The Marxist Party was a tiny Trotskyist political party in the United Kingdom. It was formed as a split from

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's Workers' Revolutionary Party in 1987 by Gerry Healy and supporters including Vanessa and Corin Redgrave. At first, it was also known as the Workers Revolutionary Party, but it renamed itself later in the year. The party also maintained its own version of the International Committee of the Fourth International, although this was moribund by the late 1990s. After the death of Healy in 1989, the party declined, and in 1990 expelled a group which became the

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. The group, which called for support for the Liberal Democrats in the

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, published ''The Marxist'' magazine. They also famously owned Trotsky's death mask. In April 2004, the Marxist Party announced its dissolution. The Redgraves then announced the formation of a new group named the

Peace and Progress Party The Peace and Progress Party was a British political party founded by Vanessa and Corin Redgrave to campaign for human rights. Combining the Redgraves, formerly leading figures in the Workers' Revolutionary Party and the Marxist Party, with ot ...

, supporting liberal principles of human rights.

References

External links

Archived Marxist Party website as of 2002
{{Authority control International Committee of the Fourth International Marxist parties in the United Kingdom Political parties established in 1987 Political parties disestablished in 2004 Defunct Trotskyist organisations in the United Kingdom Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) 1987 establishments in the United Kingdom