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Ba'ath party
(Encyclopedia) Ba'ath partyBa'ath partybäˈäth [key], Arab political party, in Syria and in Iraq. Founded in Damascus in 1941 with an ideology of secularism, socialism, and pan-Arab unionism, it was…Constitutional Union party
(Encyclopedia) Constitutional Union party, in U.S. history, formed when the conflict between North and South broke down the older parties. The Constitutional Union group, composed of former Whigs and…Chinese Communist party
(Encyclopedia) Chinese Communist party: see Communist party, in China.Chinese Nationalist party
(Encyclopedia) Chinese Nationalist party: see Kuomintang.Farmer-Labor party
(Encyclopedia) Farmer-Labor party, in U.S. history, political organization composed of agrarian and organized labor interests. Formed in 1919 as the National Labor party, it changed its name at its…Bull Moose party
(Encyclopedia) Bull Moose party: see Progressive party.Boston Tea Party
(Encyclopedia) Boston Tea Party, 1773. In the contest between British Parliament and the American colonists before the Revolution, Parliament, when repealing the Townshend Acts, had retained the tea…Bharatiya Janata party
(Encyclopedia) Bharatiya Janata partyBharatiya Janata partybärˈətēə jänˈətə [key] [Hindi,=Indian People's party] (BJP), Indian political party that espouses Hindu nationalism. The BJP draws its Hindu…North American Free Trade Agreement
(Encyclopedia) North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), accord establishing a free-trade zone in North America; it was signed in 1992 by Canada, Mexico, and the United States and took effect on…Paoli, Pasquale
(Encyclopedia) Paoli, PasqualePaoli, Pasqualepäskwäˈlā päˈōlē [key], 1725–1807, Corsican patriot. He shared the exile (1739–55) of his father, Giacinto Paoli, who had fought against the Genoese…