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The Socialist International is a worldwide group of social democratic and the labour political parties.
Its name is from the Second International, which was formed in 1889 and dissolved on the eve of World War I in 1914.
Some of the Second International's most famous actions were its 1889 declaration of 1 May as International Labour Day and its 1910 declaration of 8 March as International Women's Day. The Second International was split by the outbreak of World War I. A small part carried on as the International Socialist Commission. The International re-formed in 1923 (as the Labour and Socialist International), and was re organised again, in its present form, after World War II. Many social democratic and socialist parties had been suppressed in Nazi-occupied Europe).
Since World War II, the SI helped social democratic parties to re-start themselves when dictatorship gave way to democracy in Portugal (1974) and Spain (1975).
Until its 1976 Geneva Congress, the Socialist International had few members outside Europe and no formal involvement with Latin America. In the 1980s, most SI parties gave their backing to the Nicaraguan Sandinistas (FSLN), whose left-wing government had incited hatred from the United States. Since then, the SI has admitted as member-parties not only the FSLN but also the centre-left Puerto Rican Independence Party, as well as the ex-Communist parties such as the Italian Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra (DS)) and the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO).
The Party of European Socialists, a European political party active in the European Parliament, is an associated organisation of the Socialist International.
In 2006, George Papandreou, leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, became the president of the Socialist International.
Angola - Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Algeria - Socialist Forces Front
Armenia - Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Aruba - People's Electoral Movement
Australia - Australian Labor Party
Austria - Social Democratic Party of Austria
Belgium - Socialist Party Belgium - Socialist Party Different
Bulgaria - Bulgarian Social Democrats Bulgaria - Bulgarian Socialist Party
Cape Verde - African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde
Switzerland - Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
Chile - Socialist Party of Chile Chile - Social Democrat Radical Party
Côte d'Ivoire - Ivorian Popular Front
Egypt - National Democratic Party
Estonia - Social Democratic Party
Germany - Social Democratic Party of Germany (coalition with Christian Democratic Union)
Haiti - Union of Haitian Social Democrats
Hungary - Hungarian Socialist Party
Iraq - Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Iraq - Kurdistan Democratic Party
Iceland - Alliance
Italy - Democratic Party (Italy)
Lebanon - Progressive Socialist Party
Lithuania - Lithuanian Social Democratic Party
Morocco - Socialist Union of Popular Forces
Mali - African Party for Solidarity and Justice
Mongolia - Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
Montenegro - Social Democratic Party of Montenegro Montenegro - Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro
Mozambique - FRELIMO
Mauritius - Mauritius Labour Party
Nepal - Nepali Congress
Netherlands - Labour Party
New Zealand - New Zealand Labour Party
Northern Ireland - Social Democratic and Labour Party (coalition partner in Northern Ireland Assembly)
Nicaragua - Sandinista National Liberation Front
Norway - Norwegian Labour Party
Panama - Democratic Revolutionary Party
Peru - Peruvian Aprista Party
Portugal - Socialist Party
Saint Kitts and Nevis - St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Unity Labour Party
San Marino - Party of Socialists and Democrats
Slovakia - Direction - Social Democracy
Spain - Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
South Africa - African National Congress (ANC)
Tunisia - Democratic Constitutional Rally
United Kingdom - Labour Party
Uruguay - Socialist Party of Uruguay Uruguay - New Space
Albania - Social Democratic Party Albania - Socialist Party of Albania
Andorra - Social Democratic Party
Argentina - Socialist Party Argentina - Radical Civic Union
Barbados - Barbados Labour Party
Benin - Social Democratic Party
Bolivia - Revolutionary Left Movement - New Majority
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil - Democratic Labour Party
Burkina Faso - Congress for Democracy and Progress
Cameroon - Social Democratic Front
Canada - New Democratic Party of Canada
Colombia - Colombian Liberal Party
Croatia - Social Democratic Party of Croatia
Curaçao - Movement for a New Antilles
Cyprus - Movement of Social Democrats
Czech Republic - Czech Social Democratic Party
Denmark - Social Democrats
Dominican Republic - Dominican Revolutionary Party
Ecuador - Democratic Left Party
Equatorial Guinea - Convergence for Social Democracy
Finland - Social Democratic Party of Finland
France - Socialist Party
Greece - Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Guinea - Rally of the Guinean People Hungary - Hungarian Social Democratic Party
Ireland - Labour Party
Israel - Meretz Israel - Israel Labour Party
Japan - Social Democratic Party
Latvia - Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party
Luxembourg - Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party
Macedonia - Social Democratic Union of Macedonia Mali - Rally for Mali
Malaysia - Democratic Action Party Mauritius - Mauritian Militant Movement
Mexico - Party of the Democratic Revolution
Niger - Party for Democracy and Socialism of Niger
Pakistan - Pakistan Peoples Party
Paraguay - Revolutionary Febrerista Party
Poland - Democratic Left Alliance Poland - Union of Labour
Puerto Rico - Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP)
Romania - Social Democratic Party
Saint Lucia - St. Lucia Labour Party
Senegal - Socialist Party
Slovenia - Social Democrats
Sweden - Swedish Social Democratic Party
Turkey - Republican People's Party
United States - Democratic Socialists of America (DSA does not define itself as a political party)
Venezuela - Democratic Action
Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan Social Democratic Party
Belarus - Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly) Bosnia and Herzegovina - Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Burundi - Frodebu
Dominica - Dominica Labour Party
Fiji - Fiji Labour Party
Gabon - Gabonese Progress Party
Ghana - National Democratic Congress
Guatemala - Social Democratic Convergence
Greenland - Forward
Guyana - Working People's Alliance Mali - Rally for Mali
Namibia - Congress of Democrats Namibia - South-West Africa People's Organisation Paraguay - Solidary Country Party
Philippines - Akbayan Citizens' Action Party Philippines - Philippine Democratic Socialist Party
Russia - Union of Social Democrats Saint Kitts and Nevis - St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party Saint Lucia - St. Lucia Labour Party Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Unity Labour Party
Serbia - Democratic Party Serbia - Social Democratic Party
Timor-Leste - Fretilin
Togo - Democratic Convention of African Peoples Tunisia - Democratic Forum for Labour and Freedoms
Ukraine - Social Democratic Party of Ukraine Ukraine - Socialist Party of Ukraine Venezuela - Movement for Socialism
Botswana - Botswana National Front Bulgaria - Bulgaria Social Democracy
Central African Republic - Patriotic Front for Progress Colombia - Alternative Democratic Pole
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Union for Democracy and Social Progress Haiti - Organisation of the People in Struggle
India - Janata Dal (Secular)
Iran - Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan
Jordan - Jordanian Democratic Party of the Left
Mauritania - Rally of Democratic Forces
Moldova - Social Democratic Party of Moldova
Palestine - Fatah Turkey - Democratic Society Party
Yemen - Yemeni Socialist Party
Willy Brandt with outgoing secretary general Bernt Carlsson (left) and new secretary general Pentti Väänänen (right) at the Socialist International Congress in 1983
