Cliff Slaughter is a British Trotskyist. Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ...

As a lecturer at the University of Leeds, Slaughter joined the Communist Party of Great Britain. He left in 1956 following the Soviet invasion of Hungary and joined Gerry Healey's group The Club.[1] Slaughter remained with the tendency for many years, during which it became known as the Socialist Labour League and then the Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP). During this period, he was regarded as the group's top intellectual,[2] and remained on the Central Committee. Parkinson Building, University of Leeds The University of Leeds, England, is one of the largest universities in the United Kingdom and the most popular by applicants, with 52,444 applicants in 2003 for 7,228 places (UCAS). ... The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was the largest communist party in the United Kingdom. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hungarians investigate a disabled Soviet tank in Budapest The 1956 Hungarian Revolution, also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was a popular revolt against Soviet influence and control in Hungary. ... The Workers Revolutionary Party was a Trotskyist political party in the United Kingdom. ... Logo of the current Workers Revolutionary Party The Workers Revolutionary Party is a small Trotskyist political party in the United Kingdom. ...

In 1985, Healey faced allegations of sexual harrassment, leading Slaughter to team up with Mike Banda in opposition to him. This broadened into a more general criticism of the party's direction. They were able to gain a majority of the group and forced Healey to retire. When Healey again tried to exert authority, Slaughter and Banda led a call for "revolutionary morality" and split the organisation between their supporters and those of Healey and Sheila Torrance.[3]

Slaughter worked with David North's International Committee of the Fourth International to publish a study into the funding of the WRP, which concluded that it had received over £1,000,000 from Libya and various Middle Eastern governments.[4] David North MBIM was a former Minister in the Isle of Man Government. ... It has been suggested that Orthodox Trotskyism be merged into this article or section. ...

Slaughter and Banda formed a new Workers Revolutionary Party and regrouped their international supporters into the Workers International to Rebuild the Fourth International. However, Banda soon split with Slaughter, repudiating Trotskyism. Slaughter remains a member of the successor to his WRP, the Movement for Socialism. The Workers International to Rebuild the Fourth International is an Trotskyist international organisation. ...