Militant tendency activists
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Militant tendency activists were members of a far-left faction within the British Labour movement known for their organized, confrontational campaigns against Conservative government policies in the 1980s and early 1990s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Militant tendency | 1 |
| Militant tendency activists canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
faction members
ⓘ
political activists ⓘ |
| activeIn |
British Labour movement
ⓘ
Labour Party (UK) ⓘ |
| activePeriodEnd | early 1990s ⓘ |
| activePeriodPeak | 1980s ⓘ |
| activePeriodStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| associatedWithPublication | Militant (newspaper) ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Labour Party leadership ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describedAs |
Trotskyist entryists
ⓘ
hard-left ⓘ |
| faced | expulsion from Labour Party ⓘ |
| goal | transform Labour Party into a socialist party ⓘ |
| ideology |
Trotskyism
ⓘ
far-left politics ⓘ |
| influenced | local government politics in Liverpool ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coordinated factional activity
ⓘ
high level of internal discipline ⓘ |
| leadershipFiguresInclude |
Dave Nellist
ⓘ
Derek Hatton ⓘ Peter Taaffe ⓘ Ted Grant ⓘ Terry Fields ⓘ |
| legacy | influenced later socialist organizations in Britain ⓘ |
| notableCampaign |
Liverpool City Council struggle in the 1980s
ⓘ
anti-poll tax campaign ⓘ |
| opposed |
Conservative government policies
ⓘ
Thatcherism ⓘ privatization ⓘ public spending cuts ⓘ |
| organizationalForm | democratic centralist group ⓘ |
| organized | mass non-payment of the poll tax ⓘ |
| organizedWithin |
Young Labour
ⓘ
surface form:
Labour Party Young Socialists
|
| partOf |
Militant tendency activists
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Militant tendency
|
| recruitedFrom |
student movement
ⓘ
trade union movement ⓘ |
| slogan | For a socialist Labour government ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Labour Party inquiries in the 1980s ⓘ |
| supported |
anti-cuts campaigns
ⓘ
council house building ⓘ expansion of public services ⓘ nationalization of key industries ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
confrontational tactics
ⓘ
entryism ⓘ organized campaigns ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Militant tendency