Militant Labour/Socialist Party of England and Wales
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates
- 1979 - 2011, undated
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Biographical / Historical
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.
Extent
2 boxes
.84 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Spanish; Castilian
Italian
German
Chinese
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.
Arrangement
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
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.
Processing Information
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.
- Title
- Inventory of the Militant Labour/Socialist Party of England and Wales
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- David Walters, Jesus Padilla
- Date
- 2022-10
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Holt Labor Library at CSU Dominguez Hills Repository
University Library South - 5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000
Carson California 90747
310-243-3895
archives@csudh.edu