The Club (Trotskyist)
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The Club was a Trotskyist group in the United Kingdom
. It operated inside the Labour Party
and was the official section of the Fourth International
from 1950 until 1953 when, after the FI split, it became part of the International Committee of the Fourth International
. Led by Gerry Healy
, it published the newspaper Socialist Outlook
until this was banned by Labour, whereupon it began selling Tribune
, and eventually began a new paper, The Newsletter. In 1959 it was reconstituted as the Socialist Labour League.
Most of Britain's later Trotskyist parties had their origins in The Club including the Militant tendency
led by former Club member Ted Grant
, the International Socialists and later the Socialist Workers Party led by Tony Cliff
and Healy's Workers' Revolutionary Party.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. It operated inside the Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
and was the official section of the Fourth International
Fourth International
The Fourth International is the communist international organisation consisting of followers of Leon Trotsky , with the declared dedicated goal of helping the working class bring about socialism...
from 1950 until 1953 when, after the FI split, it became part of the International Committee of the Fourth International
International Committee of the Fourth International
The International Committee of the Fourth International is the name of two Trotskyist internationals; one with sections named Socialist Equality Party which publishes the World Socialist Web Site and another linked to the Workers Revolutionary Party in Britain.-Foundation:The International...
. Led by Gerry Healy
Gerry Healy
Thomas Gerard Healy, known as Gerry Healy , was a political activist, a co-founder of the International Committee of the Fourth International, and, according to former prominent U.S. supporter David North, the leader of the Trotskyist movement in Great Britain between 1950 – 1985...
, it published the newspaper Socialist Outlook
Socialist Outlook
Socialist Outlook was either of two publications edited by supporters of the Fourth International in Britain.-The first Socialist Outlook:...
until this was banned by Labour, whereupon it began selling Tribune
Tribune (magazine)
Tribune is a democratic socialist weekly, founded in 1937 published in London. It is independent but supports the Labour Party from the left...
, and eventually began a new paper, The Newsletter. In 1959 it was reconstituted as the Socialist Labour League.
Most of Britain's later Trotskyist parties had their origins in The Club including the Militant tendency
Militant Tendency
The Militant tendency was an entrist group within the British Labour Party based around the Militant newspaper that was first published in 1964...
led by former Club member Ted Grant
Ted Grant
Edward "Ted" Grant , 9 July 1913 in Germiston, South Africa – 20 July 2006 in London) was a South African Trotskyist who spent most of his adult life in Britain...
, the International Socialists and later the Socialist Workers Party led by Tony Cliff
Tony Cliff
Tony Cliff , was a Trotskyist who was a founding member of the Socialist Review Group which went on to become the Socialist Workers Party...
and Healy's Workers' Revolutionary Party.