International Socialist Movement
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The International Socialist Movement was a
Peter Taffe, although a significant minority based mainly in Dundee stayed with the CWI and formed a pro-CWI platform in the SSP called the International Socialists
.
For a few years the ISM was effectively the leadership of the SSP. It developed strong relationships with other currents in the socialist movement, including as a permanent observer with the
United Secretariat of the Fourth International. Members of the International Socialist Group
in Scotland joined the ISM.
The ISM dissolved in March 2006 stating that it had completed its mission. The reasons for doing so were rather complex. In practice it was having difficulty operating as a coherent political organisation. It had been badly divided internally in the context of a rather heated debate in the SSP around 50-50 representation for women in the run up to the 2003 Scottish election. These divisions became exacerbated by the resignation of
Frontline
, continues publication as an "Independent Marxist voice in the SSP".
External links
- Statement on the future of the ISM
- Frontline, former ISM journal, now independent