Communist League (UK, 1988)
Communist League | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Collective leadership (Central Committee) |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Headquarters | London |
| Newspaper | The Militant |
| Ideology | Communism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| European affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | None |
| International affiliation | Pathfinder tendency |
The Communist League was formed by a group of members expelled in 1988 from Socialist Action. Those members had joined the American Socialist Workers Party's Pathfinder tendency. It maintains a bookshop in London, originally in The Cut but now in Bethnal Green Road.
The League's members sell The Militant, the paper of the American Socialist Workers Party. The League claims many of its members work in the meat-packing industry [1]. Two Communist League candidates stood in the 2005 general election; one ran against George Galloway in Bethnal Green and Bow polling 38 votes. In the London Assembly election, 2008, Julie Crawford stood in the City and East constituency and polled 701 votes, 0.3% of the popular vote, coming 12th and last among the candidates.[2]
In the 2010 General Election, the Communist League stood Caroline Bellamy in Edinburgh South West (48 votes)[3] and Paul Davies in Hackney South and Shoreditch (110 votes).[4]
References
- ^ Communist League in U.K. holds special congress - From Militant, 2 July 2007. Accessed 10 October 2007.
- ^ London Elects - 2008 results
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/825.stm
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b93.stm
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