| International Working Union of Socialist Parties
Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialistischer Parteien
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| Abbreviation | IWUSP |
| Founded | 27 February 1921 |
| Preceded by | Second International |
| Headquarters | Munich |
| Ideology | Socialism Centrist Marxism Anti-imperialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Color(s) | Red |
The International Working Union of Socialist Parties (IWUSP; German: Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialistischer Parteien, IASP), also known as the 21⁄2 International or the Munich International, is an international organization of socialist political parties. It is currently based in the Bavarian city of Munich. It is one of the successors to the Second International, which was largely rendered defunct by the Great War and the subsequent split between reformists and revolutionaries.
The IWUSP has a cooperative relationship with the Communist International, but is nonetheless fully independent and sometimes divergent on international issues. It has two member parties that participate in the governments of INPROV member states. Those parties are the United Social Democratic Party of Germany (VSPD), and the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (SDAPÖ), which chiefly governs the Austrian Socialist Republic. The organization actively competes with its more moderate rival, the Labour and Socialist International, and additionally distinguishes itself by adhering strongly to anti-imperialism and anti-colonialism.
Members[]
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Country |
Party |
Entry |
Ideology | |
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Austria | Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria | 1921 | Austromarxism |
| Czech Social Democratic Workers' Party in Austria | 1921 | Austromarxism Czech minority interests | ||
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Czechia | German Social Democratic Workers' Party | 1921 | Centrist Marxism German minority interests |
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Denmark | Social Democratic Federation | 1921 | Democratic socialism |
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Estonia | Estonian Independent Socialist Workers' Party | 1921 | Democratic socialism Estonian nationalism |
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France | French Section of the Workers' International | 1921 | Socialism |
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Germany | United Social Democratic Party of Germany | 1921 | Centrist Marxism |
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United Kingdom | Independent Labour Party | 1921 | Centrist Marxism |
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Hungary | Socialist Workers' Party of Hungary | 1924 | Democratic socialism |
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Ireland | Labour Party | 1921 | Democratic socialism Irish nationalism |
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Luxembourg | Workers' Party of Luxembourg | 1921 | Democratic socialism |
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Netherlands | Independent Socialist Party | 1928 | Democratic socialism |
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Norway | Norwegian Labour Party | 1923 | Revolutionary socialism |
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Ottoman Sultanate | Independent Socialist Party | 1921 | Democratic socialism |
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Palestine | Poale Zion | 1922 | Centrist Marxism Zionism |
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Poland | Independent Socialist Labour Party | 1922 | Democratic socialism |
| General Jewish Labour Bund in Poland | 1921 | Socialism Anti-Zionism | ||
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Portugal | Republican Party of the Democratic Left | 1930 | Democratic socialism |
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Romania | Socialist Workers' Party of Romania | 1928 | Democratic socialism |
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Slovakia | Hungarian-German Social Democratic Party | 1921 | Democratic socialism Hungarian-German minority interests |
| Social Democratic Workers' Party in Subcarpathian Rus' | 1921 | Democratic socialism Rusyn minority interests | ||
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Spain | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | 1921 | Socialism |
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Sweden | Social Democratic Labour Party of Sweden | 1921 | Democratic socialism |
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Switzerland | Social Democratic Party of Switzerland | 1921 | Democratic socialism |
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United States | Socialist Party of America | 1928 | Socialism |