Subject: Transnational party
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A democratic party, not a church
ABSTRACT: To join, it is sufficient to pay the yearly dues. There is no
waiting list and nobody can be expelled. One can be Radical even if one
belongs to another party. The Radical Party does not compete with the
national parties. It is a means of broaching projects and ideals, not a
church nor an army. It is a poor party, with a minimal structure. It is an
"expensive" party because it wants to finance itself. It is a party which
can be disbanded if the energy and money available to keep it going are
insufficient. And today this is the case.
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In order to join the Radical Party, there is only one condition: to pay the
enrolment fee.
There are no prohibitions or boards or commissions who can accept or refuse
enrolment.
No one can check on the behaviour of a member or expel him.
There is not even any incompatibility with joining another party far from
it, it is in fact even desirable: we feel, that a democrat should be able
to be and ought to be "Radical" as well, and not just "Radical".
It is really a Party which does not compete with any other party,
especially as regards national parties. Its objectives are absolutely
different: it is a party with ideals, projects and battles to wage, not an
electoral, power-seeking party.
It has Gandhi's face as its symbol because it wants to affirm that
political non-violence is the actual incarnation of lay tolerance and
political democracy. In brief, it is a sort of WWF of human rights, a free
association of people who intend to pursue democratic objectives beyond
frontiers, beyond parties, beyond the boundaries of traditional politics.
Precisely to this end it decided at the last Congress not to participate as
such in any elections.
Its militants are obviously free to run in any list or to found any party.
It is a party offering its "service" , open to all and run by free
individuals who, as such, stay with the Radical Party. A sort of bus where
whoever pays his ticket membership has the right to complete his paid
journey to its very end: the right, and not the obligation.
The Party does not postulate any discipline: its resolutions are not
binding except for those "in charge" who are new each year, and not for
members.
There is annual registration, as the life of the Party is annual.
With its congress, in which all members have the right to participate, and
to vote, the Radical party is constituted or reconstituted de facto every
year on the basis of the decisions adopted by a majority of two thirds of
the voters.
On this basis each member decides if he wishes to renew his membership.
The Party then is in no way legally "representative" of its members, their
humanity, their ideas, or their general interests. A democratic party for
us is an instrument, or a tool, not a church, a racial affiliation or an
army.
Our "leaders", as such, can only achieve the annual objective, decided by
the Congress of members, but never be "representative" of them. Thus it is
a "difficult" party: there are no orders to be carried out or totalizing,
reassuring ideologies to be banded about or "armchairs" to be able to
occupy.
People join to support ideas, projects and political battles. People are
militants of the Radical Party to affirm their own convictions, their own
hopes.
It is an "expensive" party, with a minimum enrolment fee which is probably
more expensive than those requested by the other parties in the world. This
is the guarantee of its autonomy, and the reason for its strength: only a
Party which is "worth" for its own members at least what they are willing
to pay every day for a newspaper, can pretend to represent great ideals.
It is a poor Party, with minimal structures, just the bare essentials.
Since it has chosen to spend at least 80% of its resources on political
activity and not on salaries or luxurious offices. It can decide its policy
quickly, because it is not concerned with safeguarding positions of power.
It can even close: if the energy and money which depend on enrolments and
support are not sufficient to keep it going. And today they are not...
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1994 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN
HOW TO JOIN
In convertible currency,
the membership fee can be paid by means of:
Credit card
(Visa, Eurocard, Mastercard, Diners, American Express, Cartasi')
by calling 039/6/689791 or filling in the coupon and sending it to
Partito radicale, via di Torre Argentina 76 - 00186 Roma (Italy);
Bank draft
to Partito Radicale, bank code A 01025.6 03200.3 1000504169,
Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino, main Rome branch;
Bank cheque
crossed and made out to Partito radicale, to be sent in a sealed envelope
to:
Partito radicale, via di Torre Argentina 76, 00186 Roma (Italy);
ROME Partito radicale
via di Torre Argentina, 76
00186 Roma (Italy)
tel. 39-6-689791 fax 39-6-68805396
NEW YORK Transnational Radical Party
P.O. BOX 8560 FDR STATION
NEW YORK, NY 10150-1920
Brussels - Parti Radical
Rue Belliard 97, 113 Rem 508
1040 Bruxelles
tel. 32/2/2304121 - 2842579
fax 32/2/2303670
In non-convertible currency,
the membership fee can also be paid in local currency according to the
exchange rate on the day of payment, by means of international reply
coupon, postal order, or bank cheque, using the addresses of
BUDAPEST Radikalis Part
Dorottya u.3.III.em.6.
1051 Budapest (Hungary)
tel. 36-1-2663486, 2660935
fax 36-1-1187937
KIEV Radykaljna Partija
Chervonoarmijska 114 - 20
252006 Kiev (Ukraine)
tel/fax 7-044-2692468
MOSCOW Radikaljnaja Partija
103051 Moscow (Russia)
tel/fax 7-095-2926651
SOFIA
Radikalnia Partia
Ul. Gladstone 29
1000 Sofia (Bulgaria)
t. 359-2-896535 fax 359-2-881545
VILNIUS Vitenio, 2/40 - kv. 26
Vilnius (Lithuania)
tel. 37-02-634265
from the former Soviet Union 8-0122-634265
ZAGREB Radikalna Stranka
Radiceva 15
41000 Zagreb (Croatia)
tel. 385-41-431989
tel/fax 385-41-426746
Account no. Z.r. 30101-670219
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COUPON
Surname....................Name............................
Address....................................................
Zip code.........City/State..............Country...........
Tel. (including area code).................................
Fax..................Age...................................
Profession................Languages spoken.................
Institutional position (for parliamentarians)..............
I am a member of:
Political party............................................
International organization.................................
I have forwarded the sum of (specify the currency).........
By means of:
Banker's draft...Crossed cheque...International money order
Pre-printed payment slip...Bank draft...Cash...............
Credit card no.............................................
I have sent the membership fee Contribution
To the party offices in:
Rome
New York
Moscow
Budapest
Kiev
Sofia
Zagreb
Vilnius
If you pay by credit card, please send this coupon to: Radical Party, via
di Torre Argentina 76, 00186 Roma, Italy.
Date of issue....................
Date of expiry...................
Signature of cardholder..........
Address to which statement is sent..............................
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MEMBERSHIP FEES FOR EACH COUNTRY
Albania (3 US dollars), Algeria (16 US dollars), Andorra (965 French
francs), Argentina (43 US dollars), Armenia (3 US dollars), Australia (245
Australian dollars), Austria (2690 Austrian schillings), Azerbaijan and
Nagorny Karabach (3 US dollars), Bahrein (79 US dollars), Bangladesh (2 US
dollars), Barbados (75 US dollars), Belgium (7,300 Belgian francs), Benin
(27 French francs), Bermuda (250 US dollars), Bielorussia (3 US dollars),
Bolivia (8 US dollars), Botswana (30 US dollars), Brazil (30 US dollars),
Brunei (188 US dollars), Bulgaria (8 US dollars), Burkina Faso (23 French
francs), Burundi (2 US dollars), Cambodia (2 US dollars), Cameroun (60
French francs), Canada (280 Canadian dollars), Cape Verde (8 US dollars),
Central African Republic (27 French francs), Chad (13 French francs), Chile
(24 US dollars), China (4 US dollars), Cyprus (94 US dollars), Colombia (16
US dollars), Congo (70 French francs), Costa Rica (21 US dollars), Croatia
(20 German marks), Czech Republic (16 US dollars), Denmark (1840 Danish
krone), Dominica (24 US dollars), Dominican Republic (14 US dollars),
Ecuador (14 US dollars), Egypt (7 US dollars), El Salvador (16 US dollars),
Eritrea (1 US dollar), Estonia (6 US dollars), Ethiopia (1 US dollar),
Finland (1,200 Finnish marks), France (1320 French francs), French Guyana
(560 French francs), Gabon (200 French francs), Gambia (4 US dollars),
Georgia (3 US dollars), Germany (ex-DDR) (280 German marks), Germany
(ex-FRG) (440 German marks), Ghana (4 US dollars), Gibraltar (94 GB
pounds), Great Britain* (114 GB pounds), Greece (18,000 drachmas),
Greenland (1,200 Danish krone), Guatemala (12 US dollars), Guinea (5 US
dollars), Guinea, Equatorial (20 French francs), Guinea-Bissau (2 US
dollars), Guyana (4 US dollars), Honduras (8 US dollars), Hong Kong (160 US
dollars), Hungary (15 US dollars), Iceland (230 US dollars), India (4 US
dollars), Indonesia (7 US dollars), Ireland (86 Irish pounds), Israel (115
US dollars), Italy** (280,000 Italian lire), Ivory Coast (50 French
francs), Japan (39,000 yen), Jordan (11 US dollars), Kazakistan (3 US
dollars), Kenya (3 US dollars), Kirghizistan (3 US dollars), Kiribati (11
Australian dollars), Korea, North (3 US dollars), Korea, South (77 US
dollars), Kuwait (170 US dollars), Laos (4 US dollars), Latvia (4 US
dollars), Lebanon (11 US dollars), Lesotho (6 US dollars), Libya (70 US
dollars), Liechtenstein (540 Swiss francs), Lithuania (8 US dollars),
Luxembourg (8,900 Luxembourg francs), Macedonia (10 German marks),
Madagascar (2 US dollars), Malawi (2 US dollars), Maldive (10 US dollars),
Malaysia (30 US dollars), Mali (18 French francs), Malta (70 US dollars),
Mauritania (5 US dollars), Mexico (40 US dollars), Moldavia (3 US dollars),
Monaco (1460 French francs), Mongolia (5 US dollars), Morocco (11 US
dollars), Namibia (13 US dollars), Nepal (2 US dollars), Netherlands (385
Dutch guilders), New Caledonia (71 US dollars), New Zealand (135 US
dollars), Nicaragua (7 US dollars), Niger (16 French francs), Nigeria (3 US
dollars), Norway (1.700 Norwegian krone), Oman (90 US dollars), Pakistan (4
US dollars), Panama (21 US dollars), Papuasia and N.Guinea (13 US dollars),
Paraguay (13 US dollars), Peru (10 US dollars), Philippines (8 US dollars),
Poland (11 US dollars), Porto Rico (74 US dollars), Portugal (112,000
escudos), Qatar (233 US dollars), Republic of Slovakia (10 US dollars),
Romania (8 US dollars), Ruanda (2 US dollars), Russia (5 US dollars), Saudi
Arabia (82 US dollars), Senegal (38 French francs), Seychelles (49 US
dollars), Serbo-Montenegrin Republic*** (5 German marks), Sierra Leone (2
US dollars), Singapore (153 US dollars), Slovenia (50 German marks), South
Africa (31 US dollars), Spain (116,250 pesetas), Sri Lanka (6 US dollars),
Sudan (2 US dollars), Suriname (40 US dollars), Sweden (1,800 Swedish
krone), Switzerland (530 Swiss francs), Syria (11 US dollars), Tadzikistan
(3 US dollars), Taiwan (100 US dollars), Tanzania (2 US dollars), Thailand
(20 US dollars), Togo (27 French francs), Transjordania and the Gaza Strip
(10 US dollars), Trinidad and Tobago (40 US dollars), Tunisia (17 US
dollars), Turkey (19 US dollars), Turkmenistan (3 US dollars), Uganda (2 US
dollars), Ukraine (3 US dollars), United Arab Emirates (215 US dollars),
United States (255 US dollars), Uruguay (30 US dollars), Uzbekistan (3 US
dollars), Venezuela (35 US dollars), Vietnam (3 US dollars), Yemen (7 US
dollars), Zaire (1 US dollar), Zambia (3 US dollars), Zimbabwe (6 US
dollars).
For the following countries the membership fee is at the discretion of
those who join:
Afghanistan, Angola, Bosnia Herzegovina, Cuba, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Liberia,
Mozambique, Somalia.
* Great Britain includes: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the
Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man.
** Italy includes: Italy, San Marino and the Vatican City.
*** The Serbo-Montenegrin Republic includes: Serbia, Voivodina, Montenegro
and Kosovo.
