A brief history of British Trotskyism
Posted by: John Phoenix
We reproduce an article published in Lalkar in 1986 in order to enlighten our readers about the history of the various Trotskyite counter-revolutionary outfits, some of whom have changed their names, the latest incarnation being the so-called Revolutionary Communist Party, which is being promoted by the ruling circles in opposition to the CPGB-ML.
With news of the expulsion from the Labour Party of members of the so-called Militant Tendency on an almost regular basis, it is timely to look at just what the history of Trotskyism has been in Britain since 1932. It was then that Reg Groves was expelled from the Communist Party of Great Britain and went off to form the ‘Balham Group’, Britain’s first Trotskyist organisation.
After about five years...










