The Socialist League (or Forward Group ) was a Canadian Trotskyist group formed in 1974 by Ross Dowson and approximately twenty other former members of the League for Socialist Action after their faction was defeated at the 1973 LSA national convention. Dowson had previously been the leader of the LSA. The group published a newspaper, Forward and soon became better known as the "Forward Readers Group" or the "Forward Group".
13-557: Socialist League may refer to one of several organisations: Socialist League (Australia) Socialist League (Canada) Socialist League (Finland) Socialist League (Germany) Socialist League (Italy) Socialist League (Sweden) Socialist League (Venezuela) Socialist League (UK, 1885) , a split from the Social Democratic Federation associated with William Morris Socialist League (UK, 1932) ,
26-691: A "junior partner" participating in the oppression of the developing world. The Socialist League viewed its competitors on the left as extremists and ultra-leftists and was especially critical of their views on the New Democratic Party. The Socialist League was an entrist formation and supported full participation by socialists in the NDP where the LSA and particularly the Revolutionary Marxist Group were increasingly critical of
39-543: A larger proportion of the vote than in the previous election, although the party lost six seats due to the first-past-the-post electoral system. The party became the Official Opposition for the fourth time in its history. An Act was passed in 1986, providing for the Legislative Assembly to increase from 125 members to 130. The following changes were made: Those candidates not belonging to
52-575: A split from the Independent Labour Party associated with Stafford Cripps Socialist Action (UK) , founded 1982, originally officially known as the Socialist League Socialist League of Palestine Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Socialist League . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
65-474: A time Forward had influence in a few NDP riding associations such as in the suburban Toronto riding of Oriole where it helped Rebick win the NDP nomination for the 1987 Ontario election and nearby York Mills where Socialist League member Gord Doctorow was the NDP candidate in the 1985 Ontario election . The Socialist League remained aloof in 1977 when the RWL and LSA and its Quebec counterparts fused to form
78-566: The Revolutionary Workers League . The group grew initially through the 1970s and was able to recruit a number of student youth, particularly at York University but it declined through the 1980s and became largely inactive after Dowson suffered a stroke in 1989. Forward ceased publication in the mid-1980s, although the Left Caucus Bulletin continued to appear until the mid-1990s. Prominent members of
91-621: The NDP and came to support running their own candidates against NDP nominees in some ridings during provincial and federal elections. Instead, the Socialist League formed the Left Caucus within the NDP and worked to build a leftist tendency within the party. The Caucus' strategy was to ally with "centrists" within the NDP such as, in the mid-1980s, Judy Rebick with whom it participated in the Committee for an Activist Party. For
104-492: The Socialist League included Dowson, Harry Kopyto , Lois Bedard , Gord Doctorow , Alice Klein , Wayne Roberts , Michael Hollett and Ellie Kirzner . Klein, Roberts, Hollett and Kirzner left Forward in the late 1970s, and founded the alternative newspaper Now Magazine in Toronto . 1987 Ontario general election David Peterson Liberal David Peterson Liberal The 1987 Ontario general election
117-567: The co-operation of the Ontario New Democratic Party , led by Bob Rae , in a confidence and supply agreement. It was through the NDP's support that Peterson was able to form a government, even though the Progressive Conservative Party had won a slightly larger number of seats in the previous election . The PC Party, led by Larry Grossman , campaigned on a platform of tax cuts to stimulate
130-574: The economy. Its support continued to slide, as voters opted for the change that the Liberal-NDP arrangement provided, with Grossman losing his own seat. The PCs fell to 16 seats and third place in the legislature, their worst showing in an election in half a century. The NDP was unable to convince the bulk of voters that it should be given credit for the success of the Liberal government that it had supported. It nevertheless did receive more votes and
143-465: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Socialist_League&oldid=841960107 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Political party disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Socialist League (Canada) Dowson and his followers differed with
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#1732772222756156-721: The rest of the Trotskyist movement in Canada through their adoption of a Canadian economic nationalist perspective, influenced by the views of the Waffle , a Marxist tendency within the New Democratic Party (NDP) within which the LSA was active. They argued that Canada was an economic colony of the United States and thus an oppressed nation where other Marxists viewed Canada as a fully capitalist nation, if only
169-470: Was held on September 10, 1987, to elect members of the 34th Legislative Assembly of Ontario . The governing Ontario Liberal Party , led by Premier David Peterson , was returned to power with their first majority government in half a century, and the second-largest majority government in the province's history. Peterson had successfully managed to govern with a minority in the Legislature by obtaining
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