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The Socialist International (SI) is an international organisation for social democratic and democratic socialist parties. Its secretariat is located in London. Its members include the Labour Party (United Kingdom), Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Germany), the Democratic Socialists of America (USA), the Australian Labor Party, New Democratic Party (Canada), and the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Spain), among many others.

The Socialist International has its roots in the Second International, which was formed in 1889. Split by the outbreak of World War I, it was re-formed in 1923 (as the Labour and Socialist International), and reconstituted again (in its present form) after World War II (during which many socialist parties had been suppressed in Nazi-occupied Europe). Among the Second International's most famous actions were its (1889) declaration of 1st May as International Labour Day and its (1910) declaration of 8th March as International Women's Day.

During the post-World War II period, the SI aided social democratic parties in re-establishing themselves when dictatorship gave way to democracy in Spain and Portugal. In the 1980s, most SI parties gave their backing to the Nicaraguan Sandinistas (FSLN), whose leftwing government had incited enmity from the United States. Since then, the SI has admitted as member-parties not only the FSLN but also 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 organization of the Socialist International.

The current president is António Guterres from the Portuguese Socialist Party, in office since 1999.

Full member parties

• Albania - Social Democratic Party, Socialist Party of Albania
• Algeria - Socialist Forces Front
• Andorra - Social Democratic Party of Andorra
• Angola - Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
• Argentina - Socialist Party, Radical Civic Union
• Armenia - Armenian Revolutionary Federation
• Aruba - People's Electoral Movement
• Australia - Australian Labor Party
• Austria - Social Democratic Party of Austria
• Barbados - Barbados Labour Party
• Belgium - Socialist Party (PS), Socialist Party (SPA)
• Benin - Social Democratic Party
• Bolivia - Revolutionary Left Movement - New Majority
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Brazil - Democratic Labour Party
• Bulgaria - Bulgarian Social Democrats, Bulgarian Socialist Party
• Burkina Faso - Congress for Democracy and Progress
• Cameroon - Social Democratic Front
• Canada - New Democratic Party
• Cape Verde - African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde
• Chile - Party for Democracy, Social Democrat Radical Party, Socialist Party of Chile
• Colombia - Independent Democratic Pole
• Costa Rica - National Liberation Party
• Côte d'Ivoire - Ivorian Popular Front
• Croatia - Social Democratic Party of Croatia
• Curaçao - Movement for a New Antilles
• Cyprus - Movement of Social Democrats
• Czech Republic - Czech Social Democratic Party
• Denmark - Socialdemokraterne
• Dominican Republic - Dominican Revolutionary Party
• Ecuador - Democratic Left Party
• Egypt - National Democratic Party
• Equatorial Guinea - Convergence for Social Democracy
• Estonia - Social Democratic Party of Estonia
• Finland - Social Democratic Party of Finland
• France - Socialist Party
• Germany - Social Democratic Party of Germany
• Greece - Panhellenic Socialist Movement
• Guinea - Guinean People's Assembly
• Haiti - Party of the National Congress of Democratic Movements, Revolutionary Progressive Nationalist Party of Haiti
• Hungary - Hungarian Social Democratic Party, Hungarian Socialist Party
• Iceland - Social Democratic Party
• Ireland - Irish Labour Party
• Israel - Israel Labour Party, Yachad
• Italy - Democrats of the Left, Italian Democratic Socialists
• Jamaica - People's National Party
• Japan - Social Democratic Party
• Latvia - Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party
• Lebanon - Progressive Socialist Party
• Lithuania - Lithuanian Social Democratic Party
• Luxembourg - Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party
• Macedonia - Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
• Malaysia - Democratic Action Party
• Mali - African Party for Solidarity and Justice
• Malta - Malta Labour Party
• Mauritius - Mauritius Labour Party, Mauritian Militant Movement
• Mexico - Institutional Revolutionary Party, Party of the Democratic Revolution
• Mongolia - Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
• Morocco - Socialist Union of Popular Forces
• Mozambique - Mozambican Liberation Front
• Nepal - Nepali Congress Party
• Netherlands - Labour Party
• New Zealand - New Zealand Labour Party
• Nicaragua - Sandinista National Liberation Front
• Niger - Party for Democracy and Socialism of Niger
• Norway - Norwegian Labour Party
• Panama - Democratic Revolutionary Party
• Pakistan - Pakistan People's Party
• Paraguay - Revolutionary Febrerista Party
• Peru - American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (also Peruvian Aprista Party)
• Poland - Democratic Left Alliance, Union of Labour
• Portugal - Socialist Party
• Romania - Democratic Party of Romania, Social Democratic Party
• San Marino - San Marino Socialist Party
• Serbia and Montenegro - Social Democratic Party of Montenegro
• Senegal - Socialist Party
• Slovakia - Party of the Democratic Left, Social Democratic Party of Slovakia
• Slovenia - United List of Social Democrats of Slovenia
• Spain - Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
• South Africa - African National Congress
• Sweden - Social Democratic Workers' Party of Sweden
• Switzerland - Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
• Tunisia - Democratic Constitutional Rally
• Turkey - Republican People's Party
• United Kingdom - Labour Party, Social Democratic and Labour Party (Northern Ireland)
• United States - Democratic Socialists of America, Puerto Rican Independence Party, Social Democrats USA
• Uruguay - New Space, Socialist Party of Uruguay
• Venezuela - Democratic Action

Consultative parties

• Azerbaijan - Social Democratic Party of Azerbaijan
• Belarus - Belarusian Social Democratic Party
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
• Burundi - Frodebu
• Dominica - Dominica Labour Party
• East Timor - Fretilin
• Fiji - Fiji Labour Party
• Gabon - Gabonese Party for Progress
• Ghana - National Democratic Congress
• Guyana - Working People's Alliance
• Greenland - Siumut
• Guatemala - Social Democratic Convergence
• Mali - Assembly for Mali
• Namibia - Congress of Democrats
• Namibia - SWAPO
• Palestine - Fatah
• Paraguay - Country in Solidarity Party
• Philippines - Akbayan! Citizens' Action Party
• Philippines - Philippines Democratic Socialist Party
• Russian Federation - Social Democratic Party of Russia
• St. Kitts and Nevis - St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party
• St. Lucia - St. Lucia Labour Party
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Unity Labour Party
• Serbia and Montenegro - Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro
• Serbia and Montenegro - Democratic Party (Serbia)
• Serbia and Montenegro - Social Democratic Party of Serbia
• Togo - Democratic Convention of African Peoples
• Tunisia - Democratic Forum for Labour and Freedoms
• Ukraine - Socialist Party of Ukraine
• Ukraine - Social Democratic Party of Ukraine
• Venezuela - Movement for Socialism

Observer parties

• Botswana — Botswana National Front
• Bulgaria — Bulgaria Social Democracy
• Central African Republic — Patriotic Front for Progress
• Colombia — M-19 Democratic Alliance
• Democratic Republic of Congo — Union for Democracy and Social Progress
• El Salvador — Social Democratic Party of El Salvador
• Georgia — Citizen's Union of Georgia
• Haiti — Organisation of the People in Struggle
• India — Janata Dal
• Iran — Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan
• Iraq — Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
• Jordan — Jordanian Democratic Party of the Left
• Mauritania — Assembly of Democratic Forces
• Palestinian Territories — Fatah
• Republic of Moldova — Social Democratic Party of Moldova
• Turkey — Democratic People's Party
• Yemen — Yemeni Socialist Party

Fraternal organizations

• International Falcon Union/Socialist Education International
• International Union of Socialist Youth
• Socialist International Women

Associated organizations

• International Federation of the Socialist and Democratic Press
• International Labour Sports Confederation
• International League of Religious Socialists
• International Union of Social Democratic Teachers
• Jewish Labour Bund
• National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
• Parliamentary Group of the Party of European Socialists
• Party of European Socialists
• Social Democratic Group of the Latin American Parliament
• World Labour Zionist Movement

External links

• Official site of the Socialist International