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Socialist Resistance is an
ecosocialist network in
Britain which publishes a
Marxist periodical of the same name.
Origins
It was launched on 8 September 2002 by two organisations (the
Socialist Solidarity Network and
International Socialist Group) and 33 individuals.
The rationale for the new publication was "to express and build support for a distinct political position which, despite differences among us on secondary issues, we share. We want to deepen the fight for a broad socialist party in England on the model of, for example, the
SSP in Scotland and the
Party of Communist Refoundation in Italy."
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The founders of Socialist Resistance included
Frances Curran and
Catriona Grant, leading members of the
Scottish Socialist Party, former SSP international officer Murray Smith, and Andrew Burgin from of the
Stop the War Coalition. Leading members of the
Socialist Alliance included James White, secretary of Barnsley Alliance and Mathew Caygill secretary of Leeds Socialist Alliance plus
Lesley Mahmood (Liverpool) and Margaret Manning (Manchester) from the Socialist Alliance Executive.
Organisation
The network has developed the norms of an organisation, included elected bodies, local groups and formal membership. By
2007 135 activists had subscribed to its internal listserver
(External Link), of whom around at least 65 can be assumed to be members of the ISG
(External Link); and at least 20 of whom are supporters of the SSN
(External Link). Its members also include the supporters in Britain of the
Democratic Socialist Perspective.
The organisation controlled by an annual general meeting, held each September, which elects a steering committee and an editorial board.
Activities
It organises monthly public meetings in London, Oxford and Birmingham, as well as three national open forums each year. For example, it organised a June 2006 dayschool on the
Bolivarian revolution addressed by
Michael Lowy and
Celia Hart, a September 2006
AGM, December 2006 and May 2007 forums on "
ecosocialism" and a March 2007 forum on the
Middle East. These events often provide themes for books published by Resistance: it produced the first book of
Celia Hart's writings in English, Ron Ridenour's 2006 book on Cuba, the first book on
ecosocialism and a large collection on the
Middle East, edited by Roland Rance and Terry Conway.
Resistance also publishes irregular broadsheets and pamphlets. Three leading activists in Resistance are on the editorial board of
International Viewpoint. Socialist Resistance also co-operates with
Green Left and the
Red-Green Study Group in the
Ecosocialist International Network.
Periodical
Between September 2002 and November 2007 it produced 49 issues of a 28-page
tabloid, which was produced monthly, with summer and winter issues spanning two months each. In November 2007, the resources used for the newspaper were dedicated to the Respect Renewal movement, allowing it to plan the launch of a newspaper in December 2007. According to a statement by the group's Steering Committee, the change was unanimously agreed at a meeting of the group's members. In January 2008, the group's aggregate agreed a
proposal to relaunch
Socialist Resistance as a full-colour quarterly
magazine, in April 2007.
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