Militant tendency activists

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Militant tendency activists were members of a far-left faction within the British Labour movement known for their organized, confrontational campaigns against Conservative government policies in the 1980s and early 1990s.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Militant tendency 13
Militant tendency activists canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf faction members ⓘ
political activists ⓘ
activeIn British Labour movement ⓘ
Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
activePeriodEnd early 1990s ⓘ
activePeriodPeak 1980s ⓘ
activePeriodStart 1970s ⓘ
associatedWithPublication Militant (newspaper) ⓘ
conflictWith Labour Party leadership ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
describedAs Trotskyist entryists ⓘ
hard-left ⓘ
faced expulsion from Labour Party ⓘ
goal transform Labour Party into a socialist party ⓘ
ideology Trotskyism ⓘ
far-left politics ⓘ
influenced local government politics in Liverpool ⓘ
knownFor coordinated factional activity ⓘ
high level of internal discipline ⓘ
leadershipFiguresInclude Dave Nellist ⓘ
Derek Hatton ⓘ
Peter Taaffe ⓘ
Ted Grant ⓘ
Terry Fields ⓘ
legacy influenced later socialist organizations in Britain ⓘ
notableCampaign Liverpool City Council struggle in the 1980s ⓘ
anti-poll tax campaign ⓘ
opposed Conservative government policies ⓘ
Thatcherism ⓘ
privatization ⓘ
public spending cuts ⓘ
organizationalForm democratic centralist group ⓘ
organized mass non-payment of the poll tax ⓘ
organizedWithin Labour Party Young Socialists ⓘ
linked to: Young Labour
partOf Militant tendency ⓘ
recruitedFrom student movement ⓘ
trade union movement ⓘ
slogan For a socialist Labour government ⓘ
subjectOf Labour Party inquiries in the 1980s ⓘ
supported anti-cuts campaigns ⓘ
council house building ⓘ
expansion of public services ⓘ
nationalization of key industries ⓘ
usedMethod confrontational tactics ⓘ
entryism ⓘ
organized campaigns ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Poll Tax Riots → participant → Militant tendency activists ⓘ
Militant tendency activists → partOf → Militant tendency ⓘ
linked to: Militant tendency activists
Militant (newspaper) → publisher → Militant tendency ⓘ
linked to: Militant tendency activists
Militant (newspaper) → organ → Militant tendency ⓘ
linked to: Militant tendency activists
Militant (newspaper) → mainOrganOf → Militant tendency ⓘ
linked to: Militant tendency activists
Militant (newspaper) → associatedWith → Militant tendency ⓘ
linked to: Militant tendency activists
Ted Grant → coFounded → Militant tendency ⓘ
linked to: Militant tendency activists
Ted Grant → memberOf → Militant tendency ⓘ
linked to: Militant tendency activists
Ted Grant → influenced → Militant tendency ⓘ
linked to: Militant tendency activists
Dave Nellist → memberOf → Militant tendency ⓘ
linked to: Militant tendency activists
Terry Fields → memberOf → Militant tendency ⓘ
linked to: Militant tendency activists
Peter Taaffe → notableFor → Militant tendency ⓘ
linked to: Militant tendency activists
Peter Taaffe → memberOf → Militant tendency ⓘ
linked to: Militant tendency activists
Peter Taaffe → politicalParty → Militant tendency ⓘ
linked to: Militant tendency activists