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| ==Movement for Socialism== | ==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 Cliff Slaughter's moiety continuing to use the name 'Movement For Socialism' (MFS) and the Bob Archer/Dot Gibson fragment adopting the name of the Workers International to Rebuild the Fourth International (WIRFI). ] is the current General Secretary of the ] in the UK <ref>http://npcuk.org/about-us/npc-officers</ref> and makes quite frequent appearances in the broadcasting media on questions and issues of pensioners' rights, struggles, living standards, etc <ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17465319</ref> | 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 Cliff Slaughter's moiety continuing to use the name 'Movement For Socialism' (MFS) and the Bob Archer/Dot Gibson fragment adopting the name of the Workers International to Rebuild the Fourth International (WIRFI). ] is the current General Secretary of the ] in the UK <ref>http://npcuk.org/about-us/npc-officers</ref> and makes quite frequent appearances in the broadcasting media on questions and issues of pensioners' rights, struggles, living standards, etc <ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17465319</ref> | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Not to be confused with Movement for a Socialist Future or Workers' Revolutionary Party (UK).
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 News Line, but Cliff Slaughter's group later renamed the publication 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. Another early split was the International Communist Party, which later became the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) which was led by David Hyland in Britain. Hyland died in 2013
The post-Healy WRP (Workers Press) group entered into a period in which its press became the focus of debate on the history of the WRP/ICFI for the members of the WRP and other Trotskyists in Britain and abroad. It was also active in the Workers' Aid for Bosnia movement and had close links with Searchlight South Africa founded by Baruch Hirson and Paul Trewhela
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 Bill Hunter and Martin Ralph formed the 'Bolshevik Faction' in August 1987. This splintered away from the WRP (Workers Press) in February 1988 to form the International Socialist League as a section of the International Workers League (LIT) led by Argentinian Trotskyist leader Nahuel Moreno.
In 1990, the WRP (WP), along with a few other Trotskyist groups, including the Group of Opposition and Continuity of the Fourth International (GOCFI), led by Michel Varga,(aka Balazs Nagy) formed the Workers International to Rebuild the Fourth International.
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 Cliff Slaughter's moiety continuing to use the name 'Movement For Socialism' (MFS) and the Bob Archer/Dot Gibson fragment adopting the name of the Workers International to Rebuild the Fourth International (WIRFI). Dot Gibson is the current General Secretary of the National Pensioners Convention in the UK and makes quite frequent appearances in the broadcasting media on questions and issues of pensioners' rights, struggles, living standards, etc
References
- Encyclopedia of British and Irish political organizations parties, groups By Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley, p.170
- Encyclopedia of British and Irish political organizations parties, groups By Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley, p.171
- http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/12/20/dave-d20.html
- Encyclopedia of British and Irish political organizations parties, groups By Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley, p.171
- Charlie Pottins "New links and old acquaintances"
- https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/revhist/otherstu/srchlght.htm
- http://npcuk.org/about-us/npc-officers
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17465319