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British Socialist Party | |
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| Abbreviation | BSP |
| Founded | 1911 |
| Dissolved | 1920 |
| Preceded by | Social Democratic Federation |
| Succeeded by | CPGB NSP (split) SNDC (split) |
| Newspaper | Justice; The Call |
| Youth wing | Young Socialist League |
| Ideology | Socialism After 1916: Communism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
The British Socialist Party (BSP) was a Marxist political organisation established in Great Britain in 1911. Following a protracted period of factional struggle, in 1916 the party's anti-war forces gained decisive control of the party and saw the defection of its pro-war right wing. After the victory of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia at the end of 1917 and the termination of the First World War the following year, the BSP emerged as an explicitly revolutionary socialist organisation. It negotiated with other radical groups in an effort to establish a unified communist organisation, an effort which culminated in August 1920 with the establishment of the Communist Party of Great Britain. The youth organisation the Young Socialist League was affiliated with the party.[1]
- ^ Barberis, Peter; McHugh, John; Tyldesley, Mike, eds. (2000). "571: Young Socialist League". Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations: Parties, Groups and Movements of the Twentieth Century (revised ed.). Pinter. p. 173. ISBN 1-85567-264-2.