The Movement for Socialism is an occasional grouping of socialists in the

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. It originated as one half of the major split in the Workers Revolutionary Party of 1985. Initially, both halves continued under the WRP name and both published a newspaper named '' The News Line'', originally named ''Workers Press''.

Workers' Revolutionary Party (Workers Press)

The group was initially led by

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and

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, but Banda left in 1986 to form the Communist Forum. ''Encyclopedia of British and Irish political organizations parties, groups'' By Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley
p.170 A further split occurred when the group's Bolshevik Faction left to form the International Socialist League in 1988. Following the transformation of the remaining group into Movement for Socialism, another split occurred with the departure of a group of supporters of the Workers International to Rebuild the Fourth International.

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{{Authority control Political parties established in 1985 Trotskyist organisations in the United Kingdom Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) 1985 establishments in the United Kingdom

Workers' Revolutionary Party (Workers Press)

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