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Socialist League

Defunct

The socialist organisation founded in 1885 by William Morris, Eleanor Marx, Edward Aveling and others after their break with the Social Democratic Federation, which published its weekly Commonweal and pamphlets by Morris, Bax and Eleanor Marx from its office in London.

Years
1885–1901
Location
London, United Kingdom
Also known as
Socialist League Office · Office of the Commonweal
Affiliation
The Socialist League of William Morris
Languages
English
Authority records
Wikidata · VIAF · GND
Sources
Wikipedia — Socialist League (UK, 1885); Marxists Internet Archive — Commonweal

Backlist

110188018901900Founded 1885Closed 19011885: 11 titles1886: 4 titles1887: 1 title1888: 1 title1890: 1 title1891: 1 title1892: 2 titles1900: 2 titles
Titles of Socialist League by year: 23 dated titles, 1885–1900, most in 1885 (11); 5 undated. Lines mark founded 1885 and closed 1901.
The figures by decade
DecadeTitles
1880s17
1890s4
1900s2
YearTitleAuthor(s)Language
1885Address to Trades' Unions✓
The Socialist Platform -- No.1
Socialist League. CouncilEnglish
1885Address to Trades' Unions. Issued by the Council of the Socialist League✓FreeErnest Belfort BaxEnglish
1885Chants for Socialists✓FreeWilliam MorrisEnglish
1885Constitution and Rules✓ — Adopted at the General Conference Held at Farington Hall, London, on July 5, 1885Socialist League (Great Britain : 1885)English
1885Constitution and Rules Adopted at the General Conference Held at Farringdon Hall, London, on July 5th, 1885✓—English
1885The Commonweal✓FreeSocialist League (Great Britain : 1885)English
1885The Factory Hell✓
The Socialist Platform -- No.3
Edward Bibbins AvelingEnglish
1885The Manifesto of the Socialist League✓ — Signed by Provisional Council at the Foundation of the League on 30th Dec. 1884, and Adopted at the General Conference, Held at Farringdon Hall, London, on July 5th, 1885Socialist League (London, England)English
1885The Unemployed and Rioting✓
Socialist Leaflets. - -- No. 8
Socialist League (Great Britain : 1885)English
1885Useful Work v. Useless Toil✓
The Socialist Platform -- No.2
William MorrisEnglish
1885Useful Work Versus Useless Toil✓Free
Socialist Platform, No. 2
William MorrisEnglish
1886A Short Account of the "Commune" of Paris, by L. Belfort Bax, Victor Dave and William Morris✓William Morris, Ernest Belfort Bax & Victor DaveEnglish
1886A Short Account of the Commune of Paris✓Free
The Socialist Platform
Ernest Belfort BaxEnglish
1886Organised Labour✓ — The Duty of the Trades' Unions in Relation to SocialismThomas BinningEnglish
1886Useful Work Versus Useless Toil✓FreeWilliam MorrisEnglish
1887Organized Labour✓Free — The Duty of the Trades' Unions in Relation to Socialism
CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series = CIHM/ICMH Collection de Microfiches -- No. 38384
Thomas BinningEnglish
1888True and False Society✓Free
The Socialist Platform -- No. 6
William MorrisEnglish
1890A Straight Talk to Working-Men✓—English
1891Monopoly; or, How Labour Is Robbed✓Free
Socialist Platform
William MorrisEnglish
1892Chants for Socialists✓FreeWilliam MorrisEnglish
1892Revolutionary Government✓Free — Translated from "La Révolté" and Reprinted from "the Commonweal."Peter KropotkinEnglish
1900Local Government and Socialist Plan✓
Forum Lecture Series -- No. 7
C. R. AttleeEnglish
1900The Break with Imperialism✓
Forum Lecture Series -- 4
J. F. HorrabinEnglish
n.d.Control of Finance and the Financiers
Forum Lecture Series -- 3
E. F. Wise & Socialist League (Great Britain : 1932)English
n.d.Fascism! — The Socialist AnswerJohn Thomas MurphyEnglish
n.d.Socialist Control of Industry
Forum Lecture Series -- 6
G. D. H. (George Douglas Howard) ColeEnglish
n.d.The Claim of the Unemployed
Forum Lecture Series -- 5
W. MellorEnglish
n.d.The Nazi Terror — A RecordH. N. BrailsfordEnglish