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Militant Labour/Socialist Party of England and Wales
HLL.2019.042
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Contributing Institution:
Holt Labor Library at CSU Dominguez Hills
Title: Militant Labour/Socialist Party of England and Wales
Identifier/Call Number: HLL.2019.042
Physical Description:
2 boxes
Physical Description:
.84 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1979 - 2011, undated
Abstract: This collection contains two boxes of publications related to Militant Labour and Socialist Party issues in the later half
of the twentieth century. The majority of the publications are based on issues in the labor movement in England and are published
in England or Wales.
Language of Material:
English
, Spanish; Castilian
, Italian
, German
, Chinese
.
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Arranged in 2 boxes, and 6 series.
Series 1:
Committee for a Workers' International (CWI/CIT)
Series 2:
Introducing Marxism
Series 3:
Militant
Series 4:
Militant Labour
Series 5: Misc. Publications
Series 6:
Socialist Party
The Militant tendency was an interest group within the British Labour Party based around the
Militant newspaper that was first published in 1964. It described its politics as descended from Karl Marx, Freidrich Engels, Vladimir
Lenin, and Leon Trotsky. Between 1975 and 1980, attempts to expel the Militant group were rejected by the Labour Party's National
Executive Committee, which appointed a Militant member to the position of National Youth Organizer in 1976. In 1983, the five
members of the "Editorial Board" of the
Militant newspaper were expelled from the Labour Party. Between 1989 and 1991, Militant led the All-Britain Anti-Poll Tax Federation's
non-payment campaign against the Community Charge (poll tax). In 1991, Militant decided by a large majority to abandon the
Labour Party, although a minority stayed in the Labour Party. The majority changed its name to Militant Labour and then in
1997 to the Socialist Party.
Existence and Location of Originals
The Labour Militant Papers were given to the Holt Labor Library in 2011. The Holt Library Library then donated them to California
State University, Dominguez Hills in 2019.
For information about citing archival material, see the
Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.
This collection was processed in 2011 by David Walters at the Holt Labor Library and re-processed in 2022 by Jesus Padilla
at CSU Dominguez Hills.
The Militant Labour/Socialist Party of England and Wales (1979-2011) contains 2 boxes and .84 linear feet of publications
based on socialist ideology. The Militant Labour Papers consist of a selection of books, pamphlets, and publications during
the tendency's active period of 1985 through the early 2000s. It also contains several publications from miscellaneous journals
and organizations that date as early as 1979 and as late as 2011. Journals and organizations include the Committee for Workers'
International (CWI/CIT), the
Introducing Marxism journal,
Militant,
Militant Labour, and publications from the Socialist Party organization. The Socialist Party is the English and Welsh affiliate of the Committee
for a Workers' International (CWI). It is not a complete or finished collection of the current publications, but it does
represent a small sampling of the Militant Labour party's publication efforts. The publications are written in English with
the exception of 2 journals written in Spanish, Italian, Chinese and German.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Socialism -- Europe -- 20th century
Labor unions -- England -- London
Labor movement
England
Marxist pamphlets
Trotskyism -- 20th century
Marxist-Leninist theory