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Socialist International (view source)
Revision as of 21:17, February 24, 2019
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== History ==
== History ==
The Socialist International, whose origins go back to the early international organizations of the labor movement, has existed in its present form since 1951, when it was re-established at the Frankfurt Congress. Since then it has been increasingly active and grown considerably in membership, more than doubling the number of its members in recent years. Labor, social democratic and socialist parties are now a major political force in several countries around the world, with numerous member parties of the International leading governments or representing the main opposition force. Over 60 member parties of the International, in over 55 different countries and territories, are currently in government.
The Socialist International, whose origins go back to the early international organizations of the labor movement, has existed in its present form since 1951, when it was re-established at the Frankfurt Congress. Since then it has been increasingly active and grown considerably in membership, more than doubling the number of its members in recent years. Labor, social democratic and socialist parties are now a major political force in several countries around the world, with numerous member parties of the International leading governments or representing the main opposition force. Over 60 member parties of the International, in over 55 different countries and territories, are currently in government.
The contemporary incarnation of the Socialist International was formed in Frankfurt, Germany in July 1951 as a successor to the Labor Socialist International.
During the post-[[World War II]] period, the SI aided [[social democratic]] parties in re-establishing themselves.
===Michael Harrington===
===Michael Harrington===
:''For over a decade, DSA's marginality at home was offset within SI councils by Harrington's brilliance as an essayist, and his energy and insight as a socialist strategist. But this also meant that DSA's connection to the SI was largely a one-man show Since Michael's death in 1989—and with the disappearance of the generation of European leaders who had welcomed him into their ranks—the relationship between DSA and the SI has never been the same.''
:''For over a decade, DSA's marginality at home was offset within SI councils by Harrington's brilliance as an essayist, and his energy and insight as a socialist strategist. But this also meant that DSA's connection to the SI was largely a one-man show Since Michael's death in 1989—and with the disappearance of the generation of European leaders who had welcomed him into their ranks—the relationship between DSA and the SI has never been the same.''
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==Cablegram to Portugese Socialists and the M.F.A.==
In 1974, after a pro-communist military coup in Portugal;
:''More than eighty Americans, all identified with opposition to the Vietnamese war and with various radical and liberal causes, sent on August 9 a cablegram to to the Portugese Armed Forces Movement, to Portugese president francisco da Costa Gomes and to portugese socialist leader Mario soares expressing the hope that "democratic freedoms"...will continue to grow in Portugal".''
[[Michael Harrington]], the national chairman of the [[Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee]], organized the effort with help from 5 "Initiators" - [[Lawrence Birns]] (writer), [[Frances Farenthold|Sissy Farenthold]] (past president [[National Women's Political Caucus]]), Congressman [[Michael J. Harrington]], [[Martin Peretz]] (chairman, editorial board [[New Republic]]), [[Cleveland Robinson]] (vice president, [[Distributive Workers of America]]), [[Leonard Woodcock]] (president [[United Auto Workers]], [[Jerry Wurf]] (president AFSME).
Elected officials who signed the cablegram included: [[Julian Bond]], [[Willie Brown|Willie Brown, Jr.]], [[John Conyers, Jr.]], [[Don Edwards]], [[William Gluba]], [[Edward Koch|Edward J. Koch]], [[Parren Mitchell|Parren J. Mitchell]], [[Henry Reuss|Henry S. Reuss]], [[Benjamin Rosenthal|Benjamin S. Rosenthal]] and [[Louis Stokes]].<ref>Democratic Left, Sep. 1975, page 2</ref>
== Disreputable membership ==
== Disreputable membership ==