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The CWI was founded in 1974 by supporters of what was then called the Militant Tendency in Britain, Sweden, Ireland and several other countries. Until the early 1990s CWI sections persued a policy of entrism into social democratic or labour parties but this largely ended in the 1990s due to an analysis that these parties had become bourgeoisified and were no longer mass workers parties. This was strongly resisted by Ted GrantEdward (Ted) Grant (born July 9, 1913) is a Trotskyist politician. Born Isaac Blank in Germiston, South Africa, he was introduced to Trotskyism by a lodger at his parent's house, and by the Militant publication of the Communist League of America. In 1934,, Militant's founder, who was expelled (the CWI claims he was about to split) and formed the Committee for a Marxist InternationalThe Committee for a Marxist International is a Trotskyist tendency based on the ideas of Ted Grant and Alan Woods. Grant was the long time leader of the Militant Tendency in the British Labour Party until many of his supporters were expelled. At that poin.
Since their open turn CWI sections have, in a number of countries, run candidates under their own name electing Joe HigginsJoe Higgins (born 1949) is the Socialist Party's sole TD (member of the Irish Dail Eireann). As a socialist, Higgins promised to accept only a worker's wage and thus only accept half his salary donating the rest to the party and to socialist causes. Higgi to the Irish Dáil ÉireannDail Eireann is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland 1. Its powers are similar to those of lower houses under many other parliamentary systems. It meets, since 1922, in Leinster House in Dublin. Composition The current as the Socialist Party as well as several councillors in Britain, specifically in LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri and CoventryFor alternative meanings see: Coventry (disambiguation Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. With a population of 304,746 (2002 estimate), Coventry is the ninth largest city in England. General information Coventry h. The CWI also has elected members of national or regional legislatures or local councils in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands (members of the Dutch Socialist Party who are also CWI members) and in the ex- Soviet Union.
CWI members also played a leading role in founding the Scottish Socialist Party though, due to a split, leading SSP members such as Tommy Sheridan are no longer in the CWI.
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