Union leader Arthur Scargill led this left-wing split from the Labour Party after its abandonment of Clause 4 which committed Labour to the nationalisation of industry.
Possibly the largest far-left group in Britain. Until recently the SWP had not run candidates in elections since the 1970s. Part of the "International Socialist Tendency" which is a loose grouping of organizations espousing the general line of the SWP and the theories of Tony Cliff.
Split from (US) SWP in 1960s over issues of feminism and civil rights work and strongly identified with feminism, anti-racism and gay and lesbian liberation, the FSP participates in the Peace and Freedom Party in California and the Labor Party (US). The FSP also has branches in Canada and Australia.
Campaigns in the interests of ordinary workers, the unemployed and young people, standing in the best traditions of James Larkin and James Connolly. Represented in the Irish Dail by Joe Higgins. Affiliated with the Committee for a Workers International.