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155 matches to Republican Party
Mugwumps. 1884. US Republican reform faction. In England, politically neutral voters.
Northern Ireland. Ireland. 17C Protestants settle. 1801 United Kingdom. 1920 Ireland divided. 1922 Civil War. 1922 Direct rule. IRA.
Orléanists. 1830-48. French supporters of Louis-Philippe vs republicans and Bonapartists.
Philippi, Battle. 42BC. Antony and Octavian beat republicans Brutus and Cassius.
Progressive Party. 1912,24 Dissident US Republicans. 1948 Dissident Democrats.
Reagan, Ronald. 1911-2004. US actor, Republican President 1981-9. Tax reform. Strong economy. Aid to Nicaragua Contras. Irangate scandal. Fall of Soviet Empire.
Renner, Karl. 1870-1950. Austrian republican leader and president. Supported union with Germany before WWII.
Republican People’s Party. Turkey 1923-50. Founded by Ataturk.
Russian Revolution. 1905. Led to Duma, Constitution and end of Mir system. Police gradually regained authority. October Manifesto. Bloody Sunday. 1917 Feb: Liberal republicans overthrow Czar. Oct: Lenin’s Bolsheviks overthrow Kerensky’s Provisional Government, withdraw from WWI.
Scalawags. White southern Republicans who supported Reconstruction.
Sinn Fein. 1905. (=Ourselves Alone). Irish Nationalist movement. 1916 uprising. Founded Irish Free State. Legalized as political party in Northern Ireland, 1974. Political wing of IRA. De Valera.
Terrorism. Zealots. Cagoulards. Baader-Meinhof. Irish Republican Army. Hamas. PLO. Osama. Taliban. al-Qaeda.
Whig. 1834-54. US political party. Divided over slavery, most became Republican.
Aberhart, William. 1878-1943. Canadian Social Credit advocate.
African National Congress. ANC. 1912-. Organization for black rights in South Africa outlawed to 1990. 1994- Ruling party. Mandela.
Anti-Masonic Party. 1826. US party absorbed into Whigs 1838.
Attlee, Clement. 1883-1967. British Labour Prime Minister. 1945-51. National Health. Nationalization.
Ba’ath. 1943-. Pan-Arab Socialist unity party.
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.