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  2. British Socialist Party - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. History of the socialist movement in the United Kingdom

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    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]

  4. History of socialism - Wikipedia

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    Labour parties were also formed in South Africa and New Zealand but had less success. The British Labour Party adopted a specifically socialist constitution (‘Clause four, Part four’) in 1918. The strongest opposition to revisionism came from socialists in countries such as the Russian Empire where parliamentary democracy did not exist.

  5. List of political parties in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Party Description Labour Party: A social democratic party that has its roots in the trade union movement. The party has several internal factions, which include: Progressive Britain, which promotes a continuation of New Labour policies and is considered to be on the right of the party; the soft-left Open Labour; Momentum, which represents the party's left-wing, democratic socialist grouping ...

  6. Far-left politics in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The SDF eventually morphed into a new Marxist party, the British Socialist Party, along with some members on the left of the ILP, with Hyndman leading. With the advent of the First World War conflict arose between "internationalist" and "national defence" factions, with Hyndman taking a nationalist stance.

  7. Leeds Convention - Wikipedia

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    It was organised by the British Socialist Party and Independent Labour Party in the wake of the February Revolution, which had seen the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia. The Labour Party organisers hoped it would instigate a shift within the party towards support of a peace treaty to end the First World War. Many leading British socialist ...

  8. Socialist Party of Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    The Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) is a socialist political party in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1904 [ 2 ] as a split from the Social Democratic Federation (SDF), it advocates using the ballot box for revolutionary purposes and opposes both Leninism and reformism .

  9. Social Democratic Federation - Wikipedia

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    In 1911 this idea came to realisation when a Socialist Unity Conference was held, bringing together representatives of the SDF, the left wing of the ILP, the network of clubs associated with The Clarion newspaper, and various local socialist societies. [40] Together these groups formed a new organisation, the British Socialist Party.