Contains a photograph of a meeting of the Workers International League
Workers International League
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- Dates of Creation1942
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- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description1 item
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Administrative / Biographical History
The Workers' International League (WIL) was a Trotskyist group in Britain which formed in 1937 after a split by some of the members of the Militant Group formed in 1935 by Denzil Dean Harber. The split included Jock Haston and Ted Grant and the WIL remained affiliated with the Labour Party. They campaigned for the creation of workers' militias instead of the Home Guard and encouraged its members to go through the experience of war.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, fearing persecution some members including Tommy Reilly, Jock Haston, Gerry Healy, John Williams and George Noseda moved to Dublin, but the fears proved ungrounded and the group continued to be active. The Workers' International League and the Revolutionary Socialist League merged in March 1944 to become the Revolutionary Communist Party.
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Purchased from Porcupine Books, 16 Windsor Road, London, N7 6JG on 26 May 1998