Socialist Alliance (England)
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The Socialist Alliance was a
Origins
The Socialist Alliance grew out of local alliances formed by the Socialist Party, Independent Labour Network and independent socialists from 1992 onward. They gradually coalesced into a national Network of Socialist Alliances. The Welsh Socialist Alliance was closely allied, but had separate origins.
The Socialist Alliance was named and expanded in 1999 when other
Contraction and dissolution
In late 2001, the Network of Socialist Alliances was transformed into a one-member-one-vote political party called the Socialist Alliance (a title already registered for electoral purposes).
The Socialist Alliance was riven by political disagreements. The Socialist Party left the Alliance in 2001 (after the conference that adopted one member one vote) while Workers Power left in 2003.
In 2003, the SWP, supported by the ISG, led the SA into an alliance with
In late 2004, some Socialist Alliance member organisations, which had remained outside Respect, joined with the Socialist Party and the Alliance for Green Socialism to establish the Socialist Green Unity Coalition.
As the SWP switched its priorities to working within Respect, the Socialist Alliance became virtually moribund and was formally wound up in February 2005.
In March 2005, a few groups and former members of the SA who did not join Respect met as the Socialist Alliance (Provisional). On 12 November 2005, most of the provisional grouping (independent members, and members of the
List of supporting organisations
- Alliance for Workers' Liberty
- Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee)
- Democratic Labour Party
- Independent Labour Network (disbanded before 2003)
- International Socialist Group
- International Socialist League
- Lewisham Independent Socialists
- Red Action (left 2001)
- Revolutionary Democratic Group
- Socialist Party (left 2001)
- Socialist Perspectives
- Socialist Resistance
- Socialist Solidarity Network
- Socialist Workers Party
- Workers International
- Workers' Power (left 2003)
References
External links
- Socialist Alliance (current site)
- Socialist Alliance (2005)
- Democratic Socialist Alliance (formerly the Socialist Alliance Democracy Platform)
- People Before Profit SA 2001 Election Platform 1.6MB PDF
- 2001 Official UK Electoral Commission Report on the 2001 General Election
- Socialist Unity Network
- Set of documents relating to the Socialist Alliance hosted by the Socialist Party of England and Wales.