Socialist Workers Party (UK)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Socialist_Workers_Party_(UK)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:SWP
gptkbp:activeIn gptkb:trade_unionist
anti-war movement
anti-racism campaigns
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:International_Socialist_Tendency
gptkbp:color red
gptkbp:controversy 2013 rape allegation crisis
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dissolved not dissolved (as of 2024)
gptkbp:electoralSuccess minor, no MPs elected
gptkbp:founded 1977
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Tony_Cliff
gptkbp:hasNewspaper gptkb:Socialist_Worker
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Socialist Workers Party (UK)
gptkbp:ideology socialism
Trotskyism
gptkbp:logo Socialist Workers Party (UK) logo.svg
gptkbp:membership several thousand (estimates vary)
gptkbp:notable_campaign gptkb:Unite_Against_Fascism
gptkb:Stand_Up_To_Racism
gptkb:People_Before_Profit
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:John_Rees
gptkb:Lindsey_German
gptkb:Tony_Cliff
gptkb:Alex_Callinicos
gptkb:Chris_Harman
gptkb:Charlie_Kimber
gptkb:Judith_Orr
gptkbp:notableEvent involved in Anti-Nazi League
involved in Respect – The Unity Coalition
involved in Stop the War Coalition
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Socialist_Worker
gptkbp:parliamentary_representation none
gptkbp:political_position far-left
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:International_Socialists_(UK)
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:International_Socialism_journal
gptkb:Socialist_Review
gptkbp:separates gptkb:International_Socialists_(UK)
gptkbp:slogan Neither Washington nor Moscow but International Socialism
gptkbp:website https://socialistworker.co.uk/
gptkbp:youth_wing gptkb:Revolutionary_Socialism_in_the_21st_Century_(RS21)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:China_Miéville
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4