Socialist Resistance

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Socialist Resistance was launched in 2002

Socialist Resistance is a monthly Marxist newspaper founded in October 2002 by two organisations in Britain (the Socialist Solidarity Network and International Socialist Group) and some individuals.

The rationale for the new publication was that "We think this is necessary to express and build support for a distinct political position which, despite differences among us on secondary issues, we share. We want to deepen the fight for a broad socialist party in England on the model of, for example, the SSP in Scotland and the Party of Communist Refoundation in Italy."[1]

Around 135 activists have subscribed to the newspaper's internal listserver [2], of whom around at least 65 can be assumed to be members of the ISG [3]; and at least 20 of whom are supporters of the SSN [4]. Its members also include the supporters in Britain of the Democratic Socialist Perspective and Socialist Voice.

The newspaper is controlled by an annual general meeting, held each September, which elects a steering committee and editorial board. It organises monthly public meetings in London, Oxford and Birmingham, as well as two or three national meetings each year. In 2006, for example, it organised a June dayschool on the Bolivarian revolution addressed by Michael Lowy and Celia Hart, its September AGM and a December dayschool on "ecosocialism".

Resistance also publishes irregular broadsheets and books, including the first book of Celia Hart's writings in English, Ron Ridenour's 2006 book on Cuba and the first book on ecosocialism. Three leading activists in Resistance are on the editorial board of International Viewpoint.