin has organized several relief efforts to ship urgent medical supplies to areas in crisis. He is the founder of several global health and conservation initiatives. He is Founder and Chair of the first all Party International Conservation Caucus. In 2010, he founded the International Conservation Forum, a website that increases awareness and facilitates action on key conservation issues through the use of social media and the publication of the online magazine, "The Horn". On November 9, 2010, Martin announced that he would not run in the next election
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Fathers' rights movement by country


"Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting)" is currently registered as a political party with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). Fathers' rights groups in Australia have condemned the actions of a militant men's group that engaged in criminal activities, including stalking and harassment. Since Sep 2006 the Belgian federal law on "co-parenté" came into effect. It introduced a presumption of dual location or shared residency which by law should be taken into serious consideration and thorough investigation with priority in each individual case by
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Palang Dharma Party


part to the continued popularity of its founder. The PDP would go on to win admirable victories in both the March and September 1992 general elections (41 and 47 seats, respectively), as well as a reasonably healthy number of seats in the July 1995 election (23 seats). After 1992, Chamlong passed on the chairmanship to business tycoon and former Social Action Party politician Boonchu Rojanastien, but remained the party's de facto leader until 1995. After the parliamentary election in September 1992, Phalang Dharma joined a Democrat-
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Social Action Party


The Social Action Party (, ) is a political party in Thailand. The Social Action Party was formed by the more liberal members of the Democrat Party in 1974 under the leadership of Kukrit Pramoj. After Kukrit resigned the office of the party leader in December 1985, the former minister of foreign affairs and deputy party leader, Siddhi Savetsila, led the party. Internal conflict during the 1986 parliamentary election resulted in a significant loss for the party. Controversy arose as rumor spread that General Arthit Kamlang-ek was secretly backing the
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Social Action Party


the Thai Rak Thai party. By the year 2001, the Social Action Party had lost much of the political support it had back in the 1970s. The 2001 election resulted in the party winning only one seat in parliament. In 2003, the party was disbanded. The party has been revived in 2008 as Suwit returned. He was a member of the Cabinet of Thailand under Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's coalition government. In the last 2011 Thai general election, the Social Action Party won 0.3% of party-list votes
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2011 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election


MSP and Liz Smith MSP endorse Murdo Fraser. 30 Aug – Liz Smith is declared as Murdo Fraser's campaign manager. 1 Sep – Gavin Brown, formerly speculated as standing in the election, states that he will not run and lends his backing to Murdo Fraser. 2 Sep – Jackson Carlaw officially launches his leadership campaign in Glasgow. 4 Sep – Murdo Fraser makes the high-profile announcement that if elected leader, he would disband the Scottish Conservatives and seek to create a new centre-right party, autonomous but allied
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Communist Party of Vietnam


The Communist Party believes that socialism is superior to other ideologies and state systems. According to Marxism–Leninism, socialism is the second-to-last stage of socio-economic development before pure communism. To build a socialist society, communists have to imagine, outline and study society. The party believes that socialism leads to human liberation from every oppressive situation, exploitation and injustice. While the founders of Marxism–Leninism forecasted the main characteristics of a socialist society, the founders are not considered by the party to hold the
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Austin Currie


protesters were evicted by officers of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), one of whom was Emily Beattie's brother. The next day the annual conference of the Nationalist Party unanimously approved of the protest action by Austin Currie in Caledon. This was one of the catalysts of the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland. He became an active member in the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association. In 1970, he was a founder of the group that established the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). From 1973 to 1974,
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Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action


and FPD supported Mazowiecki, who suffered a surprisingly clear defeat, receiving only 18% in the first ballot. In May 1991, following intense arguments within the party, ROAD merged with the FPD and other pro-Mazowiecki groups to form the Democratic Union ("Unia Demokratyczna", UD) with Mazowiecki at the helm. However, many ROAD members refused to back this decision; most notably co-founder Zbigniew Bujak, who proposed to take a more social-democratic direction and formed the Democrat-Social Movement ("
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Socialist Equality Party (United States)


The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a Trotskyist political party in the United States, one of several Socialist Equality parties around the world affiliated with the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). The ICFI publishes daily news articles, perspectives and commentaries on the World Socialist Web Site and maintains Mehring Books as publishing house. The SEP was formed in 1995 by the Workers League, the US supporters of the ICFI. The Workers League had been founded in 1966 by the American Committee for the Fourth International (ACFI)
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Sandra Torres


Torres de Colom was founder of the Coordinadora Nacional de la Mujer (National Coordinator of the Women) for the political party Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza, through which more than 30,000 Guatemalan women (Garifuna and Xinca amongst them) have channeled their specific demands. The action in favor of women was reflected within the corporate area. Sandra Torres, as a businessperson, worked at private companies and had been responsible for textile production and administration of clothing factories. She also was president of Consejo de Cohesión Social (Counsel of Social Cohesion
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Alberto Fuentes Mohr


Alberto Fuentes Mohr (born 22 November 1927 – assassinated 25 January 1979) was a Guatemalan economist and politician, one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party. He also served as finance minister and foreign minister during the 1960s. Alberto Fuentes Mohr was born in Quetzaltenango on 22 November 1927 as the son Dr. Alberto Fuentes Castillo and Maria Luisa Mohr. His father was the mayor of Quetzaltenango and a member of the Revolutionary Action Party. He was also the owner of the Farmacia Fuentes. Alberto Fuentes Mohr followed his primary education
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Syed Muhammad Ibrahim


Syed Muhammad Ibrahim is a Bangladeshi politician and retired Major General of the Bangladesh Army. He is the founder of Bangladesh Kallyan Party. He was awarded Bir Protik, the fourth highest gallantry award for military personal in Bangladesh for his bravery during the Bangladesh Liberation war. Ibrahim joined the Pakistan Military Academy in January 1970 and was commissioned in the East Bengal Regiment of Pakistan Army’s Infantry Corps. He was assessed the top cadet of his class while being commissioned, in Sep 1970. As an officer of the 2nd East Bengal Regiment
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David North (socialist)


David North (born 1950) is an American Marxist theoretician. He is the national chairman of the Socialist Equality Party in the United States (SEP), formerly the Workers League. He served as the national secretary of the SEP until the party's congress in 2008. North was the principal political and theoretical leader of the International Committee of the Fourth International during the organization's split with the Workers Revolutionary Party in Britain. North is also the chairman of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site, the voice
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Economic, social and cultural rights


due to the economic situation of a country, postponement of proactive action is not permitted. State parties must show genuine efforts to secure the economic, social and cultural rights enshrined in the ICESCR. The burden of proof for progressive action is considered on be with the state party. The prohibition on discrimination in relation to economic, social and cultural rights is regarded as having immediate effect. State parties must abolish laws, policies and practices which affect the equal enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights and take action to prevent discrimination
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Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad


by Mexico, and carries out actions directed towards conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in Mexico. The President of the commission is the head of the Federal Executive, C. Enrique Peña Nieto. The Technical Secretary is the head of the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), C. Juan José Guerra Abud and the heads of the following secretariats also participate: Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA), Social Development (SEDESOL), Economy (SE), Public Education (SEP),
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Mary Nazzal-Batayneh


the US and is a founding member of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (also known as BDS) in Jordan. She was the chair of the Palestine Legal Aid Fund which seeks to support legal action to hold Israel accountable for crimes against the Palestinian people. She is a partner and a volunteer brand ambassador for the Social Enterprise Project (SEP) which produces high-end fashion accessories by female artists living in the Gaza refugee camp in Jordan. Mary has 3 children is married to Aysar Batayneh and was born in
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T in the Park 2015


announcement, concerns have been raised about the new location. A couple tried to take legal action against the move. A group of residents set up the Strathallan T Action Group (STAG) to highlights its concern. Full planning permission became required for the switch from Balado. Two public consultations were held as a result. One of the biggest concerns was the traffic management; Yorkshire-based traffic management experts SEP Ltd. were brought in to help resolve the issues. An SEP spokesman said: There is a scientific calculation of network
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Social Action Party


, along with the Democratic Party, the Social Action Party withdrew entirely from Chatichai's government coalition, though it later rejoined Suchinda Kraprayoon's government in April 1992. It left the pro-military coaliliton in June 1992. After splitting into two factions as a result of a power struggle in 1999, the party once again withdrew from the government led by Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai, with 17 Parliament members withdrawing from the ruling coalition. In 2000, many of the members, including former leader Suwit Khunkitti, left Social Action for
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Social Credit Party of Ontario


his Ralliement des creditistes out of the Social Credit Party of Canada in September 1963, while the official party remained loyal to federal party leader Robert N. Thompson. Audy accused the Ontario Social Credit Association of being dominated by Protestant clergyman who were prejudiced against Caouette because he was a Catholic. Richard Day, a spokesperson for the official Social Credit League of Ontario derided the views of Social Credit Action as being "anti-Semitic, economic trash and hypocritical". Social Credit Action nominated six candidates in ridings in Toronto in the 1963
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Social Credit Party of Canada split, 1963


the national convention and he is the national leader.” The rejection of Thompson’s leadership by the Quebec wing of the party was supported by a group of rebels in the Ontario Social Credit Association called “Social Credit Action”. This group had split from the Ontario wing of the party over its refusal to campaign aggressively in provincial elections. Social Credit Action, led by James Audy, the party’s former candidate in Spadina riding, and by David Hartman, also of Toronto, announced its support for Caouette. Audy blamed
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Social Action


Social Action (, AS), previously known as Freedom of Action ("Libertà di Azione", LdA), was a national-conservative political party in Italy, founded and led by politician Alessandra Mussolini, who is the granddaughter of Benito Mussolini. The party became a faction within Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom party. Mussolini, who had been a member of the National Alliance (AN) since its foundation, suddenly left that party on 28 November 2003, following the visit of party leader and the Deputy Prime
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Democratic Action Party


The Democratic Action Party, or DAP (; Jawi: ڤرتي تيندقن ديموكراتيک, , ), is a multi-racial, centre-left Malaysian political party advocating social democracy and secularism, social justice, progressivism, and multi-racialism. One of the four component parties of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government coalition since 2018, it was previously in the opposition for over 50 years. The party's vision is to establish a peaceful and prosperous social democracy that can unite its disparate races and diverse religions and cultures, based
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Social Democratic Action of Croatia


Social Democratic Action of Croatia ( or ASH) was a Croatian left-wing political party. It was founded by 1994 by members of Social Democratic Party of Croatia dissatisfied with the centrist policies of SDP leader Ivica Račan and his lack of criticism towards Franjo Tuđman. The party had high hopes of gathering support beyond disenchanted SDP voters after Croatian Spring leader Miko Tripalo left Croatian People's Party in order to join them. In 1994, they tried to force an all-left party coalition in Croatia for the upcoming elections. The
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Jay E. Nash


. In 1899, Nash was one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party of Minnesota, a state affiliate of the Springfield faction of the Social Democratic Party of America. Quickly establishing himself as a respected leader within the state organization, Nash was elected to represent the Social Democratic Party of Minnesota as a delegate to the Socialist Unity Convention of 1901, wherein the Chicago-based and Springfield-based Social Democratic Parties were merged to form the Socialist Party of America. His presence would become ubiquitous in the Minnesota delegations to the
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Phi Beta Sigma


led to the Pullman Company contract with the union, which included over $2 million in pay increases for employees, a shorter workweek, and overtime pay. 1934 also marked the birth of Social Action as a national program and the return of founder A. Langston Taylor to the forefront of Sigma. Brother Emmett May was elected as the first director of the social action initiative. The 1935 Atlanta Conclave saw yet another meeting between Sigma and Omega Psi Phi fraternities. Omega founders Edgar Amos Love and Oscar James Cooper brought greetings to the
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Socialist Equality Party (UK)


the attempts to extradite Julian Assange. Robert Stevens spoke in defence of Assange, characterising the legal proceedings as "a manhunt". NHS Fightback was launched on 21 January 2013. The SEP held a series of meetings in October 2013 to oppose imperialist intervention in Syria and raise the danger of world war. The SEP ran candidates in the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections and the 2007 Welsh Assembly elections, but failed to gain any seats. The party ran a candidate, Chris Talbot, in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election who
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Mykola Mikhnovsky


Mykola Ivanovich Mikhnovsky (March 31, 1873 – May 3, 1924) was a Ukrainian political and social activist, lawyer, journalist, founder, ideologue and leader of a Ukrainian independence movement in the late 19th - early 20th century. Author of the pamphlet "Independent Ukraine", one of the organizers of the Ukrainian army, co-founder of the first political party in East Ukraine - Revolutionary Ukrainian Party (RUP), the leader of the Ukrainian People's Party, co-founder of the Ukrainian Democratic Party,
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Jon Claerbout


of earthquake seismic data frustrating and decided to study atmospheric gravity waves during his PhD. His advisor was Theodore R. Madden and the title of his thesis was "Electromagnetic Effects of Atmospheric Gravity Waves". Claerbout is the founder of the Stanford Exploration Project (SEP), the first geophysical research consortium funded by the oil and gas industry. Claerbout has been a doctoral advisor to many of influential geophysicists who joined SEP such as Oz Yilmaz and Biondo Biondi. The term and concept of exploding reflectors in reflection seismology is often attributed to Jon
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Andrew Mitchell


"Plebgate". Mitchell was elected President of the Cambridge Union in 1978. Before university, he served for several months as a United Nations military peacekeeper in Cyprus. He has extensive pre-government experience of the developing world, and is the founder of Project Umubano, a Conservative Party social action project in Rwanda and Sierra Leone in central and west Africa, launched in 2007. Mitchell was returned as MP for Sutton Coldfield at the 2017 general election, with over 60% of the vote. Mitchell was born at Hampstead
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Vitoria massacre


more were injured, many with gunshot wounds. That same week Manuel Fraga Iribarne then Home Minister and founder of the Spanish Conservative Party, Rodolfo Martín Villa, Minister of Unions and General Campano, director of the Civil Guard, visited some of the injured workers in an effort to minimize criticism. The leader of the German social-democrats, the SPD, cancelled a meeting with Fraga that same week. Those incidents fueled the action of the democratic opposition and their coordination. The Democratic Junta of Spain and the Platform of Convergence
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Marcin Kasprzak


Marcin Kasprzak (1860–1905) was a Polish revolutionary. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, the First Proletariat party, the Polish Socialist Party in Prussia, and the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania party, and was a founder of the Second Proletariat party, Kasprzak was born the son of a laborer on November 2, 1860, in the village of Czołowo in Sremski County. In 1885 he moved to Berlin and joined the German Social Democratic Party. He soon returned to his homeland
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League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina


The League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina ( / "Liga socijaldemokrata Vojvodine", LSV) is autonomist, regionalist, social-democratic political party in the Vojvodina region of Serbia. The founder and current leader of the party is Nenad Čanak. The party was founded on 14 July 1990 in Novi Sad. At the First Party Congress, the LSV adopted the party program, which defined following principles of the party: liberty, equality, justice, solidarity, and publicity. At the Second Congress, which was held in July
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Social Credit Party of Ontario


trained in explosives and weapons. The leaflets featured photographs of Carmichael and Stanley and promoted meetings at the Social Credit Action headquarters. Carmichael denied any knowledge of the leaflets or the Canada Youth Corps, and dissociated himself from Stanley. Carmichael and Beattie clashed in the press in April 1965 after Beattie announced the formation of the Canadian Nazi Party announcing that he intended to recruit the "snivelling cowards" in Carmichael's Social Credit movement. Carmichael accused Beattie of trying to discredit his party. By the 1967 provincial election Social Credit Action had
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Action Canada


price controls to prevent inflation from occurring. The party attracted some support from members of the Progressive Conservative Party, Liberal Party, and the Social Credit Party. Some senior Social Credit Party officials attended and addressed Action Canada's conference held in Toronto in early October 1971, and Hellyer addressed the Social Credit national convention in Hull, Quebec, on October 9–10. Hellyer gave a 25-minute speech to the predominantly francophone convention, of which only two minutes were in English, explaining how wage and price controls combined with controls over monopoly industries
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Methodist Federation for Social Action


later the Methodist Federation for Social Action. The aims of their Methodist Federation for Social Service (MFSS) were inspired in a large part by the importance that Methodism founder John Wesley placed on work for the betterment of humankind, and shared the theological grounding of the broader Protestant Social Gospel movement, which articulated a normative relationship between the Biblical teachings of Jesus Christ and efforts toward systemic social change. Originally the Methodist Federation for Social Service, MFSA was founded in 1907 in Washington, DC after meeting with President Roosevelt. Several Methodist
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Social Democratic Party of Croatia


renamed to the Social Democrats of Croatia ("Socijaldemokrati Hrvatske", SDH). Like most parties created at the time, it was opposed to the communist government and wanted Croatia to secede from Yugoslavia, yet it had the distinction of being one of the few to present itself as left-wing. The party founders included many prominent intellectuals, including Antun Vujić and Miroslav Tuđman This party claimed that it was continuing tradition of the historical Social Democratic Party of Croatia, created in 1894 and merged in 1919 into the Communist Party
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Czech National Social Party


Czech National Social Party (Czech: "Česká strana národně sociální", ČSNS) is a civic nationalist political party established in 1898 within the Young Czech Party (National Liberal Party) as a nominally socialist group with a stress on achieving Czech independence from Austria–Hungary (as opposed to the international revolution of the Social Democratic Party, which was the largest Czech socialist group at that time). Its best-known member was Edvard Beneš, a co-founder of Czechoslovakia and the country's second President. Despite the
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Social Democratic Party (Algeria)


The Social Democratic Party (, PSD) was a political party in Algeria. The party was established on 2 March 1989 and applied for registration on 19 July, becoming the first party registered under Law 89–11 and the first legal opposition party for over 20 years. Its founders were from two main groups, one of lawyers and private sector workers, and the other of intellectuals supportive of social democracy. In March 1990 internal tensions led to the party splitting into two factions, PSD-I and PSD-II. Together the
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Fuat Necati Öncel


chairman of the same party's Şanlıurfa city organization. He is also a founder of Social Democratic Populist Party that was created out of the union between Social Democrat Party and Populist Party and he served as a Member of Central Discipline Committee in that political party. He strongly disagreed with the other members of Social Democratic Populist Party's headquarters in the way the expulsion of some members was carried out and he resigned from his roles in the headquarters but he kept working for the party. He was also actively involved in the process of
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Rene Claudel Mugenzi


UK and abroad. He has designed various capacity building training for social and community development workers. He is the founder of the British Grassroots Action Awards, a national award giving initiative that recognises innovative and successful grassroots-based initiatives that have made significant impact in the lives of their service users. Mugenzi is also the founder and chairman of the London Centre for Social Impact, a leading UK social innovation development organisation and think tank. Rene Mugenzi has been involved in UK politics particularly in relation to social policy development and social justice
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Konstantin Bozveliev


government repression. The foundation of the party was postponed to a second meeting the same year. On 2 August 1891 the Bulgarian Social Democratic Party was founded, with Bozveliev as one of its twenty founders. When the Bulgarian social democrats were divided in 1903, Bozveliev sided with Yanko Sakazov and joined his Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists). In 1908 Bozveliev was elected mayor of Kazanlak (as a candidate of the Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists)), the first Bulgarian socialist to be elected to
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World Qualification Series (2009)


18 - Aug 23" 30th Anniversary of the Lacanau Pro and good conditions this year. Surf, concerts, events scheduled. Check out the video for a summary of the event http://vimeo.com/6994555 "Aug 25 - Aug 30" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 04 - Sep 06" "Sep 09 - Sep 12" "Sep 10 - Sep 13" "Sep 08 - Sep 13" "Sep 15 - Sep 20" "Sep 16 - Sep 22" "Sep
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Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)


alone in the 2002 federal election). On 16 June 2007, the two groupings merged to form a new party called The Left ("Die Linke"). The party had many socially progressive policies, including support for legalisation of same-sex marriage and greater social welfare for immigrants. Internationally, the Left Party.PDS was a co-founder of the Party of the European Left and was the largest party in the European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) group in the European Parliament.
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Dayak Unity Party


The Dayak Unity Party (, PPD) was a political party in Indonesia. Formed to represent 'primordial' interests of the Dayak people, the party was one few political parties in Indonesia at the time which was formed along ethnic lines. Oevaang Oeray, the first governor of West Kalimantan and one of the founders of the PPD, was a prominent leader of the party. On October 30, 1945, the association Daya in Action had been formed in Putussibau. Many of the founders of the movement were teachers, and
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Latinos for Reform


Latinos for Reform (LFR) is a conservative political action committee founded by Robert de Posada in 2008. LFR garnered national media attention when it attempted to air a 60-second advertisement on Spanish television station Univision that encouraged Democratic Hispanics not to vote. Robert de Posada, the group's founder, has a long history working with the Republican Party, serving with Dick Armey as co-director of "Americans for Border and Economic Security", on the Social Security Commission under former President George W. Bush, and as the Director of
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Bhaurao Gaikwad


Bhaurao Krishnaji Gaikwad (15 October 1902 – 29 December 1971) popularly known as Dadasaheb Gaikwad, was an Indian politician and social worker from Maharashtra. He was founder member of the Republican Party of India and was a member of parliament in both the Lok Sabha (1957 - 1962) and Rajya Sabha (1962 - 1968). He was a close colleague and follower of human rights leader B. R. Ambedkar. The people of Maharashtra honoured him with the sobriquet Karmaveer (King of actions) and the Government of India awarded him
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Politics of Minnesota


1963, he joined Martin Luther King in his march on Washington, D.C. He was a prime representative of the socially-progressive "Rockefeller Republican" wing of American Republicanism. Hubert Humphrey (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was the 38th Vice President of the United States, serving under President Lyndon Johnson. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, and served as Democratic Majority Whip. He was a founder of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party and Americans for Democratic Action. He
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List of 1982–83 NBA season transactions


1982 Oct 2, 1982 Oct 1, 1982 Sep 30, 1982 Sep 29, 1982 Sep 28, 1982 Sep 27, 1982 Sep 24, 1982 Sep 22, 1982 Sep 20, 1982 Sep 19, 1982 Sep 18, 1982 Sep 17, 1982 Sep 15, 1982 Sep 14, 1982 Sep 13, 1982 Sep 10, 1982 Sep 9, 1982 Sep 7, 1982 Sep 2, 1982 Sep 1, 1982 Aug 31, 1982 Aug 27, 1982 Aug 26, 1982 Aug 16, 1982 Aug 8,
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Namana Rambabu


Mamidikuduru mandal and later he was as Mandal level president in TDP at same mandal for a long time from 1985. As a result of sudden and premature death of Nagaram MLA, Sri Undru Krishna Rao, The Telugu Desam Party President Sri N.T.Rama Rao, the then Chief Minister of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh has got appointed him as Nagaram constituency TDP Incharge and thus he rendered the meritorious and outstanding services to the Party from 20thh Sep, 1986 to 19th Sep, 1999 and 12th Oct,2001 to 14 May 2004. Later, he worked as
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Socialist Party of Honduras


The Socialist Party of Honduras (, abbreviated PASO) was a small left-wing political party in Honduras. PASO was founded in November 1978. Most of its founders hailed from the Movement for Socialism (MAS) tendency, expelled from the Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (PDCH). Some of its founders had been members of the Communist Party of Honduras (PCH) or the Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Honduras (PCMLH). The formation of the new party was publicly announced in December 1978. PASO sought to
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Social Democratic Party (El Salvador)


The Social Democratic Party () is a social-democratic party in El Salvador. A Social Democratic Party participated in the 1945 presidential elections, with its candidate, Osmín Aguirre y Salinas, finishing second (albeit with only 0.2% of the vote). It also participated in the 1961 Constitutional Assembly elections as part of the Union of Democratic Parties (an alliance with the Renovating Action Party and Christian Democratic Party) but failed to win a seat. The party reappared in 2000, when it formed an alliance, the United
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LGBT+ Liberal Democrats


Action", or "DELGA" for short, the organisation was formed in 1988 from the groups "Liberal Lesbian & Gay Action" and "Social Democrats for Lesbian & Gay Action". The parent parties of those organisations, the Liberal Party and SDP, had merged to form the "Social and Liberal Democrats", known generally as the Democrats. The name was officially altered to be "Liberal Democrats for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Action" in 1996, including bisexual and transgender people in the title and
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Social Credit Party of Canada


Credit Party.) The Canada Party, founded by former Social Credit candidate Joseph Thauberger, also ran candidates in the 1993 election on a platform of monetary reform influenced by social credit. Many of its members also belonged to the social credit influenced Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform (COMER). In 1997, the Canada Party merged with the left economic nationalist Canadian Action Party which, while not a social credit party "per se", adopted a monetary reform policy that is heavily influenced by COMER and the Canada Party.
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Political Academy of the Austrian People's Party


been the site of the ÖVP’s Vogelsangheim. The Political Academy’s predecessor was named after Karl von Vogelsang, the Austrian social reformer and spiritual founder of the Christian Social Party (Austria). At the same time, the other parties represented in the National Assembly founded their own political academies: The Social Democratic Party’s Dr. Karl Renner Institute and the Freedom Party’s Education Institute. The foundation of the Green’s Educational Workshop followed in 1987 and, in 2006, the BZÖ’s Austrian Future Academy. The political further education
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Social Democrat Hunchakian Party


The Social Democrat Party (SDHP) (), is the first Armenian political party, founded in 1887 by a group of students in Geneva, Switzerland. It was the first social Democratic party to operate in the Ottoman Empire and in Persia (aka Iran). Among its founders were Avetis Nazarbekian, Mariam Vardanian, Gevorg Gharadjian, Ruben Khan-Azat, Christopher Ohanian, Gabriel Kafian and Manuel Manuelian. Its original goal was attaining Armenia's independence from the Ottoman Empire during the Armenian national liberation movement. The party is
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Hellmut von Gerlach


He was a member of the Reichstag for the National-Social Association from 1903 to 1907, and would join the Freeminded Union after the National-Social Association was dissolved. In 1908, he became co-founder of the Democratic Union. During the First World War, Gerlach took on a pacifist stance. Together with Friedrich Naumann he was one of the founders of the new liberal party, the German Democratic Party (DDP) in the first years of the Weimar Republic. He became a deputy secretary of state in the
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Hans Baluschek


was among founders of the People's School of Greater Berlin (Volkshochschule Gross-Berlin) and taught painting there. Baluschek also was among founders of the League for Proletarian Literature (Bund für proletarische Literatur), and in 1924 was appointed to the literary advisory board of the Social Democratic Party's "book circle." He joined the party in 1920 and served as chairman of the artists representatives from the Schöneberg district. He became an advisor to Social Democratic Mayor Gustav Böss, and played a leading role in foundation of the
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Dimitar Blagoev


united to form the "Bulgarian Social Democratic Party" (BSDP). The marxist nucleus of the BSDP was opposed by a group, who were essentially opposed to making the social democratic movement into a party. In 1893 this group, led by Yanko Sakazov, founded a reformist organization, the "Bulgarian Social Democratic Union". In 1894, Blagoev’s supporters agreed to unite with the Unionists in the interests of working class unity and took the name Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party. He was a founder and became the leader
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Social Christian Reformist Party


The Social Christian Reformist Party ( or PRSC) is a Christian democratic right-wing political party in the Dominican Republic formed by the union of the "Partido Reformista" (established in 1963 by Joaquín Balaguer who was, at the time, exiled in New York City) and the "Partido Revolucionario Social Cristiano". Some of the PRSC's founders and leaders were originally business leaders and Roman Catholics who opposed the communist, socialist, democratic socialist and social democratic tendencies of Juan Bosch, of the PRD and PLD, respectively
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National Action (Malta)


National Action (, AN) was a right-wing Maltese political party active between 2007 and 2010. The party was founded in June 2007, the two most prominent founders being Josie Muscat, a medical doctor and entrepreneur and a former MP of the Nationalist Party, and real estate magnate Anġlu Xuereb. Muscat was elected National Action's first Leader. The party was best known for its position on immigration. It believed that Malta should close its borders to illegal immigration and, where this is not possible, the European Union
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Demokraten


Demokraten ("The Democrat") is a local newspaper in Fredrikstad, Norway. Second in its city behind "Fredriksstad Blad", it is published three days a week. The chief editor is Tomm Pentz Pedersen. It was established in 1906 as "Smaalenenes Social-Demokrat", being affiliated with the Labour Party. Its founder and editor until 1909 was Hans Andreas Hanssen. In 1921, when the Social Democratic Labour Party broke away from the Labour Party, "Smaalenenes Social-Demokrat" followed the new party.
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Privacy concerns with social networking services


of information in social networking. Users leave digital imprints during browsing of social networking sites or services. It has been identified from few of online studies conducted, that users trust websites and social networking sites. As per trust referred, "trust is defined in (Mayer, Davis, and Schoorman, 1995) as "the willingness of a party to be vulnerable to the actions of another party based on the expectation that the other will perform a particular action important to the trustor, irrespective of the ability to monitor or control
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David G. Johnson


Rights Watch (California) and Yale School of Drama. Johnson grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana and is a 1978 graduate of Yale College where he studied economics. While at Yale he was a leader in the Yale Political Union and Chairman on the constituent Independent Party. He graduated Harvard Law School in 1981. He is married to Suzanne Nora Johnson. Johnson is founder of Act 4 Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based filmed entertainment and new media content company to inspire and motivate audiences toward social action. Act 4 is
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Republican Reliance Party


Republican Reliance Party () was a former party in Turkey. The Republican People's Party (CHP) which is usually credited as the founder of the Turkish Republic in 1923 was the oldest party in Turkey. The ideology of the party was Kemalism with strong emphasis on secularism. Bülent Ecevit, the secretary general of CHP after 1966 however, began introducing newer ideas. Although he didn't exclude Kemalism, he tried to transform the party into a social-democratic party avoiding using the word "social-democrat". He
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Mark Steven Greenfield


Doo-Dahz Offramp Gallery Dec, 2010 Holiday Season Art Show LA Artcore Brewery Annex Nov, 2010 inSCRIPTion: ... text ... image ... action ... Cerritos College Art Gallery Nov, 2010 LATITUDE 34-40 Art 1307 Villa Di Donato Sep, 2010 Social/Political Content José Drudis-Biada Art Gallery Apr, 2010 4TH INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SHOW WITH THAILAND LA Artcore Union Center for the Arts Mar, 2010 4TH INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SHOW WITH THAILAND LA Artcore Brewery Annex Jan, 2010 Spirituality in Art Avenue 50 Studio Dec, 2009 Testimonies Two
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Social Idea Movement


Social Idea Movement ("Movimento Idea Sociale", MIS) is an Italian neo-fascist political party. It was founded in 2004 by a split of the Tricolour Flame party. Its leader was, until his death Pino Rauti, former leader of the Italian Social Movement and founder of Tricolour Flame. Currently the leader of party is Raffaele Bruno. In the general elections of 2013 MIS presented itself as Italian Missinian Refoundation ("Rifondazione Missina Italiana") only in Campania, getting only 0.01% of vote for the Chamber
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Patriotic Action for Liberation


Patriotic Action for Liberation (in French: "Action patriotique de libération", in Wolof: "Dog Buumu Gaace") is a political party in Senegal. The general secretary of the party is Amadou Moustapha Fall Ché. The party is led by a politburo and a central committee. The headquarters of the party are based in Kaolack. The ideology of the party is Humanist Socialism. The symbol of the party is a red rose on blue background. The party was registered with the Senegalese authorities on October 10, 2000
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Socialist Unity Party (Finland)


Socialist Unity Party (, SYP) was a left-wing political party in Finland. The SYP was founded in March 1946 by socialists working inside the communist-dominated Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL). Most of the founders were former members of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). The SYP had many known politicians in its ranks but it never became a mass party. In 1955, the party split from the SKDL and was disestablished soon afterwards. The founders of the SYP included the so-
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Christian Democratic Action for Social Justice


The Christian Democratic Action for Social Justice (CDA) was a political party in Namibia. It was founded in 1982 through a split in the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance. The party's president was Peter Kalangula, previously the president of Namibian National Democratic Party (NNDP) and the Ovambo leader in the DTA. The party's membership was mainly Ovambo, formed by former supporters of the NNDP, and managed to get control over the "Ovambo Legislative Assembly" which was the administration of the self-governed bantustan of Ovamboland. The
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Liberal Alliance (Denmark)


co-founder Gitte Seeberg. In the earliest days of the party's existence, the party was accused of populism or personalism, still lacking stances on many topics and based on the popularity of Naser Khader. After Gitte Seeberg left the party, the "social conservatism" part was dropped, and the party name was changed to Liberal Alliance. However, there were still considerable ideological differences among the two remaining founders, and it was not until Naser Khader was replaced by Anders Samuelsen that the party took on a more classical
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