Meet the Kent and Sussex Branch

Sunday, 10 September - 2:00pm

Sunday, 8 October - 2:00pm

Sunday, 12 November - 2:00pm

Sunday, 10 December  - 2:00pm

Venue: The Muggleton Inn (Wetherspoon). 8 High Street, Maidstone ME14 1HJ

            (Upon entering the premises a staircase to the left will be seen. Go up two flights and turn left again. You'll find us somewhere on the first floor.)

At its formation the members of the Socialist Party of Great Britain adopted an Object and Declaration of Principles which, without the need for any change, has remained the basis of membership of the party. Within that framework the party has worked consistently to make socialist principles known and to expose the many erroneous and dangerous theories that have attracted support among our fellow-workers.

The rule-book of the Socialist Party lays down a thoroughly democratic procedure for the conduct of party affairs. Control of policy is in the hands of the members; there are no leaders and never have been. A democraticd procedure has been maintained throughout the party’s existence and is a practical refutation of those who argue that all organizations must degenerate into bureaucratic rule. In fact, a democratic structure without leaders is the necessary form of any socialist party.

The people who formed The Socialist Party were working men and women. They had learnt that there was only one way by which the workers could gain their emancipation. That way was by establishing socialism, and that there were no short cuts to this objective. Bitter experience had taught them that the fatuous policies of "progressives," the blissful dreams of “humanitarians”, the patronising philosophising of "intellectuals," and the prolonged agony of reformism, were all alike - delusions and snares. Their experiences and studies in an earlier organisation had taught them three things: Socialism could only be established by a working class that understood what it involved and wanted it; that before socialism could be established the working class must take the powers of government out of the hands of the possessing class; and, finally, that the Socialist Party must follow an unswerving course based upon an understanding of the class struggle and its implications. Our exclusive aim is the emancipation of the working class by the establishment of socialism, and we welcome to our Party all who are prepared to help us in this work.