Use dmy dates date April 2011 Infobox political party party name Union for a PopularMovement native name Union pour un Mouvement Populaire party logo File UMP.svg 200px leader Nicolas Sarkozy leader1 title President leader1 name vacant ref When Nicolas Sarkozy became President of France in 2007, the office of president of the party was replaced by a collegial leadership composed of the secretary general ... 385 url http books.google.fr books?id LmfAPmwE6YYC&pg PA385&dq 22Union for a popularmovement 22 ...&pg PA123&dq 22Union for a popularmovement 22 2B 22liberal conservative 22&hl en&sa X&ei X1NT7CyEOOk0AWp0NHMAw ...&dq 22Union for a popularmovement 22 2B 22centre right 22&hl en&sa X&ei RX5NT uxFuaY1AXkgIGfBQ&redir ... for a PopularMovement lang fr Union pour un Mouvement Populaire , UMP is a centre right ref name centreright ... la majorit pr sidentielle was created. It was renamed Union for a PopularMovement some months later ... For A PopularMovement Category Union for a PopularMovement Category International Democrat Union member ... oc Union per un MovementPopular pl Unia na rzecz Ruchu Ludowego pt Uni o por um Movimento Popular ro Uniunea pentru o Mi care Popular ru simple Union for a PopularMovement ... year 2010 page 157 url http books.google.fr books?id K79sdX amEgC&pg PA157&dq Union for a popularmovement conservative&hl en&sa X&ei k31NT5i3AcWh0QXlhL3MAw&redir esc y v onepage&q Union 20for 20a ... , the social liberal Radical Party France Radical Party and the centrist Popular Party for French Democracy ... Lellouche , Luc Chatel , Louis Giscard d Estaing , Jean Jacques Descamps Democratic and Popular ... Movement Gaullism Gaullists , National conservatism national conservatives Bernard Debr , Yves ... Popular support The UMP s electoral base reflects that of the old Rally for the Republic and, in some ... ttifaq bg br Unvaniezh evit ul Luskad Poblel ca Uni per a un Moviment Popular ... es Uni n por un Movimiento Popular eo Union pour un mouvement populaire eu Union ... more details
Politics of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The PopularMovement of the Revolution lang fr Mouvement Populaire de la Revolution or MPR was a Zaire Zairian political party established on May 20, 1967 by then President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo President Joseph D sir Mobutu later called Mobutu Sese Seko . Ideology Its official ideology, laid down in the Manifesto of N sele, incorporated nationalism , revolution , and Authenticit Zaire authenticity . Revolution was described as a truly national revolution, essentially pragmatic, which called for the repudiation of both capitalism and communism . ref name Young and Turner Crawford Young and Thomas Turner, The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State , p. 210 ref One of the MPR s slogans was Neither left nor right, to which would be added nor even center in later years. ref name Young and Turner One party system From 1967 until 1990, it was the sole legal party in the country, and membership was compulsory for all citizens all citizens, from birth, were automatically considered to be members . ref name Young and Turner2 Young and Turner, p. 70 ref The 1974 constitution stipulated that in Zaire there exists a single institution, the MPR, incarnated by its President, that the President of the MPR is ex officio President of the Republic, and holds the plenitude of power exercise, and that Mobutism was constitutional doctrine. ref name Young and Turner2 Multi party period The single party system lasted until April 24, 1990, the date of the proclamation of the Third Republic. On that date, Mobutu said that three political parties would be allowed, and he said that these political parties could be two factions of the MPR&mdash moderates and hard liners&mdash as well as an opposition party, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress Democratic Republic of the Congo Union for Democracy and Social Progress UDPS . ref ... Zaire de Mouvement Populaire de la R volution es Movimiento Popular de la Revoluci n fr Mouvement ... more details
Afropop redirects here. For the radio program, see Afropop Worldwide . Africanpopular music , like Music of Africa African traditional music , is vast and varied. Most contemporary genres of Africanpopular music build on cross pollination with western popular music. Many List of popular music genres genres of popular music like blues , jazz , Salsa music salsa zouk , and African Rumba rumba derive to varying degrees on musical traditions from Africa, taken to the Americas by African slaves. These rhythms ... . Likewise, Africanpopular music has adopted elements, particularly the musical instruments ... The Birth and Growth of Congo Music . Original Music cassette tape 1986 . ref Cuban popular music played a major role in the development of many contemporary genres of Africanpopular music. John Storm ... tenets of Western music theory. However, as Gerhard Kubik points out, performers of Africanpopular ... 180px Fela Kuti Genres of Africanpopular music include border 0 valign top Afrobeat Apala Benga music ... Eyre. Book Sales August 1995 ISBN 0 7858 0443 9, ISBN 978 0 7858 0443 7 Genres of Africanpopular music Africa in topic Music of DEFAULTSORT AfricanPopular Music Category Africanpopular music Category African music Category Popular music Africa music stub es M sica popular africana pt M sica ... of Popular Music before Rock Music. ISBN 978 0 9765531 2 0 ref File KingSunnyAde.jpg thumb right ... African pop music. The term does not refer to a specific style or sound, ref name secouer http www.bbc.co.uk africabeyond africaonyourstreet glossary African on your street Glossary BBC ref but is used as a general term to describe Africanpopular music. Afro Cuban comes home File Orch baob 062608 001.jpg thumb right 350px Orchestra Baobab Cuban music has been popular in sub Saharan Africa since ... for Afropop. To the Africans, clave rhythm clave based Cuban popular music sounded both familiar .... The I IV V IV harmonic progression, so common in Cuban music, is heard in pop music all across the African ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2006 Pan African Youth Movement is the former name for the Panafrican Youth Union . Based in Algiers , it changed its name and structure at its last congress in 2003 in Namibia . Formed in 1962 in Conakry , Guinea to rally African youth behind the cause of African liberation. It was most commonly referred to as the PYM. Category Youth organizations Youth org stub Africa org stub ... more details
Orphan date October 2008 African Autonomist Movement in French language French Mouvement Autonomiste Africain was a political party in French West Africa , led by Amadou Ba. It was formed after the fall of the Vichy regime . References Zuccarelli, Fran ois. La vie politique s n galaise 1940 1988 . Paris CHEAM, 1988. Category Political parties in French West Africa Africa party stub France party stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 African Nationalist Movement lang fr Mouvement Nationalist Africain was a political party in French West Africa , led by Pierre Diagne . It was formed after the fall of the Vichy regime . Source Zuccarelli, Fran ois. La vie politique s n galaise 1940 1988 . Paris CHEAM, 1988. Category Nationalist parties Category Political parties in French West Africa Africa party stub France party stub ... more details
The AfricanMovement for Development and Progress lang fr Mouvement africain pour la d velloppement et le progr s, MADEP is a political party in Benin . In the last legislative elections in Benin elections , held on 30 March 2003, the party was part of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of President Mathieu K r kou , who had won the Beninese presidential election, 2001 2001 presidential election , and won 9 out of 83 seats. ref name IPU http www.ipu.org parline e reports arc 2033 03.htm IPU PARLINE page for 2003 parliamentary election . ref ref name DB http africanelections.tripod.com bj.html Elections in Benin , African Elections Database. ref The President of MADEP is S fou Fagbohoun , a wealthy businessman. ref http www.sonangnon.net actualites 2006 juin intinformat2206 1.php Affaire Sonacop SA incarc ration de S fou Fagbohoun Boni Yayi doit rester au dessus de la m l e , L Informateur sonangnon.net , June 22, 2006 fr icon . ref ref Political Parties of the World 6th edition, 2005 , ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 66. ref A leading member of the party, Antoine Kolawol Idji , was elected President of the National Assembly in April 2003. ref name IPU In the Beninese presidential election, 2006 presidential election of 5 March 2006, the party s candidate, Antoine Kolawol Idji, took fifth place with 3.25 of the vote. ref name DB In the Beninese parliamentary election, 2007 March 2007 parliamentary election , MADEP participated in the Alliance for a Dynamic Democracy , ref Alain C. Assogba, http www.benininfo.com 060403.htm Conclave Cotonou hier L Add passe l offensive Elle veut constituer sa propre majorit , La Nouvelle Tribune BeninInfo.com , April 6, 2007 fr icon . ref which won a total of 20 seats. ref http apanews.net apa.php?page show article eng&id article 25205 Coalition supported by President Boni tops Benin s legislative polls , African Press Agency, April 8, 2007. ref References reflist Beninese political parties Category Political parties ... more details
The Renewed African Socialist Movement lang fr Mouvement Socialiste Africain Renouveau is a political party in Chad . It is considered a moderate opposition party allied with the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement MPS , ref http www.primature tchad.org ?2007 08 30 580 du concret Du concr t , Chadian government website, August 30, 2007 fr icon . ref and it participates in the government as of 2007. Brahim Koulamallah was the party s candidate in the Chadian presidential election, 2006 May 2006 presidential election , ref http www.irinnews.org Report.aspx?ReportId 58566 CHAD Opposition denounces poll as masquerade , refuses to field candidate , IRIN, March 27, 2006. ref taking fifth and last place with 5.31 of the vote. ref http www.irinnews.org Report.aspx?ReportId 59146 CHAD Deby win confirmed, but revised down to 64.67 pct , IRIN, May 29, 2006. ref ref Valery Gottingar, http www.primature tchad.org ?2006 05 29 180 scrutin presidentiel du 03 mai 2006 le conseil constitutionnel proclame le president idriss deby itno reelu au premier tour avec un score de 6467 Scrutin pr sidentiel du 03 mai 2006 le Conseil Constitutionnel proclame le Pr sident Idriss Deby Itno r lu au premier tour avec un score de 64,67 . , Chadian government website, May 29, 2006 fr icon . ref References reflist Category Political parties in Chad Category Socialist parties Africa party stub Chad stub ... more details
The African Development Movement lang fr Mouvement Africain de D veloppement is a political party in Gabon , led by Pierre Claver Zeng Ebome . In the Gabonese legislative election, 2001 9 December 2001 parliamentary election , the party won one out of 120 seats. In the Gabonese legislative election, 2006 17 December 24 December 2006 parliamentary election , the party retained one out of 120 seats. MAD is part of the Presidential Majority coalition. It held its Fourth Congress on 10 February 2008, reaffirming its participation in the Presidential Majority and re electing Zeng Ebome as its President. ref http www.gaboneco.com show article.php?IDActu 5353 Gabon Le MAD en rangs serr s pour les lections locales , Gaboneco, 11 February 2008 fr icon . ref References Reflist Gabonese political parties Category Political parties in Gabon Gabon stub africa party stub ... more details
African Socialist Movement lang fr Mouvement Socialiste Africain , also known as the MSA was a political party in French West Africa . The MSA was formed following a meeting of the Section fran aise de l Internationale ouvri re SFIO federations of Cameroon , Chad , the Republic of the Congo , French Sudan now Mali , Gabon , Guinea , Niger , Oubangui Chari now the Central African Republic , and Senegal the meeting was held in Conakry from January 11 to January 13, 1957. At that meeting it was decided that the African federations would break with its French parent organisation and form the MSA. ref name zuc Zuccarelli, Fran ois. La vie politique s n galaise 1940 1988 . Paris CHEAM, 1988. ref The first meeting of the leading committee of MSA met in Dakar from February 9 to February 10 the same year. Two SFIO delegates attended the session. MSA opted for a federalist solution for French West Africa . On March 26, 1958, the MSA signed a declaration in Paris merging itself into the African Regroupment Party PRA . ref name zuc Leadership At its founding, Lamine Gu ye politician Lamine Gu ye became the president of MSA, Barry III the general secretary and Djibo Bakary the deputy general secretary. ref http books.google.com books?id 7gnvgKsw2LoC&pg PA136 ref Sections The Senegal ese section of MSA was the Senegalese Party of Socialist Action PSAS , and it was led by Lamine Gu ye politician Lamine Gu ye . ref name zuc In Guinea, the Socialist Democracy of Guinea was the section of MSA. ref O Toole, Thomas, and Janice E. Baker. http books.google.com books?id kIiHwg3Y5u4C Historical Dictionary of Guinea . Historical dictionaries of Africa, no. 94. Lanham, Md Scarecrow Press, 2005. p. 62 ref The French Soudan Sudanese section of MSA was the Progressive Sudanese Party , while what became the Niger section retained the MSA name as the Sawaba Mouvement Socialiste Africain Sawaba . ref ... in Niger , published in The Journal of African History , Vol. 14, No. 2 1973 , pp. 313 330 ref References ... more details
ARM African Resistance Movement was a militant anti apartheid resistance movement which operated in South Africa during the early and mid 1960s.It was founded in 1960 as the National Committee of Liberation NCL by members of South Africa South Africa s Liberal Party South Africa Liberal Party , which advocated the dismantling of apartheid and a gradual transformation of South Africa into a free multiracial society. It was renamed ARM in 1964. ref Cite book last Gunther first Magnus authorlink coauthors title Chapter 5 in The road to democracy in South Africa year 2004 publisher Pretoria University of South Africa 2004 location isbn 1 86872 906 0 pages p. 210 ref NLC ARM Immediately after the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre the apartheid government imposed a state of emergency, under which it could apply a broad range of sanctions against its political opponents, such as banning and secret detention enabling the Special Branch a Gestapo like police force answerable directly to the minister of justice to detain and interrogate whoever it deemed a threat to the government in secrecy, without any due process the infamous 90 day Act . Much of the party s leadership was banned, detained or forced underground, rendering it impotent. ref Robertson 1971 pp. 219 221 ref A number of young Liberals became increasingly frustrated and in 1960 formed the National Liberation Committee NLC . ref Cite book last1 Daniels first1 Eddie title year 1998 p.105 ref Concentrating at first on aiding hunted people to escape the country, they decided to resort to violence in the form of sabotage against government installations and services, explicitly eschewing violence against persons. They launched their first ... the African Resistance Movement. The name change coincided with increased discussions about the use ... of Adrian Leftwich in Cape Town. Leftwich, a former president of the South African Union of Students ... years in a South African prison publisher Barrie and Jenkins location London year 1974 pages isbn ... more details
The Ivorian PopularMovement of the Great West Mouvement populaire ivoirien du Grand Ouest MPIGO . One of two rebel movements in the west of C te d Ivoire , created to reinforce the rebel presence after the Marcoussis accords. Founded by sergent Felix Doh F lix Doh killed April 2003 in an ambush , MPIGO recruited mostly in the ethnicly lib ro ivoirienne Dan language Dan Yacouba speaking region. MPIGO had some 6000 men under arms when it signed a ceasefire on 8 January 2003. Since 2004 MPIGO has been a political party, functioning as a junior partner to the Patriotic Movement of C te d Ivoire MPCI in the Forces Nouvelles de C te d Ivoire coalition led by Guillaume Soro . References fr Politique de la C te d Ivoire MPIGO Translation of French Wikipedia Entry See also Politics of C te d Ivoire Ivorian Civil War Ivorian political parties Category Political parties in C te d Ivoire C ted Ivoire party stub es Movimiento Popular Marfile o del Gran Oeste fr Mouvement populaire ivoirien du Grand Ouest ... more details
election burkina Organization for Popular Democracy Labour Movement lang fr Congr s Organisation pour la D mocratie Populaire Mouvement du Travail was the ruling political party in Burkina Faso . It was founded in April 1989 by the Union of Burkinab Communists , the Revolutionary Military Organization OMR and factions from Communist Struggle Union The Flame and Burkinab Communist Group as a party based on Marxism , but strongly pragmatic, adopting the free market in its economic plan. It renounced Marxism Leninism in March 1991. ref Political Parties of the World 6th edition, 2005 , ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 96. ref In February 1996 the ODP MT became a founding organization of the Congress for Democracy and Progress . AIn the Burkinabe parliamentary election, 1992 parliamentary election held on May 24, 1992, it won 48.2 of the popular vote and 70 out of 107 seats. The ODP MT was led by Ars ne Bongnessan Y , Nabaho Kanidoua and Roch Marc Christian Kabor . It published Yeelen . References reflist Category Political parties established in 1989 Category Political parties in Burkina Faso Category Communist parties in Burkina Faso BurkinaFaso party stub ca Organitzaci per la Democr cia Popular Moviment del Treball ... more details
The Russian All National Popular State Movement in Russian Rossiyskoe Obschenatsional noe Narodno Derzhavnoe Dvizheniye , abbreviated as RONDD , Cyrillic , abbreviated as was a Russian political emigre organization based primarily in West Germany that sought to unite the participants of the Russian Liberation Army and the anti communist Russian White emigres White migr s . RONDD was founded in 1948 by White emigre E.P. Artsyuk, a veteran of the Russian Liberation Army who often wrote under the pseudonym of Derzhavin the last name of the Russian poet Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin Gavrila Derzhavin , and originating from the Russian word derzhava meaning state . It numbered several hundred members and published several periodicals, Derzhavniy Kluch The State Key , followed by Volya Naroda The People s Will , and the Nabad The Ringing Bell . One of its best known publications was a book with the illustrations of Constantine Kuznetsov dedicated to the Ice March of the Volunteer army . The RONDD was considerably more right wing than other Russian Liberation Movement liberation movement inspired organizations such as the Union of Battle for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia SBONR it rejected the Prague Manifesto as being too socialist but likewise steered clear of a monarchist orientation. It sought to unite conservative German forces in post war Germany with the Russians, for which purpose it founded a circle known as the New Rossiyan Politics of Germany . It also founded an umbrella organization in 1951 called the Russian National Patriotic Front , aiming to unite several Russian organizations. RONDD was taken to court over allegations of antisemitism , as its publications occasionally used the term judeo communism . RONDD was particilarly hostile towards the Russian National Alliance of Russian Solidarists ... Russian Liberation Movement Mladorossi References 1994 The Mission of the Russian Emigration, M.V. ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Image Mapml.PNG thumb left MAP ML symbol Popular Action Movement Marxist Leninist Lang es Movimiento de Acci n Popular Marxista Leninista is a communist party in Nicaragua that surged out of a split from the Sandinista National Liberation Front FSLN in the early 1970s. Since 1985 it is officially named the Marxist Leninist Party of Nicaragua Partido Marxista Leninista de Nicaragua , but the original name MAP ML is far more known and has been used when participating in elections. One of the founders of MAP ML, Marvin Ortega, had belonged to the national leadership of FSLN. MAP ML built up a militant trade union activism and in urban areas had its own armed militia s, Milicias Populares Antisomocistas MILPAS . In the struggle against the Somoza regime, MILPAS forces fought under the command of the FSLN. When Socialist Albania Albania Sino Albanian split broke with the People s Republic of China , MAP ML followed Albania. When the Revolution succeeded in 1979, MAP ML started a series of occupations of lands and industries owned by large capitalists. In order to appease bourgeois allies, FSLN suppressed the occupations and jailed a series of MAP ML leaders. During the Sandinista government, MAP ML suffered repression at several points. Its newspaper, El Pueblo The People , was closed by the government. Its labour wing, Frente Obrero Workers Front , was also suppressed. Sections of MILPAS would reform as the Milicias Populares Anti Sandinistas , eventually assimilating into the Nicaraguan Democratic Force , a Contra group. Reacting to the repression of the MAP ML, the Albanian government broke diplomatic relations with the Nicaraguan government led by Daniel Ortega, coordinator of the Junta of National Reconstruction JNR JGRN . MAP ML was generally critical against the mixed economy during the FSLN government. MAP ML was the only party that voted ... br Strollad Marksour Leninour Nicaragua es Movimiento de Acci n Popular Marxista ... more details
The African Charter for Popular Participation in Development and Transformation was adopted in February 1990 at the International Conference on Popular Participation in the Recovery and Development Process in Africa , Arusha , Tanzania . ref name autogenerated2 http www.un.org issues docs documents a 45 427.html African Charter for Popular Participation in Development Bot generated title ref The Charter was officially adopted at the Twenty fifth session of the Economic Commission for Africa and Sixteenth meeting of the Economic Commission for Africa Conference of Ministers responsible for Economic Planning and Development. ref name autogenerated2 The Charter was adopted in the context of a deterioration of social and economic conditions in Africa n countries in the 1980s and ratifying parties thought that the lack of full appreciation of the role popular participation see public participation plays in the process of recovery and development was partly to blame. ref name autogenerated2 ref name autogenerated1 http findarticles.com p articles mi m1309 is n2 v27 ai 9161155 Recovery linked to participation popular participation in economic recovery in Africa UN Chronicle Find Articles at BNET Bot generated title ref The Charter was initiated by NGOs , grass roots organisations and African Governments. The Charter emerged NGO suggestions the 1988 mid term review of the United Nations Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development , 1986 1990 UN PAAERD , which established a framework co operation between Africa and the international community. ref http www.africaaction.org african initiatives chartall.htm African Charter for Popular Participation in Development ... on Popular Participation in the Recovery and Development Process in Africa that The continent needs ... by the profound changes of the 1980s , calling for diversification of African national economies ... name autogenerated1 See also African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights Right to development References ... more details
Central African National Liberation Movement in French language French Mouvement Centrafricain de Lib ration Nationale , was a political opposition movement in the Central African Republic . MCLN was led by Dr. Rodolphe Iddi Lala. Lala had been expelled from Abel Goumba s Ubangian Popular Front FPO in 1980 . MCLN created a military wing, Forces Arm es de Lib ration Militaire . On July 14, 1981 MCLN bombed a popular movie theatre in Bangui . Three people were killed and several others injured. MCLN took responsibility for the act and claimed that such attacks would only be stopped if French troops withdrew. The regime answered by banning MCLN and several other more peaceful opposition groups. MCLN was supported by Libya . Claimed links to MCLN was often used by the regime to dislegimitize the major opposition forces in the country. Source O Toole, Thomas. The Central African Republic The Continent s Hidden Heart . Boulder Westview Press, 1986. Category Political parties in the Central African Republic Africa party stub CentralAfricanRepublic stub ... more details
Movement of Central African Liberators for Justice lang fr Le Mouvement des lib rateurs centrafricains pour la justice is a rebel group in the Central African Republic led by Abakor Sabone . ref http www.unhcr.org refworld country,,IRIN,,CAF,,4a3b58a10,0.html ref The group is a splinter group from the Union of Democratic Forces for Unity and was involved in fighting in the Central African Republic Bush War . References references Category Central African War fr Mouvement des lib rateurs centrafricains pour la justice ... more details
s suffrage in the United States women s suffrage movement gained popularity, African American women were increasingly marginalized. ref name Rosalyn Terborg Penn 1920 Rosalyn Terborg Penn , African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850 1920,1998 ref African American women dealt not only ... Studies Reader pp. 65 78 . New York Routledge. ref Southern whites feared African Americans gaining more political advantage and thus power African American women voters would help to achieve this. The Educated Suffragist The main push of NAWSA s movement was to marginalize as many African American ... Nineteenth Amendment . ref name ReferenceA Rosalyn Terborg Penn, African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850 1920, 1998 ref In some Southern states African American women were ..., these difficulties did not deter African American women in their effort to secure the vote. Marginalizing African American Women In 1890, two rival organizations, the National Woman Suffrage Association ... Association NAWSA . ref Steven M. Buechler, Women s movement in U.S Woman Suffrage, equal rights and beyond ... As NAWSA began gaining support for its cause, its members realized the exclusion African American ... M. Buechler, Women s movement in U.S Woman Suffrage, Equal rights and Beyond Rutgers University Press, 1990 . http books.google.ca books. Accessed October 1st, 2010 ref African American women began experiencing the Anti Black woman suffrage movement. ref Susan Gluck Mezey. The Evolution of American ... allowed the right to vote. Since many African American women were uneducated, this meant exclusion from having the right to vote. This movement was prevalent in the South but eventually gained momentum in the North as well. ref name Rosalyn Terborg Penn 1920 African American women would not be deterred ... in 1920, African American women, particularly those inhabiting Southern states, still faced ... History. Vol 2,2010 ref At first, African American women in the North were easily able to register ... more details
The South African Unemployed Peoples Movement SAUPM is a social movement with branches in Durban , Grahamstown ... social movements in South Africa, has supported the global Occupy movement ref http www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org international news south african unemployed movement begins occupation.html South African Unemployed Movement Begins Occupation , Marxist Humanist Initiative, 2011 ref and the struggle ... Africa . It is often referred to as the Unemployed People s Movement or UPM. It is strongly critical of the ruling African National Congress . ref http www.sabc.co.za news a fc15ee8049ba6dcaab89fb014e68926d ... , South African Broadcasting Corporation , 9 January 2012 ref Appropriation of Food in Durban On Wednesday 15 July 2009 the movement announced that it would begin appropriating food from supermarkets ... 2009 ref On Wednesday 22 July the movement occupied Checkers in Dr Pixley KaSeme and Pick n Pay at The Workshop ... at Checkers and 50 people at Pick n Pay. Nozipho Mteshana, the chairwoman of the movement, said that the appropriation ... a branch of the Unemployed People s Movement in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape . ref http abahlali.org taxonomy term 1830 Unemployed People s Movement ref ref http abahlali.org taxonomy term 1787 Unemployed People s Movement ref ref http www.grocotts.co.za content demanding not requesting ... unemployed peoples movement grahamstown Ten Theses on Democracy , Amandla Magazine , 2011 ref ... unemployed people s movement and women s social forum march toilets friday The Unemployed People s Movement and the Women s Social Forum March for Toilets this Friday , 2011 ref It s current chairperson ... Occupy South Africa on the Global Occupy Map ref The movement works closely with radical students. ref ... unemployed peoples movement grahamstown Ten Theses on Democracy , Amandla Magazine , 2011 http afrospear.com ... , by Pedro Tabensky, January 2012 See also Abahlali baseMjondolo The Landless Peoples Movement The Mandela ... and references reflist 2 Use dmy dates date October 2010 Category South African social movements ... more details
Multiple issues orphan September 2008 unreferenced January 2010 The AfricanMovement of Working Children and Youth AMWCY , or Mouvement africain des enfants et jeunes travailleurs Maejt in french language french , is a network of associations of working children from 20 Africa n countries. The purpose of this child led organization is to protect working minors through the establishment of local benefit societies, campaigns of sensibilization of the public opinion , and negotiation with the political authorities. The movement has a bulletin entitled Lettre de la rue and in 1999 it has published the book Voix des enfants d Afrique Voice of the children of Africa , which has been translated in several languages. The movement was formally created in July 1994 in Bouak C te d Ivoire , where the first international meeting was held. At the Bouak meeting, both the movement vision and a list of 12 priority rights for working children were outlined Vision All African children, must be born and grow in good condition, and enjoy their full rights to thrive, while at the same time they help their communities to develop harmoniously in peace and in a favourable environment. Priority rights The right to be respected The right to be taught a trade The right to stay in the village not to migrate The right to work in a safe environment The right to light and limited work The right to rest when sick The right to be listened to The right to healthcare The right to learn to read and to write The right to play The right to self expression and to form organizations The right to equitable legal aid, in case of difficulty. AMWCY has gained the support of Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS , Save the Children , Plan aid organisation Plan , International Labor Organization ILO and UNESCO and it has branches in 21 countries, including Angola , Benin , Burkina Faso , Burundi , Cameroon ... AfricanMovement Of Working Children And Youth Category Child labour Category Africa Africa org stub ... more details
The Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People lang fr Mouvement pour la Lib ration du Peuple Centrafricain , MLPC is a political party in the Central African Republic . It was established in Paris in 1979 by former prime minister Ange F lix Patass as a Central African opposition movement. It called for the replacement of President David Dacko by a national council authorised to establish provisional government of national unity . Patass was President of the Central African Republic from his election in 1993 to his ouster in 2003. In Central African Republic general election, 2005 the last election , held on 13 March first round and 8 May 2005 second round , the party backed Martin Zigu l , Patass s last prime minister, as its presidential candidate. Patass , who was in exile, was initially the MLPC candidate, but he was barred from contesting the election due to charges against him regarding alleged wrongdoing while in office, and the party then backed Zigu l s candidacy. ref http www.izf.net izf Actualite RDP 01 rca.htm Le parti de l ex pr sident centrafricain Patass soutient Martin Zigu l , AFP izf.net , January 26, 2005 fr icon . ref Zigu l won 23.53 of the vote in the first round and 35.40 in the second round. ref PDFlink http democratie.francophonie.org ... seats in the National Assembly of the Central African Republic National Assembly . ref http www.sangonet.com ..., July 9, 2007 fr icon . ref The first ordinary congresses of the MPLC s associated groups, the Movement for the Liberation of Central African Women MLFC and the Movement for the Liberation of Central African Youth MLJC were held prior to this party congress. ref http www.lemlpc.org Page Index.asp ... . Transaction Publishers. ISBN 1 4128 0469 8 Central African Republic political parties DEFAULTSORT Movement For The Liberation Of The Central African People Category Political parties in the Central African Republic fr Mouvement de lib ration du peuple centrafricain ja ... more details
Students Movement of the African and Malagasy Common Organization in French language French Mouvement des Etudiants de l Organisation Commune Africaine et Malgache , generally called M.E.O.C.A.M., was an organization of Africa n students in France . M.E.O.C.A.M. was founded of the initiative of F lix Houphou t Boigny in November 1966, in order to counter the influence of the Federation of Students of Black Africa in France F.E.A.N.F. . F.E.A.N.F. was seen by the Houphou t Boigny regime as pro communist and subversive. ref name gbag Laurent Gbagbo Gbagbo, Laurent C te d Ivoire, Pour une alternative d mocratique . Paris L Harmattan, 1983. ref The formation of M.E.O.C.A.M. provoked protests amongst students in C te d Ivoire . In early 1967 a group of over 100 students was arrested in connection with these protests. ref name gbag References reflist youth org stub Category Student political organizations Category Organizations based in France ... more details
African American topics sidebar right This is a timeline of African American Civil Rights Movement 1955 1968 African American Civil Rights Movement . Pre 17th century Information in this section primarily ... the March on Washington Movement . early 1941 U.S. Army forms African American air combat units, the Tuskegee ... an unknown number of African slaves. 17th century 1619 The first record of African slavery in English .... 1676 Both free and enslaved African Americans fought in Bacon s Rebellion along with English colonists ... has a poem printed, becoming the first published African American poet. 1770 March 5 Crispus Attucks ... Baptist Church in South Carolina, and First African Baptist Church Petersburg, Virginia First African ... African Americans in the South escape to Great Britain British or Loyalist American Revolution ... , 25,000 enslaved African Americans, one quarter of those held, escape to the British. ref http www.digitalhistory.uh.edu ... 5 March 2008 ref After the war, many African Americans leave with the British for England others ... River and east of the Mississippi River . 1788 The First African Baptist Church Savannah, Georgia First African Baptist Church of Savannah, Georgia is organized under Andrew Bryan Baptist Andrew Bryan ... Two independent black churches open in Philadelphia the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas , with Absalom Jones , and the Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church , with Richard .... 1816 The first separate black denomination of the African Methodist Episcopal Church AME is founded ... Society is begun by Robert Finley , to send free African Americans to what is to become Liberia ... run the Africa Squadron . 1821 The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is officially formed. 1822 ... Education for African Americans is founded. Founded as the African Institute in February 1837 and renamed .... 1853 December Clotel Clotel or, The President s Daughter is the first novel published by an African American. 1855 John Mercer Langston is one of the first African Americans elected to public office ... more details
See also Slavery in the United States African American Civil Rights Movement 1955 1968 African American topics sidebar right The Civil Rights Movement in the United States was a long, primarily nonviolent struggle to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. The movement has ... was broadly popular in Northern black communities. Garvey s movement was a contradictory mix of defeatism ... Rights movement has been made up of many movements. The term usually refers to the political struggles and reform movements between 1945 and 1970 to end discrimination against African American s and other ... of African Americans. United States Congress Congress passed, and enough states ratified, an amendment ... States Constitution 14th Amendment was ratified by the states, granting African Americans ... Democrats had more freedom to impose and enforce discriminatory practices. Many African Americans responded ... Civil Rights Movement Segregation The Supreme Court s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 upheld ... that disfranchised African Americans, as in Guinn v. United States 1915 , with Plessy , it upheld segregation ... , that created second class status for African Americans. In many cities and towns, African Americans ... in the South. African Americans were expected to step aside to let a white person pass, and black ... League Baseball debut, 1947 Jackie Robinson was a sports pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement, best known for becoming the first African American to play professional sports in the major leagues. Robinson ... Movement. Political opposition Lily White Movement Main Lily White Movement Following the Civil ... the 1888 Texas Republican Convention, Cuney coined the term Lily White Movement to describe efforts ... books?id yuAEokAx2G4C ref Increasingly organized efforts by this movement gradually eliminated ... with Democrats as part of a larger movement toward disfranchisement of blacks in the South, ref cite ... with Democrats to disenfranchise African Americans. ref but by the late 19th century, the Democratic ... more details
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