Author: Independent Labour Party (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communism
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The I. L. P. and the 3rd International
Author: Independent Labour Party (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communism
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Under Siege
Author: Ian BullockPublisher: Athabasca University Press
ISBN: 1771991550
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
During the period between the two world wars, the Independent Labour Party (ILP) was the main voice of radical democratic socialism in Great Britain. Founded in 1893, the ILP had, since 1906, operated under the aegis of the Labour Party. As that party edged nearer to power following World War I, forming minority governments in 1924 and again in 1929, the ILP found its own identity under siege. On one side stood those who wanted the ILP to subordinate itself to an increasingly cautious and conventional Labour leadership; on the other stood those who felt that the ILP should throw its lot in with the Communist Party of Great Britain. After the ILP disaffiliated from Labour in 1932 in order to pursue a new, “revolutionary” policy, it was again torn, this time between those who wanted to merge with the Communists and those who saw the ILP as their more genuinely revolutionary and democratic rival. At the opening of the 1930s, the ILP boasted five times the membership of the Communist Party, as well as a sizeable contingent of MPs. By the end of the decade, having tested the possibility of creating a revolutionary party in Britain almost to the point of its own destruction, the ILP was much diminished—although, unlike the Communists, it still retained a foothold in Parliament. Despite this reversal of fortunes, during the 1930s—years that witnessed the ascendancy of both Stalin and Hitler—the ILP demonstrated an unswerving commitment to democratic socialist thinking. Drawing extensively on the ILP’s Labour Leader and other contemporary left-wing newspapers, as well as on ILP publications and internal party documents, Bullock examines the debates and ideological battles of the ILP during the tumultuous interwar period. He argues that the ILP made a lasting contribution to British politics in general, and to the modern Labour Party in particular, by preserving the values of democratic socialism during the interwar period.
Gleanings and Memoranda
Author: The Athenaeum
Author: The Athenaeum
Author: The I.L.P. and the 3rd International
Author: Independent Labour Party (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communism
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
The Communist International and Its Front Organizations
Author: Witold S. SworakowskiPublisher: Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution of War, Revolution, and Peace
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Reference Catalogue of Current Literature
Author: The I. L. P. And the 3rd International
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9781330969243
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Excerpt from The I. L. P. And the 3rd International: Being the Questions Submitted by the I. L. P. Delegation to the Executive of the 3rd International and Its Reply, With an Introductory Statement by the National Council of the I. L. P In order that the members of the Independent Labour Party and others who are interested in Bolshevik Russia and in the reconstruction of the Socialist International should be in possession of authentic information on these subjects, the N.A.C. has decided to make available the documents published in this volume. The N.A.C. had intended to publish with this Memorandum from the Executive of the Third International a report by Mr. Wallhead and Mr. Allen on their impressions of their visit to Russia. Owing to the serious illness of Mr. Allen it has not been possible to complete this report in time for publication in this volume, and as the N.A.C. consider that no delay should take place in putting the members of the I.L.P. in possession of the reply of the Moscow International, they have regretfully to postpone the issue of the report of their delegates. The N.A.C. sincerely hope that Mr. Allen may soon be sufficiently well to be able to complete the report. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Bookseller
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.