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The International League of Religious Socialists (ILRS) is the oldest continuing socialist organization Europe. The first international conference of the ILRS was held in the Netherlands by Willem Banning and Carl Mennicke in 1926. Willem Banning served as a Dutch preacher and co-founded the Dutch Labor Party. Carl Mennicke was a German-born theologian.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bosco|first=Robert Michael|date=2019-01-02|title=Religious Socialism in Post-Secular Europe|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/21567689.2019.1578956|journal=Politics, Religion & Ideology|volume=20|issue=1|pages=121–134|doi=10.1080/21567689.2019.1578956|issn=2156-7689}}</ref> |
The International League of Religious Socialists (ILRS) is the oldest continuing socialist organization Europe. The first international conference of the ILRS was held in the Netherlands by Willem Banning and Carl Mennicke in 1926. Willem Banning served as a Dutch preacher and co-founded the Dutch Labor Party. Carl Mennicke was a German-born theologian.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Bosco|first=Robert Michael|date=2019-01-02|title=Religious Socialism in Post-Secular Europe|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/21567689.2019.1578956|journal=Politics, Religion & Ideology|volume=20|issue=1|pages=121–134|doi=10.1080/21567689.2019.1578956|issn=2156-7689}}</ref> A second conference was held in 1928 in Switzerland, and the following year, in 1929, an international committee for religious socialists was founded in Cologne, Germany. Among its members were Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, England and France. This conference solidified the existence of an international organization and is considered to be the official origin of the ILRS. From this point until the 1970s, the activities and membership of the ILRS was limited to Northern Europe.<ref name=":0" /> |
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==== The Bommersvik Congress ==== |
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In 1983, the International League of Religious Socialists held a conference in Bommersvik, Sweden. This conference established the global reach of the ILRS, highlighting the commitment of the organization to provide a platform for Christian socialists around the world. The U.S. Religion and Socialism Commission formally joined the ILRS at this meeting. Under this conference's theme of "Peace and Employment", the ILRS addressed the relationship between the global north and south amidst the Cold War. |
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3 years later, the ILRS expanded its borders even further and met outside of Europe for the first time. This meeting took place in Managua, Nicaragua in October of 1986 and featured 67 participants from 16 different countries. At the Bommersvik Conference, the Minister of Education for Nicaragua, Carlos Tunnerman, invited the ILRS to hold their next conference in Nicaragua, under the theme of "No Peace without Justice and Democracy". |
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Expanding to the Middle East, the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) attended the 1989 Stockholm Congress of the ILRS. In 2002, the International League of Religious Socialists sat down with both the PLO and the Meretz party, an Israeli religious socialist party, in [[West Bank]] and Israel, respectively.<ref name=":0" /> |
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==== The Cold War ==== |
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The International League of Religious Socialists is an umbrella organization of religious socialist movements in political parties throughout the world. Founded in the 1920s, it has member groups in 21 countries totalling 200,000 members. For most of its history it was mainly European and contained mainly Christian socialist groups, but has recently expanded to the Americas, Africa, and Australia and to include more groups with connections to other religions. It is an associate organisation of the Socialist International.
The member organisations are:
- Ernest Burgmann Society (Australia)
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Christentum und Sozialdemokratie (Austria)
- Christians on the Left (Britain)
- Bulgarian Religious Social Democrats (Bulgaria)
- Cristianos por la Liberacion (Costa Rica)
- Frente Nacional de Cultos (Dominican Republic)
- Kristillisten Sosialidemokraattinen Liitto (Finland)
- Covenant of Religious Socialists of Germany
- Religious Socialist Section of the MSZP (Hungary)
- Social Christians (Italy)
- Latvian Christian Social Democratic Organisation (Latvia)
- Religious Social Democrats (Lithuania)
- Trefpunt van Socialisme en Levensovertuiging (Netherlands)
- Christian Socialists (Norway)
- Contak (Philippines)
- ANC Commission on Religious Affairs (South Africa)
- Norabideak/Cristianos en el PSOE (Spain - Basque Country)
- Satyodaya (Sri Lanka)
- Religious Social Democrats of Sweden (Sweden)
- Religiös-Sozialistische Vereinigung der Deutschschweiz (Switzerland)
History
Background
The International League of Religious Socialists (ILRS) is the oldest continuing socialist organization Europe. The first international conference of the ILRS was held in the Netherlands by Willem Banning and Carl Mennicke in 1926. Willem Banning served as a Dutch preacher and co-founded the Dutch Labor Party. Carl Mennicke was a German-born theologian.[1] A second conference was held in 1928 in Switzerland, and the following year, in 1929, an international committee for religious socialists was founded in Cologne, Germany. Among its members were Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, England and France. This conference solidified the existence of an international organization and is considered to be the official origin of the ILRS. From this point until the 1970s, the activities and membership of the ILRS was limited to Northern Europe.[1]
The Bommersvik Congress
In 1983, the International League of Religious Socialists held a conference in Bommersvik, Sweden. This conference established the global reach of the ILRS, highlighting the commitment of the organization to provide a platform for Christian socialists around the world. The U.S. Religion and Socialism Commission formally joined the ILRS at this meeting. Under this conference's theme of "Peace and Employment", the ILRS addressed the relationship between the global north and south amidst the Cold War.
3 years later, the ILRS expanded its borders even further and met outside of Europe for the first time. This meeting took place in Managua, Nicaragua in October of 1986 and featured 67 participants from 16 different countries. At the Bommersvik Conference, the Minister of Education for Nicaragua, Carlos Tunnerman, invited the ILRS to hold their next conference in Nicaragua, under the theme of "No Peace without Justice and Democracy".
Expanding to the Middle East, the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) attended the 1989 Stockholm Congress of the ILRS. In 2002, the International League of Religious Socialists sat down with both the PLO and the Meretz party, an Israeli religious socialist party, in West Bank and Israel, respectively.[1]
The Cold War
See also
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- ^ a b c Bosco, Robert Michael (2019-01-02). "Religious Socialism in Post-Secular Europe". Politics, Religion & Ideology. 20 (1): 121–134. doi:10.1080/21567689.2019.1578956. ISSN 2156-7689.