Communist League (UK, 1932)
Communist League | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Harry Wicks |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Dissolved | 1938 |
| Split from | Communist Party of Great Britain |
| Merged into | Revolutionary Socialist League |
| Headquarters | Balham |
| Ideology | Trotskyism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation | Labour Party (1936-1938) |
| International affiliation | International Left Opposition |
The Communist League was one of the first
International Left Opposition[3] and adopted the name Communist League in June 1933.[4] They published a monthly newspaper, Red Flag, and a quarterly journal, The Communist.[5]
In 1933,
.The Communist League dissolved in 1936 and its members entered the Labour Party as the Marxist League (not to be confused with the earlier, unconnected Marxist League aka Marxian League of
FA Ridley and Hugo Dewar), led by Harry Wicks. Wicks began working closely with James, by then leader of the Marxist Group, and in 1938 the two merged to form the Revolutionary Socialist League
, into which the Militant Group (now Militant Labour League) merged the same year.
References
- ^ Alexander, Robert Jackson.International Trotskyism, 1929-1985: A Documented Analysis of the Movement. Duke University Press, 1991, p438
- ^ Barberis, Peter; McHugh, John; Tyldesley, Mike. Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations: Parties, Groups and Movements of the 20th Century. A&C Black, 2000, p153
- ^ "Reg Groves: The Balham Group (Chap.1)".
- ^ a b Barberis, Peter; McHugh, John; Tyldesley, Mike. Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations: Parties, Groups and Movements of the 20th Century. A&C Black, 2000, p145
- ^ "Martin Upham: History of British Trotskyism (Chap.3)".
- ^ "Martin Upham: History of British Trotskyism (Chap.5)".
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