TheSocialist Union was a Britishpolitical party active from February 1886 to 1888.[1]
The group was formed bysocialists aroundC. L. Fitzgerald who left theSocial Democratic Federation (SDF) in protest at SDF leaderH. M. Hyndman's acceptance of money whichMaltman Barry had obtained from theConservative Party, in order to campaign against theLiberal Party. The group published a newspaper,The Socialist.[2] It succeeded in gaining the support of theBristol Socialist Society, but elsewhere, membership was small.
The group disbanded in 1887.James MacDonald, a prominent leader, rejoined the SDF, after Hyndman promised never again to accept money from bourgeois politicians.[2] Other notable members of the group included future Prime MinisterRamsay MacDonald.
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