Young Socialist League

Young Socialist League
Founded1911
DissolvedMarch 1921
Succeeded byThe Young Workers' League
NewspaperRed Flag
IdeologyCommunism
Socialism

The Young Socialist League was a British radical political youth group founded in 1911. The group was mostly active in London, where it also had the majority of its members. According to the Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations, the group probably had its roots in the Socialist Sunday Schools. The League was linked to the British Socialist Party, a small Marxist party, also founded in 1911, who were supporters of the Bolshevik Revolution. It published a paper called the Red Flag.[1]

In March 1921 the Young Socialist League merged with a section of the Young Labour League to form the Young Workers' League, a forerunner of the Young Communist League.[1]

  1. ^ a b 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.