Socialist Studies (1989)
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Socialist Studies
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| Founder | Edgar Hardcastle, Cyril May, Harry Young, Harry Baldwin |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Split from | Socialist Party of Great Britain |
| Headquarters | London |
| Ideology | Socialism |
| International affiliation | World Socialist Party of India (2003-2014) |
| Slogan | The establishment of a system of society based upon the common ownership and democratic control of the means and instruments for producing and distributing wealth by and in the interest of the whole community |
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| http://www.socialiststudies.org.uk/ | |
 Cover of Socialist Studies № 1
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Quarterly periodical format = A5 |
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| Owner(s) | Socialist Studies |
| Publisher | Socialist Studies |
| Editor | Richard Lloyd |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Political alignment | socialist |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | London |
| Circulation | < 100 |
| Website | socialiststudies.org.uk |
Socialist Studies is the name of a quarterly socialist periodical and of the group which publishes it. The group was founded in 1991 by sixteen expelled members of the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) who claim that their expulsions were the result of an anti-socialist conspiracy. Though small the group has remained an active and vocal critic of the SPGB since its inception.
Quarterly periodical
Socialist Studies was first published in 1989 by the Camden and North West London branches of the Socialist Party of Great Britain, though since issue № 3 (1991) it has been published by an independent organisation (see History and activity below).
The early issues consisted primarily of material reprinted from the works of Karl Marx and the Socialist Standard, though the paper now consists of original material. The format has remained the same for the past fifteen years: three to twelve A4 sheets of single-column word-processed text, photocopied and folded to produce an A5 booklet. The publication is text-only, with no graphics or photographs; none of the articles have a byline, and until № 35 (Spring 2000), none of the issues were dated.
The history of the group now known as Socialist Studies dates to 1991, when the Camden and North West London branches were expelled from the Socialist Party of Great Britain in a party-wide referendum. Some of these ex-members, comprising sixteen individuals, refused to recognise the expulsions and attempted to continue operating as the Socialist Party of Great Britain, which they claimed to have "reconstituted". Among them were Edgar Hardcastle and Cyril May who became their central organiser. As the original Socialist Party of Great Britain had never been dissolved, and indeed continued to operate following the expulsions, it successfully mounted various legal challenges against Socialist Studies's use of the SPGB name. Because of this, and to differentiate itself from the original SPGB, the group has variously referred to itself in its publicity material as the Reconstituted Socialist Party of Great Britain, the New Socialist Party of Great Britain, and Socialist Studies. Third parties refer to them as the Socialist Studies group.
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