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Q
20th January 2011, 13:45
http://www.socialistinternational.org/viewArticle.cfm?ArticleID=2085


SI decision on Tunisia 17 JANUARY 2011
A decision has been taken by the President together with the Secretary General, in accordance with the statutes of the Socialist International, to cease the membership of the Constitutional Democratic Assembly (RCD) of Tunisia.

This decision, in extraordinary circumstances, reflects the values and principles which define our movement and the position of the International on developments in that country.

Only 23 years late guys...
Widerstand
20th January 2011, 13:55
Tunisia was a socialist country? I didn't know.
Q
20th January 2011, 14:04
Tunisia was a socialist country? I didn't know.

In as mush as the UK was a socialist country during Labour or Germany was during the SPD administration, I guess.
scarletghoul
20th January 2011, 14:26
This decision, in extraordinary circumstances, reflects the values and principles which define our movementThose values and principles being "dont lose power" i guess. :laugh: how very noble
Delenda Carthago
20th January 2011, 15:14
The president of this thing is George Papandreou, the prime minister of Greece...go figure...
ZeroNowhere
20th January 2011, 15:19
Wow, these guys have criteria for membership? I did not know that.
KurtFF8
20th January 2011, 23:01
I hope that this makes a lot of folks who participate in this international organization look internally at what the purpose of it is and critically examine themselves.
TheGeekySocialist
21st January 2011, 02:43
fml, why is a Socialist organisation supporting regimes like the one that was in place in Tunisia?
Q
21st January 2011, 03:22
fml, why is a Socialist organisation supporting regimes like the one that was in place in Tunisia?

The Socialist International (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_International) is the follow up of the Second International (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_International) (there were some intermediary organisations between 1916 and 1951).

It is not socialist in the sense we understand the term.
TheGeekySocialist
21st January 2011, 04:49
The Socialist International (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_International) is the follow up of the Second International (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_International) (there were some intermediary organisations between 1916 and 1951).

It is not socialist in the sense we understand the term.

ah, I see, the fact the Labour party is in it tells me all I need to know
Die Neue Zeit
21st January 2011, 04:54
Nah, it's got Egypt's National-Democratic Party.