Socialist Press
1975-81

Socialist Press was published by the Workers Socialist League in the UK from 1975 through 1981. The origins of the WSL lie in the expulsion by the WRP of some 200 members in 1974, comprising the bulk of its industrial base in Cowley. This group, led by Alan Thornett, John Lister and Tony Richardson went on to form the WSL on the basis of a return to the method of Trotsky’s Transitional Programme, as they saw it.

The WSL quickly established a fortnightly, later weekly, newspaper, Socialist Press and maintained itself for six years until fusing with Matgamna’s International Communist League. Both groups by then operating within the Labour Party. The new organisation maintained the name WSL but Socialist Press fused with the broader paper Socialist Organiser.

Socialist Press scanned from original copies by the Splits & Fusions Project.

Digital archivist note: the reader will notice that there are many many issues missing from the full collection of Socialist Press, as of this writing, 109 out of a total the total of 254 issues are not yet scanned. We are working with the above noted Splits & Fusions web site and the Holt Labor Library's extensive collection of original paper to mitigate these gaps in our online collection. So far we have in our position close to 102 of the missing issues listed below and will slowly work on completing this important project. As issues become available and are scanned they will appear linked below.

Contents by Issue

No. 1, February 6, 1975
No. 2, February 20, 1975
No. 3, March 6, 1975
No. 4, March 20, 1975
No. 5, April 6, 1975
No. 6, May 1, 1975
No. 8, May 15, 1975
No. 10, June 12, 1975
No. 11, June 26, 1975
No. 13, July 24, 1975
No. 14, August 6, 1975
No. 15, August 22, 1975
No. 16, September 3, 1975
No. 18, October 1, 1975
No. 19, October 15, 1975
No. 20, October 29, 1975
No. 21, November 12, 1975
No. 22, November 26, 1975
No. 23, December 10, 1975
No. 24, December 13, 1975
No. 25, January 14, 1976
No. 26, January 28, 1976
No. 27, February 11, 1976
No. 28, February 25, 1976
No. 29, March 10, 1976
No. 30, March 24, 1976
No. 31, April 7, 1976
No. 32, April 21, 1976
No. 33, May 5, 1976
No. 34, May 19, 1976
No. 35, June 2, 1976
No. 36, June 16, 1976
No. 37, June 30, 1976
No. 38, July 14, 1976
No. 39, July 28, 1976
No. 40, August 11, 1976
No. 41, August 25, 1976
No. 42, September 8 , 1976
No. 43, September 22, 1976
No. 44, October 6, 1976
No. 45, October 20, 1976
No. 46, November 3, 1976
No. 47, November 27, 1976
No. 48, December 2, 1976
No. 49, December 25, 1976
No. 50, January 5, 1977
No. 51, January 19, 1977
No. 52, February 2, 1977
No. 53, February 16, 1977
No. 54, March 2, 1977
No. 55, March 16, 1977
No. 56, March 25, 1977
No. 57, March 30, 1977
No. 58, April 13, 1977
No. 59, April 27, 1977
No. 60, May 11, 1977
No. 61, May 25, 1977
No. 62, June 8, 1977
No. 63, June 22, 1977
No. 64, July 6, 1977
No. 65, July 20, 1977
No. 66, August 3, 1977
No. 67, August 17, 1977
No. 68, August 31, 1977
No. 69, September 14 , 1977
No. 70, September 28, 1977
No. 71, October 12, 1977
No. 72, October 26, 1977
No. 73, November 2, 1977
No. 74, November 9, 1977
No. 75, November 16, 1977
No. 76,November 23, 1977
No. 77, November 30, 1977
No. 78, December 7, 1977
No. 79, December 14, 1977
No. 80, December 21, 1977
No. 81, January 4, 1978
No. 83, January 18, 1978
No. 84, January 25, 1978
No. 85, February 1, 1978
No. 86, February 8, 1978
No. 87, February 15, 1978
No. 88, February 22, 1978
No. 89, March 1, 1978
No. 90, March 8, 1978
No. 91, March 15, 1978
No. 92, March 22, 1978
No. 93, March 29, 1978
No. 94, April 5, 1978
No. 95, April 12, 1978
No. 96, April 19, 1978
No. 97, April 20, 1978
No. 98, May 3, 1978
No. 99, May 10, 1978
No. 100, May 19, 1978
No. 101, May 24, 1978
No. 102, May 31, 1978
No. 103, June 7, 1978
No. 103, June 7, 1978 Supplement
No. 104, June 14, 1978
No. 105, June, 21, 1978
No. 106, June 28, 1978
No. 107, July 5, 1978
No. 108, July 12, 1978
No. 109, July 19, 1978
No. 110, August 2, 1978
No. 111, August 9, 1978
No. 112, August 16, 1978
No. 113, August 23, 1978
No. 114, August 30, 1978
No. 115, September 6, 1978
No. 116, September 13, 1978
No. 117, September 20, 1978
No. 118, September 27, 1978
No. 119, October 4, 1978
No. 120, October 11, 1978
No. 121, October 18, 1978
No. 122, October 25, 1978
No. 123, November 1, 1978
No. 124, November 8, 1978
No. 125, November 15, 1978
No. 126, November 22, 1978
No. 127, November 29, 1978
No. 128, December 6, 1978
No. 129, December 13, 1978
No. 130, December 20, 1978
No. 131, January 3, 1979
No. 132, January 10, 1979
No. 133, January 17, 1979
No. 134, January 24, 1979
No. 135, January 31, 1979
No. 136, February 7, 1979
No. 137, February 14, 1979
No. 138, February 21, 1979
No. 139, February 28, 1979
No. 140, March 7, 1979
No. 141, March 14, 1979
No. 142, March 21, 1979
No. 143, March 28, 1979
No. 144, April 4, 1979
No. 145, April 11, 1979
No. 146, March 18, 1979
No. 147, April 25, 1979
No. 148, May 2, 1979
No. 149, May 9, 1979
No. 150, May 16, 1979
No. 151, May 23, 1979
No. 152, May 30, 1979
No. 153, June 6, 1979
No. 154, June 13, 1979
No. 155, June 20, 1979
No. 156, June 27, 1979
No. 157, July 4, 1979
No. 157, July 18, 1979
No. 159, July 18, 1979
No. 160, August 1, 1979
No. 161, August 8, 1979
No. 162, August 15, 1979
No. 163, August 22, 1979
No. 164, August 29, 1979
No. 165, September 5, 1979
No. 166, September 12, 1979
No. 167, September 19, 1979
No. 168, September 26, 1979
No. 169, October 3, 1979
No. 170, October 10, 1979
No. 171, October 17, 1979
No. 172, October 24, 1979
No. 173, October 31, 1979
No. 174, November 7, 1979
No. 175, November 14, 1979
No. 176, November 21, 1979
No. 177, November 28, 1979
No. 178, December 5, 1979
No. 179, December 12, 1979
No. 180, December 19, 1979
No. 181, January 9, 1980
No. 182, January 16, 1980
No. 183, January 23, 1980
No. 184, January 30, 1980
No. 185, February 6, 1980
No. 186, February 13, 1980
No. 187, February 20, 1980
No. 188, February 27, 1980
No. 189 March 5, 1980
No. 190, March 12, 1980
No. 191, March 19, 1980
No. 192, March 26, 1980
No. 193, April 2, 1980
No. 194, April 9, 1980
No. 195, April 23, 1980
No. 196, April 30, 1980
No. 197, April 7, 1980
No. 198, May 14, 1980
No. 199, May 21, 1980
No. 200, May 28, 1980
No. 201, June 4, 1980
No. 202, June 11, 1980
No. 203, June 18, 1980
No. 204, June 25, 1980
No. 205, July 2, 1980
No. 206, July 9, 1980
No. 208, July 30, 1980
No. 209, August 6, 1980
No. 210, August 13, 1980
No. 211, August 20, 1980
No. 212, August 27, 1980
No. 213, September 3, 1980
No. 214, September 10, 1980
No. 215, September 27, 1980
No. 216, September 24, 1980
No. 217,October 1, 1980
No.218 , October 8, 1980
No. 219, October 15, 1980
No. 220, October 22, 1980
No. 221, October 1, part 1, 1980
No. 221, October 1, part 2, 1980
No. 222, November 12, 1980
No. 224, November 19, 1980
No. 225, November 26, 1980
No. 226, December 3, 1980
No. 227, December 10, 1980
No. 228, December 17, 1980
No. 229, January 7, 1981
No. 230, January 14, 1981
No. 231, January 21, 1981
No. 232, January28, 1981
No. 233, February 4, 1981
No. 234, February 11 1981
No. 235, February 18, 1981
No. 236, February 25, 1981
No. 229, January 7, 1981
No. 229, January 7, 1981
No. 239, March 18, 1981
No. 240, March 25, 1981
No. 241, April 1, 1981
No. 242, April 12, 1981
No. 244, April 23, 1981
No. 246, May 14, 1981
No. 247, May 21, 1981
No. 248, May 28, 1981
No. 249, June 4, 1981
No. 250, June 11, 1981
No. 251, June 18, 1981
No. 252, June 25, 1981
No. 253, July 2, 1981
No. 254, July 9, 1981

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