What is Socialist Workers Party (UK)?
The '''Socialist Workers Party''' ('''SWP''') is a [[Far-left politics|far-left]] political party in the United Kingdom. Founded as the Socialist Review Group by supporters of [[Tony Cliff]] in 1950, it became the International Socialists in 1962 and the SWP in 1977. The party says it is [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist.]] Cliff and his followers criticised the [[Soviet Union]] and its satellites, calling them [[State capitalism|state capitalist]] rather than socialist countries.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ian Birchall: Facing the crisis (1981)|url=http://www.marxists.de/intsoctend/birchall/crisis.htm|access-date=2023-06-05|website=www.marxists.de}}</ref> It set up the [[Anti Nazi League]] in the Autumn of 1977 and then [[Rock Against Racism]]. This organised successful carnivals with [[The Clash]], the [[Buzzcocks]], [[Steel Pulse]], [[X-Ray Spex]], [[The Ruts]], Generation X and the [[Tom Robinson Band]]. It stopped in 1981 after the [[National Front (UK)|National Front]] had got smaller. <ref>{{Cite news|last=Sabbagh|first=Dan|date=2018-08-07|title=John McDonnell: revive Anti-Nazi League to oppose far right|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/07/john-mcdonnell-revive-anti-nazi-league-oppose-far-right|access-date=2023-06-05|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Socialist organisations in the United Kingdom]]