The Association of Socialist Greens was a political ginger group, often called a faction, founded by
Derek Wall
Derek Norman Wall (born 26 May 1965) is a British politician and former member of the Green Party of England and Wales. He was the joint International Coordinator for the Green Party and stood against Prime Minister Theresa May as the Maidenhea ...
and others following the Socialist Conference organised by
Tony Benn
Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn (3 April 1925 – 14 March 2014), known between 1960 and 1963 as Viscount Stansgate, was a British politician, writer and diarist who served as a Cabinet minister in the 1960s and 1970s. A member of the Labour Party, ...
in the year after the
1987 General Election. It became involved in responses to attempts to organise the UK Green Party (now the
Green Party of England and Wales
The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW; cy, Plaid Werdd Cymru a Lloegr, kw, Party Gwer Pow an Sowson ha Kembra, often simply the Green Party or Greens) is a green, left-wing political party in England and Wales. Since October 2021, Carla ...
) on more conventional lines in the 1980s. It ran a newsletter known as ''
The Way Ahead (Green newsletter)''.
It is not affiliated with the more recently created
Green Left
The term green left refers primarily to a political affiliation that combines elements of green politics and left-wing politics in countries where the term is used. It is primarily a social justice and human rights oriented ideology, with an expa ...
, of which Wall is also a founding member.
Green Party of England and Wales
Political party factions in the United Kingdom
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