Marxist Party

Defunct Trotskyist political party in the United Kingdom

Not to be confused with Workers' Revolutionary Party (UK) or Marxist Party of Armenia.

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Marxist Party

Leader| Gerry Healy
Spokesperson| Vanessa Redgrave
Founded| 1987
Dissolved| 2004
Split from| Workers' Revolutionary Party
Succeeded by| Peace and Progress Party
Headquarters| London
Newspaper| The Marxist
Ideology| Marxism
International affiliation| ICFI

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The Marxist Party was a tiny Trotskyist political party in the United Kingdom. It was formed as a split from Sheila Torrance's Workers' Revolutionary Party in 1987 by Gerry Healy and supporters including Vanessa and Corin Redgrave.[1] At first, it was also known as the Workers Revolutionary Party, but it renamed itself later in the year. The party also maintained its own version of the International Committee of the Fourth International, although this was moribund by the late 1990s.

After the death of Healy in 1989, the party declined, and in 1990 expelled a group which became the Communist League.[2]

The group, which called for support for the Liberal Democrats in the 2001 UK general election, published The Marxist magazine. They also famously owned Trotsky's death mask.[citation needed]

In April 2004, the Marxist Party announced its dissolution. The Redgraves then announced the formation of a new group named the Peace and Progress Party, supporting liberal principles of human rights.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Gregson, John (2019), "The Revolutionary Marxists: The Socialist Labour League and International Socialism", Marxism, Ethics and Politics, Marx, Engels, and Marxisms, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 89–134, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-03371-2_4, ISBN 978-3-030-03370-5, S2CID 158748605, retrieved 2022-08-30
2. ^ North, David (1991). Gerry Healy and his place in the history of the Fourth International. Detroit: Labor Publications. ISBN 0-929087-58-5. OCLC 28969583.

## External links[edit]

* Archived Marxist Party website as of 2002

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Workers Revolutionary Party

General|

* Revolutionary Communist Party
* The Club
* Socialist Outlook
* Trotskyism
* Entryism
* International Committee of the Fourth International
* The News Line

National Leadership|

* Gerry Healy (1959—1978)
* Michael Banda (1978—1985)
* Gerry Healy (1985—1987)
* Sheila Torrance (1987—present)

Derivatives|

* Solidarity
* Workers' Socialist League
* Socialist Labour Group
* Workers Party
* Workers' Revolutionary Party (Workers Press) (later Communist Forum, International Socialist League and Workers International to Rebuild the Fourth International)
* Workers' International League
* Socialist Equality Party
* Marxist Party (later Communist League and Peace and Progress Party)

Related|

* Far-left politics in the United Kingdom

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International|

* VIAF

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* United States

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