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51 matches to International Monetary Fund
Bretton Woods. 1944. Economic conference. Created International Monetary Fund, World Bank.
International Monetary Fund. IMF.1944. Bretton Woods. Lends money to balance foreign exchange deficits and stabilize exchange rates.
Albert, Prince Consort. 1819-1861. Married Queen Victoria, 1840. Responsible for International exhibitions 1851, 62. Moderated Trent Affair.
America’s Cup. 1851. Royal Yacht Squadron race won by Americans until 1983. Oldest international sports trophy.
Amnesty International. 1961. Human rights watchdog NGO fighting for political prisoners and victims of torture. MacBride.
Anti-Comintern Pact. 1936. Germany and Japan oppose International Communism. Axis.
Bakunin, Mikhail. 1814-76. Russian anarchist revolutionary. International movement. Advocated assassination. Dieu et l’état 1871.
Bakunists. Anarchist faction of Internationals.
Chaplin, Charlie. 1889-1977. English silent film actor. First international film star: The Kid 1921. Modern Times 1936. Little Tramp.
Chivalry. 12-15C. International brotherhood of knights and their code of conduct.
COMINTERN. Third International 1919-43.
Copyright ©. 1518 Pynson, king’s printer. 1710 Britain. Copyright Act. 1789 Ramsey in US. 1831 US Act. 1838 International. 1886 Berne Convention. 1952 Universal Copyright Convention. 1988 US joins Berne. 1998 US Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
Don Pacifico Affair. 1850. Britain siezes Greek ships. Causes international protest.
Free Trade. International commerce free from duties, government restriction or discrimination. Smith.
Gentili, Alberico. 1552-1608. Italian jurist. International laws on the conduct of war.
Harris, Paul. 1868-1947. US lawyer. Founded Rotary International 1905.
Human Rights. Agreed natural rights for all mankind. Stoics. Declaration of the Rights of Man 1789. Bill of Rights 1791. Buisson. Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948. Amnesty International.
ICFTU. International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. 1949. Split from WFTU. Represents 70M workers in 89 countries. IFTU.
IFTU. 1901-40. International Federation of Trade Unions. WFTU 1945.
International. 1920-. Style of architecture. Glass and steel. Gropius. Le Corbusier.
International. Socialist revolutionary workers movements. First. 1864-76. Founded by Marx in London. Second. 1889-1914. Paris. IFTU. Revived in 1920s. Third. 1919-43. =COMINTERN. Stalin’s Vehicle for world-wide Communist Revolution. Fourth. 1938-53. Trotsky’s Transitional Program for reform.
International Brigades. 1936-9. 60,000 volunteers who opposed Franco in Spanish Civil War.
International Court of Justice. 1945-. UN appointed body to settle International disputes. World Court.
International Labour Organization. ILO. 1919- Agency of League of Nations, United Nations.
Internationale. Revolutionary song based on a poem by Pottier, 1871. Music by Degeyter.