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The Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party active in England and Wales. They publish a weekly newspaper entitled The Socialist and a monthly Socialism Today. As an organisation, it has evolved from the Militant Tendency, who were expelled from the Labour Party, for entryism, after opposing the social democratic line of the leadership.There was a debate with the Militant Tendency as to whether or not to cease working within the Labour Party and the majority of the group decided to do so, although a minority around Ted Grant broke away to form Socialist Appeal. This debate ran alongside a parallel debate on the future of Scottish politics. The result was that the experiment of operating as an "open party" was first undertaken in Scotland under the name of Scottish Militant Labour. This initiative would eventually lead to the foundation of the Scottish Socialist Alliance. The majority of Scottish members then broke away to form the core of the Scottish Socialist Party.
For a while, the party was known as Militant Labour . They then changed their name to the Socialist Party, but the ownership of this name has been contested by the much older Socialist Party of Great Britain. As a result, the new party is frequently known as "The Socialist Party of England and Wales". In elections, it has had to use the name "Socialist Alternative". They were one of the founders of the local Socialist Alliance groups, but they left in 1999For the album by Prince, see 1999 (album 1999 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the UN. Events Kosovo War Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy Y2K prep.
Since ending their short tenure in the Socialist Alliance, the Socialist Party has run candidates in elections as Socialist Alternative. They have two councillorA councillor is a member of a council (such as a city council), particularly in the U. and its former colonies. The US equivalent is councilman or councilwoman''. It is not the same as a counselor, who provides counsel or advice. Councillors In the Uniteds in CoventryFor alternative meanings see: Coventry (disambiguation Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. With a population of 304,746 (2002 estimate), Coventry is the ninth largest city in England. General information Coventry h and two in LewishamLewisham is an area within the London Borough of Lewisham in south-east London. It is a major transport hub, lying on the A20 road towards Dover and at the start of A21 to Hastings, with its own bus station, mainline railway station and the southern termi, South London.
The Socialist Party is a smaller organisation than the Militant of the 1980s. Under the leadership of Peter TaaffePeter Taaffe is a Trotskyist political figure and general secretary of the Socialist Party of England and Wales. Taaffe is also a member of the International Executive Committee of the Committee for a Workers International (CWI) which has members in 40 co, their policies have remained close to the Trotskyist mainstream. Their demand for the nationalisation of the one hundred and fifty top British companies and their longstanding emphasis on running in elections has led some critics to label them as reformists though the party insists that their method is based on Trotsky's Transitional ProgrammeThe full name of the Transitional Program is The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International:The Mobilization of the Masses around Transitional Demands to Prepare the Conquest of Power''. It is a document written by Leon Trotsky in.
The Socialist Party is affilliated to the Committee for a Workers International, and is indeed the largest of its forty members.
