Socialist Workers Party
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The Socialist Workers Party (SWP) is a Revolutionary-left political party in the United Kingdom. Founded as the Socialist Review Group by supporters of Tony Cliff in 1950, it became the International Socialists in 1962 and the SWP in 1977.[1] While the party considered itself to be Trotskyist, Cliff and his followers criticised the Soviet Union and its satellites, calling them state capitalist rather than socialist countries.[2]
The SWP has founded several united fronts through which they have sought to coordinate and influence leftist action, such as the Anti-Nazi League in the late 1970s and the Stop the War Coalition in 2001. It also formed an alliance with George Galloway and Respect, the dissolution of which in 2007 caused an internal crisis in the SWP.[3]
Party Members
| Politician | Born | Died |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Hitchens | 28 October 1951 | |
| Lyndon LaRouche | 8 September 1922 | 12 February 2019 |
References
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