Socialist Party (England and Wales)
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Socialist Party
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| Leader | Peter Taaffe |
| Deputy Leader | Hannah Sell |
| Founded |
Militant 1964 – 1991 Militant Labour 1991 – 1997 Socialist Party 1997 – Present |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Newspaper | The Socialist |
| Student wing | Socialist Students |
| Ideology |
Marxism Revolutionary socialism Trotskyism Trade Unionism |
| Political position | Far-Left |
| National affiliation | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
| European affiliation | European Anticapitalist Left |
| International affiliation | Committee for a Workers' International |
| Colours | Red |
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| www.socialistparty.org.uk | |
The Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in England and Wales which adopted its current name in 1997. It was formerly known as Militant, an entryist group in the Labour Party from 1964 until it abandoned that tactic in 1991. It stands under the electoral banner of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC).
The Socialist Party has members in executive positions in a number of trade unions. It has sister parties in Scotland and Ireland and is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International and the European Anti-Capitalist Left. It is considered by many centre-left publications as being on the hard left of British politics.
The Socialist Party was formerly the Militant group (also known as the Militant tendency) which practised entryist tactics in the Labour Party and organised around the Militant newspaper. Founded in 1964, the Militant newspaper described itself as the "Marxist voice of Labour and Youth". In the 1980s, prominent Militant supporters Dave Nellist, Pat Wall and Terry Fields were elected to the House of Commons as Labour MPs. In 1982, the Liverpool District Labour Party adopted Militant's policies for Liverpool City Council in its battle against cuts in the rate support grant from government, and adopted the slogan "Better to break the law than break the poor". It came into conflict with the Conservative government.
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