Sentence examples for socialist event from inspiring English sources

Their attachment stems from the official birth of IWD – it was then called International Working Women's Day – as a socialist event, originating in Denmark but swiftly embraced by Austria, Germany, Switzerland, eastern Europe and Russia, where it was said to have been the first stage of the 1917 revolution.

Started as a Socialist political event, the holiday quickly folded in the cultures of many countries, primarily Eastern European, Russian, and those of the former Soviet Block.

A chronology of key events: Socialist Ricardo Lagos is elected president.

Coachloads of people from Dublin, Cork, Galway and Waterford, as well as politicians from the Green, Labour and Socialist parties, attended the event.

In the event, the Socialist candidate received enough hard-left and Green votes yesterday to keep the far-right candidate – Louis Aliot, the FN vice-president and Marine Le Pen's partner  – at bay.

In the event, the Socialists under José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero won 42.6% of the votes and 164 seats in the 350-seat Cortes, a big jump from the 125 it won in 2000.

Until Friday's events, the Socialist government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was widely expected to be re-elected for a second four-year term, and held a four-point lead over the conservative opposition Popular party (PP) in the most recent polls.

Loyalty to Chavez could easily be transferred to loyalty to the Socialists United in the event of a Panama-style regime change in Venezuela, potentially setting the table for prolonged civil unrest.

-- Obama, trying to satisfy rabid Republicans who call him a socialist, stops attending social events.

The victory by the Socialists here was a rare event for Europe, where the left has been losing ground and has often been unable to capitalize on the financial crisis for its own political gain.

Just as on the Royal Mile, people dressed as clowns assail you with flyers for audienceless shows, so here as you approach the "secure zone" you are handed dozens of leaflets for fringe events: a Christian Socialist church service, countless "Stop the Cuts" rallies, a Havana Club rum reception.