Socialist Labour Party (UK, 1903)

The Socialist Workers' Party (English Socialist Labour Party, SLP) was a socialist party in the United Kingdom. They split up in 1903 by the Social Democratic Federation (SDF ) from, initiated by James Connolly, Neil Maclean and other SDF members, who were impressed by the American Socialist Daniel De Leon and his Socialist Labor Party of America.

Within the SDF in 1902 recorded in the environment of Connolys journal The Socialist from a tendency to split off, and when in 1903 a leading member of the party was excluded, stepped out of the majority of the Scottish SDF members and founded the Socialist Labour Party as a new party. Despite the considerable support in Scotland, the majority of the members always came from England.

The party was first called Glasgow Socialist Society, but renamed itself in August 1903 to express their national claim. She looked at herself as fundamentalist and refused any cooperation with reformers such as the Independent Labour Party.

1919, the SLP had over 1000 members and operated actively in the notice of the struggle for national self-determination in Ireland. The party was proud to have a leader of the Irish liberation movement, James Connolly in the ranks of its founders.

Remains of the SLP were reorganized by William Cotten and were still active for many years. Although the party was in 1960 on its last legs, it was revived by younger members and dissolve until 1980.

• Socialist Party
• Historic Party ( Great Britain)
• Established in 1903