The group's origins lie in the disintegration of the Workers' Revolutionary Party (WRP) in the 1980s. It was founded as the Bolshevik Faction of Cliff Slaughter's WRP in August 1987 and from the start was sympathetic to the Latin American-based Trotskyist leader Nahuel Moreno.
In February 1988 the future ISL split from the WRP and under the leadership of the veteran Bill Hunter and Martin Ralph founded their organisation, which affiliated to Moreno's International Workers League (LIT).
The ISL remains active in the North West of England, London, South Wales and the East of England and was active in the Socialist Alliance. It was supportive of the Socialist Alliance Democracy Platform, the Merseyside-based United Socialist Party, and the TUSC.[1] It is currently active in Liverpool as part of Old Swan Against The Cuts (OSAC);[2] Martin Ralph stood as the OSAC candidate in the May 2014 council election, polling third in Old Swan with 8.5%,[3] and stood again in 2015, gaining 6%,[4] in a general election in which the ISL urged support for TUSC and Left Unity candidates across the country.[5]
international, socialist, league, international, socialist, league, small, trotskyist, organisation, leadermartin, ralphfounded1987, 1988split, fromwrp, workers, press, ideologytrotskyisminternational, affiliationinternational, workers, league, fourth, interna. The International Socialist League is a small Trotskyist organisation in the UK International Socialist League UK LeaderMartin RalphFounded1987 1988Split fromWRP Workers Press IdeologyTrotskyismInternational affiliationInternational Workers League Fourth International Websitehttps internationalsocialistleague org Politics of the United KingdomPolitical partiesElectionsThe group s origins lie in the disintegration of the Workers Revolutionary Party WRP in the 1980s It was founded as the Bolshevik Faction of Cliff Slaughter s WRP in August 1987 and from the start was sympathetic to the Latin American based Trotskyist leader Nahuel Moreno In February 1988 the future ISL split from the WRP and under the leadership of the veteran Bill Hunter and Martin Ralph founded their organisation which affiliated to Moreno s International Workers League LIT The ISL remains active in the North West of England London South Wales and the East of England and was active in the Socialist Alliance It was supportive of the Socialist Alliance Democracy Platform the Merseyside based United Socialist Party and the TUSC 1 It is currently active in Liverpool as part of Old Swan Against The Cuts OSAC 2 Martin Ralph stood as the OSAC candidate in the May 2014 council election polling third in Old Swan with 8 5 3 and stood again in 2015 gaining 6 4 in a general election in which the ISL urged support for TUSC and Left Unity candidates across the country 5 Bill Hunter died in July 2015 6 References edit Election results for Old Swan 3 May 2012 Liverpool City Council councillors liverpool gov uk Retrieved 18 August 2016 IWL FI litci org Retrieved 18 August 2016 Election results for Old Swan 22 May 2014 Liverpool City Council councillors liverpool gov uk Retrieved 18 August 2016 IWL FI litci org Retrieved 18 August 2016 IWL FI litci org Retrieved 18 August 2016 IWL FI litci org Retrieved 18 August 2016 External links editNational website International website nbsp nbsp This article about a political party in the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title International Socialist League UK amp oldid 1176356941, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
