The United Socialist Party (TUSP) was a British political organisation formed in 2004. The party was formed in

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by a number of former Liverpool Dockers who had been active in the

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of 1995–1997. Other leftist groups such as the

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, WIRFI and International Socialist League became involved and the party experienced ideological and organisational conflicts – as the Socialist Labour Party had before it – between those seeking a more

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version of the Labour Party and those aiming to found a multi-tendency

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party. TUSP stood in local elections between 2006 and 2008, retaining no deposits. From 2010 its role was taken to some extent by the similarly acronymed

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(Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) which emerged from the

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with which TUSP had been involved. Their website contains no new content since 2009 and the organisation appears to be moribund; however as recently as 2014 TUSC stated that a member of the United Socialist Party had stood for election as part of the coalition.

Publications

Periodicals

*''Unite'' *''Socialist Studies'' (2006–)

Pamphlets

*''Unite the Struggles! An Introduction to The United Socialist Party'' (2005)

References

External links

United Socialist Party
Defunct socialist parties in the United Kingdom Politics of Liverpool Political parties established in 2004 {{UK-party-stub