Association of Socialist Greens

The Association of Socialist Greens was a political ginger group, often called a faction, ^{[1] [2]} founded by Derek Wall and others ^[2] following the Socialist Conference organised by Tony Benn in the year after the 1987 UK general election. ^{[3] [4]} It became involved in responses to attempts to organise the UK Green Party (now the Green Party of England and Wales) on more conventional lines in the 1980s.^{[ citation needed ]} It ran a newsletter known as The Way Ahead (Green newsletter) . ^[5] It later became the Socialist Green Federation. ^[6]

It is not affiliated with the more recently created Green Left, of which Wall is also a founding member.

References

1. Pepper, David (2003). Eco-Socialism: From deep ecology to social justice. Routledge. p. 51. ISBN   0-203-42336-4. ...and the Association of Socialist Greens, a lobby in the Green Party.
2. Coates, Ian (September 1997). Green Ideology in Theory and Practice: An Examination of Theories of Green Politics in Relation to a Sociological Investigation of the Worldview of Green Party Activists (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Bristol. p. 196. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
3. Webster, Philip; Fletcher, Martin (26 October 1987). "Kinnock is attacked by Labour left wing". The Times . p. 2.
4. "Interview with Hilary Wainwright" (PDF). Socialist Outlook . No. 17. Summer 1989. p. 11. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
5. Morrissey, John (Spring 1997). "How Green Was My Party?". Synthesis/Regeneration . No. 13. Archived from the original on 15 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
6. Hearn, Les (12 April 1990). "Green Party blues" (PDF). Socialist Organiser . No. 443. p. 2. Retrieved 26 November 2025– via Marxists Internet Archive.

See also

• Eco-socialism