The Socialist Solidarity Network was a grouping of

socialists Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the eco ...

in the

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most of whom were former members of the

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. They supported the Socialist Alliance in

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and support the

Scottish Socialist Party The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP; gd, Pàrtaidh Sòisealach na h-Alba; sco, Scots Socialist Pairtie) is a left-wing political party campaigning for the establishment of an independent socialist Scotland. The party was founded in 1998. It c ...

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. The SSN's supporters included

Lesley Mahmood Lesley Elizabeth Mahmood is a British politician. She was active in Militant and Liverpool politics along with her brother Roy Farrar in the 1970s and 1980s. Mahmood was prominent in the Liverpool District Labour Party's campaign for more mon ...

, a long-time member of the Militant group, and Phil Hearse, former editor of ''

Socialist Outlook ''Socialist Outlook'' was the name of two publications edited by supporters of the Fourth International in Britain. ''Socialist Outlook (1948–1954)'' The first ''Socialist Outlook'' was the name of the newspaper published by the Socialist Fello ...

''. In 2002, the Network absorbed the Socialist Democracy Group. In 2003, launched the publication '' Socialist Resistance'' together with the

International Socialist Group The International Socialist Group (ISG) was a Trotskyist organisation in Britain. It was the British section of the Fourth International (FI) until 2009 when it dissolved into Socialist Resistance. Origin The ISG was the result of the 19 ...

. The group ceased to function in the 2000s, as SR transformed itself into the USFI section in Britain, effectively re-absorbing some people such as Phil Hearse, while others such as Lesley Mahmood and Mandy Baker were no longer involved.

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Socialist Resistance
Defunct Trotskyist organisations in the United Kingdom Scottish Socialist Party 2000s disestablishments in the United Kingdom {{UK-poli-stub