History Socialist Party (England and Wales)

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the socialist party formerly militant group (also known militant tendency) practised entryist tactics in labour party , organised around militant newspaper. founded in 1964, militant newspaper described marxist voice of labour , youth . in 1980s, prominent militant supporters dave nellist, pat wall , terry fields elected house of commons labour mps. in 1982, liverpool district labour party adopted militant s policies liverpool city council in battle against cuts in rate support grant government, , adopted slogan better break law break poor . came conflict conservative government.


in 1989-90, militant led all-britain anti-poll tax federation, organized successful non-payment campaign against community charge, commonly called poll tax. militant s battles in liverpool , against poll tax involved defiance of regarded iniquitous laws. militant supporting labour mp terry fields jailed refusing pay poll tax , expelled labour party defying law. labour party had earlier found militant guilty of operating entryist group programme , organisation entirely separate of labour party running contrary party s constitution. militant rejected these findings, claiming stood labour s core socialist policies, whilst right-wing leadership real infiltrators, intent on changing labour party capitalist party.


in 1991, there debate within militant whether continue working within labour party. debate centred around whether militant still operate in labour party following expulsions, whereas previously, under more left-wing national executive committee (nec), labour party had not been inclined support expulsions. furthermore, ferment , anger poll tax had generated suggested there more gained open organisation inside labour party opposed anti-poll tax unions tactic of non-payment of tax. @ special conference 93% of delegates voted open turn . minority around ted grant broke away form socialist appeal , remain in labour party.


this debate ran alongside parallel debate on future of scottish politics. result experiment of operating open party first undertaken in scotland under name of scottish militant labour, standing tommy sheridan election jail cell. militant tendency became militant labour in 1991, after leaving labour party. journal militant international review, founded in 1969, became monthly publication , renamed socialism today in 1995. in 1997, militant labour changed name socialist party, , militant newspaper renamed socialist in same year.








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