Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB)

John Crump's resignation letter from the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) in 1973. Written as he left the UK for Japan, he describes and critiques the two main currents (economic determinists and utopians) that existed in the organisation and its failure to respond to events in society.

I read this article recently in "Socialism or your money back" which is a collection of historical…

Arguably the text that started it all for Subversion. Written in 1972 when some of us were still members of the SPGB. We used this as the lead article in a magazine we called Critical Theory and Revolutionary Practice. A bit pompous perhaps, the title changed eventually to Libertarian Communism.

Correspondence with a member of the Socialist Party of Great Britain. From Subversion #20 (1996)

Translated extracts of this pamphlet by French group Les amis de 4 millions de jeunes travailleurs …

Red and Black Notes critically look back on the history of the SPGB at the time of the 100 year…

1990's pamphlet from ex-SPGB group "Socialist Studies" debunking commonly held misconceptions surrounding the banking system.

The fundamental flaws in the parliamentarian approach.