The Militant Group was an early British

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group, formed in 1935 by

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, former leader of the entrist Marxist Group in the

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, as a separate

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group inside the Labour Party. Initially known as the Bolshevik-Leninist Group, the group was producing a bulletin ''Youth Militant'' in 1935 and a journal ''Militant'' by 1937; the group became known as the Militant Group and later the Militant Labour League the same year. The group was strengthened by an influx of

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n Trotskyists, including

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and Ralph Lee (Raphael Levy). However, allegations concerning Lee (relating to false rumours of misuse of strike funds in South Africa) prompted around ten members, including Grant, Lee,

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and

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to split in 1937 and form the Workers International League. In 1938, the Militant Group merged with the Revolutionary Socialist League, and the Revolutionary Socialist Party to form a new Revolutionary Socialist League, the official section of the

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in Britain.

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