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== Disreputable membership ==

== Disreputable membership ==

While the Socialist International claims to support "the strengthening of democracy"<ref name="SI">[http://www.socialistinternational.org/about.cfm Socialist Internatioanl’s website]</ref>, many of its member parties stand at the head of dictatorial regimes or have done so in the past, while other member parties support terrorism and engage in other shameful actions. The following<ref>A full list of the SI membership can be seen on their [http://www.socialistinternational.org/viewArticle.cfm?ArticlePageID=931 website].</ref> are among the International’s more disreputable members:

While the Socialist International claims to support "the strengthening of democracy"<ref name="SI">[http://www.socialistinternational.org/about.cfm Socialist Internatioanl’s website]</ref>, many of its member parties stand at the head of dictatorial regimes or have done so in the past, while other member parties support terrorism and engage in other shameful actions. The following<ref>A full list of the SI membership can be seen on their [http://www.socialistinternational.org/viewArticle.cfm?ArticlePageID=931 website].</ref> are among the International’s more disreputable members:

*MPLA – The ruling party in [[Angola]]. A report by [[Freedom House]] described their regime as undemocratic, corrupt and prone to committing human right violations.<ref>[http://www.freedomhouse.org/inc/content/pubs/fiw/inc_country_detail.cfm?year=2006&country=6909&pf Freedom in the World - Angola]</ref> While the party no longer identifies with marxism<ref name="BBC">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13037271 Angola profile - BBC]</ref>, it still maintains cordial ties with the tyrannical regime in Cuba.<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/200607270772.html MPLA Official Exalts Cuba´s Support To Angolan Cause] - allafrica.com</ref> The MPLA regime has also been implicated by the UN in “crimes of genocide” in the Democratic Republic of Congo.<ref name="BBC" />

*MPLA – The ruling party of [[Angola]]. A report by [[Freedom House]] described their regime as undemocratic, corrupt and prone to committing human right violations.<ref>[http://www.freedomhouse.org/inc/content/pubs/fiw/inc_country_detail.cfm?year=2006&country=6909&pf Freedom in the World - Angola]</ref> While the party no longer identifies with marxism<ref name="BBC">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13037271 Angola profile - BBC]</ref>, it still maintains cordial ties with the tyrannical regime in Cuba.<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/200607270772.html MPLA Official Exalts Cuba´s Support To Angolan Cause] - allafrica.com</ref> The MPLA regime has also been implicated by the UN in “crimes of genocide” in the Democratic Republic of Congo.<ref name="BBC" />

*New Democratic Party – A Canadian party that had a crucial role in giving female serial killer [[Karla Homolka]] a lenient sentence rather than life in prison.<ref>[http://www.canadiancrc.com/Karla_Homolka_plea_bargain_folly.aspx The Politics behind the Karla Homolka Plea-Bargain</Ref> While Homolka was proven beyond a doubt to have been actively involved in the rape and murder of three young girls (one of whom was her sister), she was sentenced to only 12 years.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,161505,00.html Notorious Sex Killer Karla Homolka Freed]</ref>

*New Democratic Party – A Canadian party that had a crucial role in giving female serial killer [[Karla Homolka]] a lenient sentence rather than life in prison.<ref>[http://www.canadiancrc.com/Karla_Homolka_plea_bargain_folly.aspx The Politics behind the Karla Homolka Plea-Bargain</Ref> While Homolka was proven beyond a doubt to have been actively involved in the rape and murder of three young girls (one of whom was her sister), she was sentenced to only 12 years.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,161505,00.html Notorious Sex Killer Karla Homolka Freed]</ref>

*Socialist Party of Chile – The party of Salvador Allende.

*Socialist Party of Chile – The party of Salvador Allende.