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Encyclopedia > Socialist Union (UK)

The Socialist Union was a British political party active from February 1886 to 1888.[1] // Political scientists have developed concepts of different ideal types of political parties in order to better compare them with each other. ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ...


The group was formed by socialists around C. L. Fitzgerald who left the Social Democratic Federation (SDF) in protest at SDF leader H. M. Hyndman's acceptance of money from the Conservative Party to campaign against the Liberal Party. The group published a newspaper, The Socialist.[2] It succeeded in gaining the support of the Bristol Socialist Society, but elsewhere, membership was small. Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ... This article is about the British political party. ... Henry Mayers Hyndman (March 7, 1842 - November 20, 1921) was a British writer and politician, and the founder of the Social Democratic Federation. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative & Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), and the largest in terms of public membership. ... This article is about the historic Liberal Party. ... The Bristol Socialist Society was a political organisation in South West England. ...


The group disbanded in 1887. James MacDonald, a prominent leader, rejoined the SDF, after Hyndman promised never again to accept money from bourgeois politicians.[2] Other notable members of the group included future Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. James Ramsay MacDonald (12 October 1866 – 9 November 1937) was a British politician and three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ...


References

  1. ^ G. Bernard Shaw. The Fabian Society: What it has Done; & How it has Done It. Fabian Tract № 41. London: The Fabian Society, August 1892.
  2. ^ a b Florence Boos, ed. and annot. "Footnotes" in William Morris's Socialist Diary. 1887.

 

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