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On the streets the party members played a leading role in the struggle against the British Union of Fascists, led by Sir Oswald Mosley whose Blackshirts tried to emulate the Nazis in anti-Semitic actions in London and other major British cities. [25] The Communist Party's Oxford branch under the leadership of Abraham Lazarus managed to ...
The Communist Party of Britain (CPB) is a communist party in Great Britain which emerged from a dispute between Eurocommunists and Marxist-Leninists in the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1988. [8] It follows Marxist-Leninist theory and supports what it regards as existing socialist states.
The British Socialist Party (BSP) was a Marxist political organisation established in Great Britain in 1911. Following a protracted period of factional struggle , in 1916 the party's anti-war forces gained decisive control of the party and saw the defection of its pro-war right wing.
A Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was founded, but it attracted only existing left-wing militants, with the British Socialist Party and Workers Socialist Federation joining many Socialist Labour Party activists in it. [16]
When the CPGB's leadership abandoned The British Road to Socialism in 1985, elements in the party that remained loyal to the programme, including the then editorial board of The Morning Star, split to form the Communist Party of Britain in 1988. The re-established party published the 6th edition of the programme in 1989, with a revision in 1992 ...
The Communist Party Historians' Group (CPHG) was a subdivision of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) that formed a highly influential cluster of British Marxist historians. The Historians' Group developed social history, which was popularised in the 1960s with "history from below" approach described by E. P. Thompson.
Elected as Coalition Liberal 1918; defected to British Socialist Party 1919, which formed main constituent of Communist Party of Great Britain 1920. Did not seek re-election 1922, having joined the Independent Labour Party. Labour MP for Northampton 1928 – 1931 [1] Walton Newbold: Motherwell: 1922–1923: Elected without Labour opposition.
The Communist Party (British Section of the Third International) was a Left Communist organisation established at an emergency conference held on 19–20 June 1920 at the International Socialist Club in London. It comprised about 600 people.