Japanese Communist Party - Japanese Communist Party The Japanese Communist Party (JCP) (日本共産党), founded on July 15, 1922, as an underground political association, is a political party of Japan based on scientific socialism. The JCP envisions the development of a future society that overcomes capitalism and steers Japan towards democracy and peace and away from the revival of militarism. It proposes to accomplish democratic change within the framework of capitalism in order to achieve its goals while still struggling against imperialism and its subordinate ally, monopoly capital. The JCP adheres to the idea of a democratic revolution to achieve democratic change in politics and the economy, and strives for the complete restoration of Japan's national sovereignty. It has about 400,000 members belonging to 25,000 branches. Outlawed from the outset of its founding,.
Janata Dal United Party - Janata Dal United Party The Janata Dal United Party is a political party in India. It is led by Sharad Yadav. In October 2003 it announced that it will be merging with the Samata Party. The new party will be called the Janata Dal United Party and will be led by Samata Party president George Fernandes. It will remain part of the ruling National Democratic Alliance coalition. See also: List of political parties in India.
John Marek Independent Party - John Marek Independent Party The John Marek Independent Party (JMIP) is a political party in North Wales. It was formed in March 2003 by John Marek, who was deselected by Labour over his criticisms of its rightward march. It stood on a left-wing platform that included public ownership of the railways and greater powers for the Assembly. The media portrayed the JMIP as a real threat to Labour in North-East Wales. The party stood in the constituencies of Wrexham and Clwyd South. The party also had a list in the North Wales region. Their candidates were: John Marek (Wrexham, former Labour MP/AM) Colin Jones (Second on the North Wales List, Anti-War Activist) Marc Jones (Clwyd South, BBC Wales Director and Producer) On May 1, 2003, Marek won Wrexham with.
Islamic Party of Malaysia - Islamic Party of Malaysia The Islamic Party of Malaysia (also PAS, from the Malay Parti Islam SeMalaysia) is an Islamic political party in Malaysia. PAS positions itself as a party for all Muslims, in contrast to UMNO's secular but Malay-only ideology. Enjoying strong support in rural, more conservative areas, PAS took control of the state of Kelantan in 1990, the first opposition party in independent Malaysia's history to break the UMNO monopoly. In 1999, riding a groundwell of popular protest after the arrest and conviction of former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, PAS allied itself with the Democratic Action Party in the Barisan Alternatif and expanded to take over Terengganu as well. PAS has publicly stated its intention to instate syarikat (sharia) law, including the full range.
Hong Kong Progressive Alliance - Hong Kong Progressive Alliance The Hong Kong Progressive Alliance (HKPA) (香港協進聯盟/港進聯) is a political party in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It was established in July 1994, and is composed of mainly businessmen and professionals. The party is considered a pro-business and pro-Beijing one. It merged with the Liberal Democratic Foundation (LDF) in 1997. The current Chairman is Ambrose Lau Hon-chuen. The basic platform of the party is to defend "One country-two systems" and the Basic Law, the mini-constitution of Hong Kong. It advocates handling political and social issues in a moderate, pragmatic and harmonious manner, and develop democracy progressively. Stability, prosperity and progress is emphasized. Party members maintain close relationships with Mainland China authorities. A number of them are deputies to.
Hungarian Socialist Party - Hungarian Socialist Party The Hungarian Socialist Party (Hungarian: Magyar Szocialista Párt) is a socialist party in Hungary. It is the successor to the communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party. It is the the largest single party in the Hungarian National Assembly at the moment, with 178 out of 386 seats; on a 42.1% share of the vote. It governs in coalition with the Alliance of Free Democrats, giving it a slim majority. The party is a member of the Party of European Socialists. See also: Politics of Hungary, List of political parties in Hungary..
Ulster Unionist Party - Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is the a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. Until 2003 it was the largest unionist party, and the largest party, but it has been overtaken in both ways by the Democratic Unionist Party. It came into existence as the Irish Unionist Party in the 1880s to resist any granting of home rule to Ireland within the United Kingdom, which was the main demand of the Irish Parliamentary Party under leaders Isaac Butt, William Shaw, Charles Stewart Parnell and John Redmond. As with its nationalist counterparts, the party had a strong association with religion.
United States Whig Party - United States Whig Party United States Whig Party was a political party of the United States. The party was created in order to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson and called itself the Whig Party by analogy with the English Whigss, who had opposed the power of the King in Restoration England. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Creation 2 Victory and catastrophe 3 Dissolution 4 Presidents from the Whig Party 5 Further reading Creation The party was initially formed in 1833-1834 as an alliance between the Northern and border state National Republican Party, led by men like Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. It was a nationalistic party devoted to Clay's American System, with Southern states-rights opponents of Jackson, united only by their dislike of Jackson. In 1836 the party.
Green Party of Canada - Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a federal political party that contests elections in the 301 Canadian federal ridings, each of which sends one Member of Parliament to the Canadian House of Commons. In the most recent Canadian federal election, in 2000, it fielded candidates in only one third of these ridings. Relation to provincial parties The federal party was founded and originally promoted mostly by members of the largest provincial green party, the Green Party of British Columbia, and until recently members of the latter were also considered to be federal Greens. This practice, seemingly copied from the New Democratic Party of British Columbia and New Democratic Party of Canada's similarly close affiliation, is not followed by other Canadian Greens, e.g. the.
Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand - Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand Current Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand logo The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand parliament. Its primary focus is on environmentalism, but left-wing economics, progressive social policies, and pacifism are also prominent in its platform. The party has two leaders: Jeanette Fitzsimons and Rod Donald. Policies The Greens generally focus primarily on environmental issues. In recent times, they have been particularly concerned about genetic engineering, being strongly opposed to its use in New Zealand. They have also spoken out against the military operations conducted by the United States of America in Afghanistan and Iraq. In its economic policies, the Green Party stresses factors such as sustainability and "fair trade". It also states.
Fijian Alliance - Fijian Alliance The Fijian Alliance, also known as the Alliance Party, was the ruling political party in Fiji from 1966 to 1987. Founded in the early 1960s, its leader was Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, the founding father of the modern Fijian nation. Widely seen as the political vehicle of the traditional Fijian chiefs, the Alliance Party also commanded considerable support among the Europeans and other ethnic minorities, who, although comprising only 3-4 percent of Fiji's population, were over represented in the parliament (with a third of the seats before 1973, and a sixth thereafter, allocated to them). Indians were less supportive, but the Fijian-European block vote kept the Alliance Party in power for more than twenty years. Alliance Party rule was briefly challenged in 1977, when a.
French Socialist Party - French Socialist Party The Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste or PS) is the name of the main opposition party in France. It is a democratic socialist party, founded in 1969. It has existed under various names since 1880. For a century, however, it had only fleeting electoral success. In 1981, under François Mitterand, party won both the presidency and (with allies) a majority in the National Assembly for the first time, and held power for 14 years. France's first socialist party, the French Workers' Party (Parti Ourviere Français) was founded in 1880 by Jules Guesde and Paul Lafargue (the son-in-law of Karl Marx). But in 1882 it split into two factions, a Marxist group led by Guesde and a moderate or "Possibilist" group led by Paul Brousse. Further splits.
Eternal Alliance - Eternal Alliance The Eternal Alliance is also called Everlasting League or League Of The Three Forest Cantons, in German Ewiger Bund or ''Dreiwaldstätterbund '' On 1 August 1291 the Eternal Alliance was formed. The Federal Charter was produced and sealed. This inaugural confederation grew through a long series of accessions to modern Switzerland. The Alliance was concluded by representatives from three areas: Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden. It was set up as a leage for defense purposes against any attacker. The death of Rudolf I of Habsburg on 15 July 1291 probably prompted the alliance. Before his death Habsburg attempted to reinforce rights over Schwyz and Unterwalden which meant a succession of military interventions. Federal Charter of 1291 1291 IN THE NAME OF GOD – AMEN. HONOR AND.
European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party - European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party The European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party is a liberal and centrist party grouping with seats in the European Parliament. Member parties (incomplete list) Mouvement Réformateur (Reformist Movement) (Belgium) Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (Flemish Liberals and Democrats) (Belgium) Det Radikale Venstre (The Radical Centre) (Denmark) Venstre (Denmark) (Centre Party) (Denmark) Svenska Folkpartiet i Finland (Swedish People's Party in Finland)(Finland) Suomen Keskusta (Centre Party) (Finland) Parti Radical (Radical Party) (France) Free Democratic Party (Germany) Margherita (Italy) Nuovo PSI (Italy) PRI-MRE (Italy) Union Valdotaine (Italy) Italia dei Valori (Italy) Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique / Demokratesch Partei) Luxemburg Democraten 66 (Democracy 66) - Netherlands Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (People's Party for Freedom and Democracy) (Netherlands) Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (Spain) Unió Valenciana (Spain) Folkpartiet Liberalerna (Liberal.
European Federation of Green Parties/European Free Alliance - Federation of Green Parties/European Free Alliance The European Federation of Green Parties/European Free Alliance (The Greens/European Free Alliance; Greens/EFA; French: Le Groupe Verts/Alliance libre européenne; Les Verts/ALE) is one of the parliamentary groups in the European Parliament. This group consists of two distinct organisations - the European Federation of Green Parties and the European Free Alliance. The EFA consists of what it describes as stateless nations. These parties are separatists of the centre and centre-left. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Membership of the Greens/EFA 1.1 Green Parties 1.2 EFA Parties 2 See also 3 External Link Membership of the Greens/EFA Green Parties Die Grünen (Austria) Ecolo (Belgium) Agalev (Belgium) Les Verts (France) Vihreä Liitto (Finland) Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Germany) Déi Gréng (Luxembourg) The Green Party (Ireland) Federazione dei Verdi (Italy) GroenLinks.
USS Alliance (1778) - USS Alliance (1778) (add image here) Career Laid down: 1777 Launched: 28 April 1778 Fate: sold 1785 General Characteristics Displacement: 900 tons Length: 151 ft ( m) Beam: 36 ft ( m) Depth: 12.5 ft ( m) Complement: 300 officers and men Armament: 28 x 12-pounder guns, 8 x 9-pounders The first USS Alliance of the United States Navy was a 36-gun sailing frigate. Originally named Hancock, she was laid down in 1777 on the Merrimack River at Salisbury, Massachusetts, by the partners and cousins, William and James K. Hackett, launched on 28 April 1778, and renamed Alliance on 29 May 1778 by resolution of the Continental Congress. Her first commanding officer was Capt. Pierre Landais, a former officer of the French Navy who had come to.
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong - Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) (民主建港聯盟) is the largest pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong SAR of the People's Republic of China. Founded in 1992, the party has been headed by Ma Lik since December 2003. The party started with a single seat on the Legislative Council. The 1995 LegCo elections increased the DAB's share to 6 and by 2002 it had reached its current count of 10 councillors, making it the second largest party after the Democratic Party. 12 District Councillors joined the party on its formation, a share that increased to 37 seats in the 1994 elections and 83 in 1999. In the wake of the furor over Basic Law Article 23.
Democratic Party (South Africa) - Democratic Party (South Africa) The Democratic Party of South Africa is a political party of South Africa. Although the name dates from 1989, the party existed under other labels throughout the Apartheid years, when it was the opposition to the ruling National Party. After the 1999 election, it became the main opposition to the African National Congress government. It entered a short-lived alliance with the New National Party from 2000 to 2001 and merged with the Federal Alliance in 2002 to form the Democratic Alliance. Prior to the adoption of the Democratic Party label, it was known variously as the Progressive Party, Progressive Reform Party, and Progressive Federal Party. As the party absorbed smaller antiapartheid groupings, as well as defectors from the United Party (the main opposition.
Kamisese Mara - and five daughters. One daughter, Adi Koila Mara Nailatikau, has followed in her father's footsteps and has served her country as a career diplomat and politician. She was Minister of Tourism in 1999 and 2000. Mara was elected to one of four seats on the Legislative Council reserved for ethnic Fijians in 1953. (There were eight other elective seats, four reserved for Indians and four for Europeans and other minorities; a further twelve members were appointed by the colonial Governor). Mara was appointed Member for Agriculture (officially an advisor to the Governor, but in reality roughly equivalent to a modern cabinet minister). After 1960, he founded the Alliance Party, which, supported overwhelmingly by the ethnic Fijian and European communities (but not by most Indo-Fijians), won a majority of the seats in.
Kristdemokraterna - The Christian Democrats or Kristdemokratiska Samhällspartiet is a political party in Sweden. The party was founded in the 1960s but did not enter parliament until 1988 in an electoral alliance with the Center Party and on their own accord in 1991. Alf Svensson has been the leader of the party since 1973. Kristdemokratiska Samhällspartiet Current Leader Alf Svensson Founded 1964 Symbol Wood Anemone Political ideology Christian Democrat Election results 9.1 % (2002) Seats in Parliament 33 (349) In Government 1991-1994 Ideologically it is a Nordic Christian Democrat party, having their voter base among those who belong to free churches - Methodists, Baptists, etc. They seek better ethical practices in government and the teaching of traditional values in the schools. They also want to improve care for the elderly and have an.
