Bebel, August. 1840-1913. Founder of German Social Democrat Party.

Bevan, Aneurin. 1897-1960. British Socialist MP 1929-60. Architect of National Health Service, 1948.

Black Panthers. 1966-80. Revolutionary US political party. Bobby Seale. Huey Newton.

Blum, Léon. 1872-1950. French Socialist Prime Minister 1936-7. 40 hr. week.

Bolsheviks. (“Majority”) 1903-52. Revolutionary faction of Social Democratic Workers Party for dictatorship of Proletariat. =Communist. Mensheviks.

Boston Tea Party. 1773. Colonials dump tea cargo to protest tax. Led to Intolerable Acts.

Brandt, Willy. 1913-92. Pragmatic Social Democrat Chancellor of West Germany 1969-74.

Branting, Karl. 1860-1925. Founder of Swedish Social Democratic Party, Prime Minister 1920-4.

Bryan, William Jennings. 1860-1925. US Democrat vs Gold Standard. Scopes prosecutor.

Bryant, William. 1794-1878. US poet/journalist. Founded Republican Party. Evening Post.

Bull Moose. 1912-16. Liberal Republicans for Roosevelt in first US Progressive Party.

Callaghan, James. 1912-. British Labour Prime Minister 1976-9.

Camorra. 1820-1911. Naples secret criminal society. Became political party.

Cavalier Party. 1660-88. Royalists. Became Tory.

CCF. 1932. Cooperative Commonwealth Federation. Canadian Socialist party. 1961 =New Democratic Party.

Central Committee. Governing body of USSR Communist Party.

Centre Party. 1871-1933. German Roman Catholic political party.

Chase, Salmon. 1808-73. US. Founded Republican Party. National banking system.

Chaykovsky, Nikolai. 1850-1926. Russian Socialist. Opposed Bolsheviks. Led counterrevolutionary government 1918-20.

Chicherin, Georgi. 1872-1936. Russian diplomat. Won recognition for Communist government.

Chou En-lai. 1898-1976. Chinese moderate Communist Prime Minister 1949-.

COMINFORM. Communist Information Bureau. 1947-56. Coordinated European party activities.

Communist Party. USSR. 1918. Name adopted by Bolsheviks for Social Democratic Workers’ Party. Parties started in Britain, USA, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Germany soon after.

Conservative Party. Britain. 1832. Successor to Tory Party.

Country Party. 1913-. Australian pro-agriculture party. Small but influential in coalition governments.

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