The roots of the Socialist Party lay in the Democrat Party, a reformist group active in the first two decades of the twentieth century.
Although he participated in some reformist groups, Zhirinovsky was largely inconsequential in Soviet political developments during the 1980s.
Some reformist Catholic groups reacted to Cardinal Ratzinger's election with withering criticism.
The split occurred after the socialist Congress of Livorno refused to expel the reformist group as required by the Comintern.
He was among the founder members of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), a socialist party uniting revolutionary and reformist groups.
He was a member of a reformist group, known in Puerto Rico as The 22.
He published numerous brochures and articles and was a popular guest speaker for reformist groups.
Not all of the priests who had signed the petition by today were part of the reformist group.
About 1,000 students at Amirkabir also protested Sunday to denounce the increasing pressure on the reformist group at the university, newspapers reported Monday.
He says the U.S. needs to provide alternatives for Muslim youth and promote reformist groups.