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⚫ The '''Movement for Socialism''' is an occasional grouping of socialists in the ]. It originated as one half of the major split in the ] of 1985. Initially, both halves continued under the WRP name and both published a newspaper named '']'', originally named ''Workers Press''.
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⚫ }}The '''Movement for Socialism''' is a ] group in the ], led by ]. It originated as one half of the major split in the ] of 1985, following allegations about ]'s sexual activities. Initially, both halves continued under the WRP name and both published a newspaper named '']'', but Slaughter's group later renamed the publication ''Workers Press''. As a result, the group was known as the WRP (Slaughter) or WRP (Workers Press).


==Workers' Revolutionary Party (Workers Press)== ==Workers' Revolutionary Party (Workers Press)==
The group was initially led by Slaughter and ], but Banda left in 1986 to form the ].<ref>''Encyclopedia of British and Irish political organizations parties, groups'' By Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley, p.170</ref> Another early split was the International Communist Party, which later became the ].<ref>''Encyclopedia of British and Irish political organizations parties, groups'' By Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley, p.171</ref> The group was initially led by ] and ],<ref>. Retrieved 26 October 2015</ref> but Banda left in 1986 to form the Communist Forum.<ref>, p.170</ref> A further split occurred when the group's Bolshevik Faction left to form the International Socialist League in 1988. Following the transformation of the remaining group into Movement for Socialism, another split occurred with the departure of a group of supporters of the ].

The group entered into a period in which its press became the focus of debate on the history of the WRP/] for the members of the WRP and other ]s in Britain and abroad. It was also very active in the ] movement<ref>''Encyclopedia of British and Irish political organizations parties, groups'' By Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley, p.171</ref><ref>Charlie Pottins </ref> and had close links with ]. Important members included ], ] and ].

Moves were made to organise an Open Conference of Trotskyists throughout the world, but this miscarried and in the end a minority of the WRP around veteran ] and Martin Ralph were to form the ] in August 1987. This split in February 1988 to form the ] as a section of Argentinian Trotskyist leader ]'s ] (LIT).

In 1990, the WRP (WP), along with a few other Trotskyist groups, including the ] (GOCFI), led by ], formed the ].

==Movement for Socialism==
In 1996 the decision was taken to abandon the name WRP, and the group renamed itself the Movement for Socialism. This later split again, with Slaughter's group continuing to use the name MFS and the Bob Archer and ] group going by the name WIRFI.


== See also ==
The Movement for Socialism publishes an occasional journal ''Reclaim the Future''. It should not be confused with the similarly named groups ] or ].
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The Movement for Socialism is an occasional grouping of socialists in the United Kingdom. It originated as one half of the major split in the Workers Revolutionary Party of 1985. Initially, both halves continued under the WRP name and both published a newspaper named The News Line, originally named Workers Press.

Workers' Revolutionary Party (Workers Press)

The group was initially led by Cliff Slaughter and Michael Banda, but Banda left in 1986 to form the Communist Forum. A further split occurred when the group's Bolshevik Faction left to form the International Socialist League in 1988. Following the transformation of the remaining group into Movement for Socialism, another split occurred with the departure of a group of supporters of the Workers International to Rebuild the Fourth International.

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References

  1. "The death of Mike Banda", Permanent Revolution. Retrieved 26 October 2015
  2. Encyclopedia of British and Irish political organizations parties, groups By Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley, p.170
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