Al-Ahmar also discussed with Secretary General of Mauritania Unionist Democratic Socialist Party Mahfouz Ould Aziz, cooperation relations and the role of Arab political parties and organizations in facing the standing challenges.
Social foundations including European and American modern democratic parties,the Democratic Socialist Party of America and the Greens/Green Party USA (G/GPUSA) are our key supporters," he said while answering a query.
Her endorsement of the DUP's candidate in Fermanagh and South Tyrone at May's General Election raised a few eyebrows among those who think Labour is a democratic socialist party - not a bunch of reactionary theocratic flat-Earthers like the Paisleyites.
The row was sparked after centenary membership cards changed the quote from the party's constitution from "The Labour Party is a democratic socialist party" to "New Labour is a democratic socialist party.
Because the NLP was strong in NSW, the RA found it difficult to develop in the right-wing political culture of Sydney--a culture characterised by weak social movements, small radical parties such as the SWP (later renamed the Democratic Socialist Party based around Green Left Weekly) and the Moscow-line Socialist Party (recently renamed the Communist Party since the dissolution in 1991 of the old CPA).
As far as I'm concerned, New Labour can call itself The Democratic Socialist Party (the description that has replaced Clause Four on the back of the new membership cards), The People's Party, The Everything's-Coming-Up- Roses Party, the Let's-All-Clean-Our-Teeth-And-Smile Party or The TB Fan Club.
The fiery Left-winger, speaking only two days after sparking speculation that he was being sidelined by the party leadership, went on to say: `My party, and our new constitution, fully endorsed at the conference, said we were a democratic socialist party, and that's what I am.
