Socialist Appeal (UK, 1992)
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Socialist Appeal
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| Founded | 1992 |
| Newspaper | In Defence of Marxism |
| Student wing | Marxist Student Federation (UK) |
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Marxism Socialism Trotskyism Trade Unionism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | International Marxist Tendency |
| Colours | Red |
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Socialist Appeal is the publication of a Trotskyist tendency which was founded by supporters of Ted Grant and Alan Woods after they were expelled from the Militant group in the early 1990s. The organisation is popularly known as the Socialist Appeal group, and publishes a monthly newspaper of the same name. It is the British section of the International Marxist Tendency.Socialist Appeal describes its politics as descending from Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the Trotskyist Militant tendency had been a significant force within the British Labour Party. At the height of its influence in the mid-to-late 1980s, Militant had three Labour MPs, control of Liverpool City Council, and later initiated the campaign they claim brought down the Poll Tax. Ted Grant had been one of the founders and the theoretical leader of the Militant group but was expelled with other supporters after the 1991 debate on the Open Turn.
A special conference decision to endorse the Open Turn by 93% to 7% entailed Militant supporters abandoning the entryist strategy of working within the Labour Party and leaving to form an independent organisation. The new party was initially known as Militant Labour, changing its name in 1997 to the Socialist Party in England and Wales, while in Scotland Scottish Militant Labour instigated the formation of the Scottish Socialist Party.
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