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This book offers the first full analysis of the Social Democratic Federation's (SDF's) history and is essential reading for historians of the Labour Movement.The SDF was the pioneer of the Socialist revival in the 1880s, Britain's first avowedly Marxist party and an important component of the Communist Party of Great Britain. As such, it represents a crucial strand in late nineteenth- and twentieth-century English political history.Although critical, Dr Crick dismisses the stereotype of a sectarian and dogmatic organization attempting to force a foreign ideology onto an unreceptive audience. Blending the national picture with a detailed study of the party in Lancashire and Yorkshire, he reveals an organization whose members contributed far more to the formation of local politics than is generally realized. They produced a generation of working-class militants, pioneered forms of social protest and made available for the first time in English a number of Marxist classics.
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 86. Chapters: Social Democratic Federation breakaway groups, Social Democratic Federation members, William Morris, Ramsay MacDonald, James Connolly, George Lansbury, John Spargo, Edward Carpenter, Socialist Party of Great Britain, Socialist League, Socialist Labour Party, John Maclean, Guy Aldred, Eleanor Marx, Edward Aveling, John Burns, Social Democratic Federation election results, Harry Snell, 1st Baron Snell, Tom Mann, Bloody Sunday, Robert Tressell, John Ward, Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick, Harry Quelch, Henry Hyndman, Henry Hyde Champion, Tom Bel...
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This book deals with the years 1881-1951 when socialism moved from being a small movement to a powerful organisation. At this time socialism became moderate and parliamentary in form, discarding Marxism and ethical socialism en route.