British Trotskyist Family Tree
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Legend Socialist Labour Party Communist Party of Great Britain 1903 - 1980 Communist Unity Group 1920 - 1991 Organisation Name James Connolly 1919 - 1920 Harry Pollit, Sylvia Pankhurst De Leonist, Scottish Based Tom Bell, J. T. Murphy Marxist-Leninist date founded - date dissolved Scottish based, formation of a CP The Socialist Daily Worker 1930 - 1966 key people Morning Star 1966 - date Publication dates of publication Red outline = organisation still active Revolutionary Socialist Party Marxist Group 1932 - 1938 Communist League Militant Group 1932 - 1938 (dissolved into LP as 1934 - 1938 1935- 1938 Scottish based Marxist League C. L. R. James, Denzil Dean Harber, Glow = important organisation Denzil Dean Harber, Grant, Gerry Healy, The British Revolutionary Socialist Harry Wicks Ted Grant Jock Haston, Ralph Lee LP oriented, London based ILP Orientated, later LP Orientated LP oriented Red Flag The Fight = MERGE = SPLIT/EXPLUSION = MERGE THEN Revolutionary Socialist League 1938 - 1944 C. L. R James, Harry Wicks, Harber = NAME CHANGE SPLIT/EXPULSION LP orientation (Militant Labour League) Workers' International League Revolutionary Workers' League Workers’ Fight (1937 - 1944) The Militant 1939 - 1941 Grant, Gerry Healy, Haston (Majority join WIL in 1940 and remainder LP Orientation joins RSL in 1941) Searchlight 1937-38, Youth for Socialism 1939-41, Socialist Appeal 1941-44 Socialist Workers Group 1941 - 1942 (dissolve into Left Fraction ILP and TO) Trotskyist Opposition ILP Orientation 1942 - 1944, 1945 - 1967 (majority join Socialist Fellowship 1942 - 1944 in 1950) Socialist Fight Lawrence Harry Selby (MP) LP Orientation Revolutionary Communist Party 1944 - 1949 Lee, Grant, Healy, Lawrence, Harber, Haston, Know Your Trots Tony Cliff Socialist Fellowship 1947 - 1950 Healy, Lawrence, Grant LP orientated Socialist Outlook Family Tree of Trotskyist groups in the UK and their offshoots The Club 1950 Healy, Grant, Harber, Lawrence LP orientated Socialist Outlook 1948 - 1954 (banned by LP 1954) Militant Tendency Tradition (Grant) Socialist Review Tradition (Cliff) Revolutionary Socialist League Revolutionary 1956-1964 Socialist Labour League Tradition (Healy) Workers Party Grant 1962-date LP orientation Socialist Union Socialist Review Group Posadist Socialist Fight (Internationalist) 1950 - 1962 1970-? Cliff Socialist Labour League Socialist Review, Industrial Worker (1961) later Labour 1959-1973 Worker, International Socialism (journal) Healy LP Orientation until 1970 Newsline Solidarity International Group Workers Fight 1960-1992 Chris Pallis Socialist Labour Group Left Communism Tradition Tradition (Matgamna) 1971-date (I981 majority leave and Solidarity Militant Tendency join ISG) 1964 - 1991 Workers Fight Lambertist International Socialists International Group Grant, Peter Taaffe 1967-1968 (fuse with IS as Marxist Bulletin 1962-1977 Communist Workers Organisation 1961-1968 LP Orientation Trotskyist Tendency) Ken Coates, Pat Jordan Cliff, Roger Protz 1970-date Militant Sean Matgamna Left Communism LP orientation, Nottingham based LP orientated until late 1960s Workers League The Week Militant International Review Workers Fight, Permanent Revolutionary Perspectives (journal), Labour Worker, later Socialist Worker (1968- 1974-1978 (dissolved with Aurora Revolution (journal) members forming Socialist Voice, date) International Socialism (journal) Socialist Big Flame and joining IMG Review (journal) Duncan Hallas, Protz Workers Revolutionary Party International Marxist Group Workers News 1973-1985 Marxist Worker Jordan, Coates, Tariq Ali Healy, Thornett, Cliff Slaughter, 1975-1979 World Revolution 1968-1982 Michael Branda Wigan and Bolton based 1975-date LP orientated Newsline Left Communism International (1968), Black Dwarf (1968-1970), Red Mole (1970-1973), Red Weekly (1973-1977), Revolutionary Communist Group (earlier Socialist Challenge (1977-1982) Workers Socialist League International-Communist League Revolutionary Opposition) 1974-1984 (continuation of WF) 1973-date Alan Thornett, Terry Eagleton. Matgamna 1971-1981 David Yaffe LP Orientated Revolutionary Communist (1975-1979) Socialist Press, Trotskyism Today (journal) Matgamna Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! (1979- Communist Bulletin LP Orientated, Socialist Campaign for a Socialist League Group Labour Victory 1982-1985 1981-1993 Workers Action 1971-1979, International Revolutionary Communist Party (earlier Left Communism LP orientated Communist (journal), Socialist Organiser Socialist Workers Party RC Tendency) Workers Voice Socialist Action Workers Power (earlier Left Faction) 1977-date 1978-1981, 1981-1997 (disbanded, Leninist 1974-1975, 1976-date Trotskyist Cliff, Alex Calinicos, Lindsey members formed Spiked) Faction Faction 1977- Dave Stocking 178 German, John Rees, Martin Frank Furedi Workers Power Smith, Chris Brambery Left Communism Socialist Worker (1968-date) Living Marxism (1988-2000, bankrupted by ITV legal action) International Socialism Socialist Group (journal) Socialist Review Workers Internationalist International Leninist Workers 1984-1987 International Socialist Group Socialist Organiser Alliance League (earlier Spartacist League Party (Earlier Workers Party) Alan Thornett (previously International Group) Internationalist Tendency 1984-1990 (banned by LP) 1978-date 1979-date Socialist Viewpoint 1985-1987, 1987-2009 Revolutionary Democratic Group 1983-1984 Matgamna NZ, Aus Cdr move to Marxist-Leninist, SLP orientated Earlier LP Scottish Militant Labour Pete Flack Militant Labour LP orientated, Socialist Campaign for a Labour 1980-date Red Action UK Economics and Philosophic 1991-1998 SLP orientated earlier Spartacist Britain Workers international News Science Review 1991-1997 Victory 1982-2001 (expelled late 1970s; Tommy Sheridan Republican Worker dissolved largely into IWCA) 1978-1984, Workers Scottish Socialist Voice Taaffe Socialist Organiser (1979-1990 banned by LP) Hammer 1984-date Left Communism Militant Red Action Workers Revolutionary Party (official Socialist Action (official Workers Revolutionary Party continuation of SL) 1985-date continuation of WRP) 1985-date Socialist Appeal Healy, Sheila Torrance 1985-1996 Independent Working John Ross 1991-date Slaughter, Branda Class Association Newsline LP orientated Alan Woods, Grant Workers Press Socialist Action (1985-?) 2000-date LP orientated, SSP orientated in Scotland Socialist Appeal Communist League United Socialist Party 2004-2010 (dissolved into Marxist Philosophy 1988-date Scottish Socialist Socialist Party Alliance for Workers' Liberty TUSC) Counterfire Workers International Marxist Party Forum (earlier John Ross (England and Party 1992 - Date former Liverpool Dockers 2009-date League 1987-2004 Communist Forum) SWP (USA) Wales) Socialist Equality Party 1998-date Socialist Democracy Liverpool based German, Rees 1985-1997 (majority of Healy 1986-1987 The Militant (Pathfinder Press) 1997-date Matgamna (earlier International Sheridan Group members formed Workers Vanessa and Colin Branda later LP orientated, Third Camp Communist Party) Taaffe 1998-2002 Action (2004-2006) Redgrave RIC Solidarity (1995-date) 1986-date The Socialist SSP orientated Workers News The Marxist Scottish Socialist Movement for Voice Socialism Socialist Solidarity 1996-date Communist League Workers international to Network Permanent Revolution Slaughter International Socialist Group 1990-2005 (dissolved into A Rebuild the Fourth 2000-2009 2006-date Revolutionary (Scotland) World to Win) Peace and Progress Party international Permanent Revolution Socialism in the 21st 2011-date Healyite (published his 2004-date 1996-2002 Socialist Resistance International Socialist Workers International Network Centaury Brambery biography Redgrave's 2009-date Socialist Future Review News 2013-date, split due to 2013-date, split due Radical Independence Campaign Left Unity Solidarity Socialist Party (Scotland) to rape scandal Communiqué Socialist Resistance 2006-date 2002-date Sheridan Solidarity orientated, earlier RIC, SNP orientated Anti-Capitalist Initiative SSP orientated 2012-date .