British Socialist Party

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The British Socialist Party was an early 20th-century Marxist political organization in the United Kingdom that played a key role in uniting socialist groups and later helped form the Labour Party’s left-wing and the Communist Party of Great Britain.

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instanceOf Marxist organization
political party
affiliation Labour Party (as an affiliated socialist society)
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1920
founded 1911
foundedBy members of the Social Democratic Federation
goal establish socialism in the United Kingdom
unite socialist groups in Britain
hasWing more moderate parliamentary socialist wing
revolutionary Marxist wing
headquartersLocation London
linked to: London, England
historicalPeriod early 20th century
ideology Marxism
socialism
influenced Labour Party left wing
influencedBy Friedrich Engels
Karl Marx
Second International Marxism
keyEvent affiliation debates with the Labour Party
participation in the formation of the Communist Party of Great Britain
split over support for World War I
mergedInto Communist Party of Great Britain
notableFor contribution to the Labour Party’s left wing
role in the formation of the Communist Party of Great Britain
notableMember Albert A. Purcell
Albert E. Smith NERFINISHED
Albert Inkpin
H. M. Hyndman
linked to: Henry Hyndman

John Maclean
William Paul
Zelda Kahan
origin reorganization of the Social Democratic Federation into a broader socialist party
participatedIn Second International
politicalActivity anti-war agitation during World War I
parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom
trade union work
politicalPosition left-wing
positionOnWorldWarI divided between anti-war and pro-war factions
precededBy Social Democratic Federation
Socialist Party of Great Britain (minority elements and splits)
published Justice (newspaper)
region Great Britain
successor Communist Party of Great Britain
supported Russian Revolution of 1917
linked to: Russian Revolution

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Social Democratic Federation influenced British Socialist Party
Tom Mann memberOf British Socialist Party
Henry Hyndman memberOf British Socialist Party
British Socialist Party precededBy Socialist Party of Great Britain (minority elements and splits)
linked to: British Socialist Party