United Socialist Party (UK)

The United Socialist Party (TUSP) was a British political organisation formed in 2004.[1]

The party was formed in Liverpool by a number of former Liverpool Dockers who had been active in the strike of 1995-1997. Other leftist groups such as the Revolutionary Democratic Group, WIRFI and International Socialist League[2] became involved and the party experienced ideological and organisational conflicts - as the Socialist Labour Party had before it - between those seeking a more left wing version of the Labour Party and those aiming to found a multi-tendency revolutionary party.

TUSP stood in local elections between 2006 and 2008, retaining no deposits.[3] Their website contains no new content since 2009 and the organisation appears to be moribund. To some extent its role was taken by the similarly-named TUSC (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) which emerged from the Campaign for a New Workers' Party with which TUSP had been involved.[4]

Publications

Periodicals

Pamphlets

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://www.tusp.org.uk/welcome
  2. ↑ http://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/576/workers-breaking-with-labour/
  3. ↑ http://councillors.liverpool.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?RPID=3528&ID=4&J=4
  4. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/news/blog/2006/mar/20/workersofthe
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, June 09, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.