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Overview

Socialist Unity was a short-lived electoral coalition in the UK that the International Marxist Group (IMG) formed in the late 1970s in response to the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) contesting elections. Other members of the coalition included Big Flame and the Workers League. Tariq Ali was one of Socialist Unity’s unsuccessful electoral candidates. 

The group was named a main surveillance target in the SDS 1977 and 1978 annual reports but otherwise appears in very little reporting. However, Socialist Unity does appear in non-SDS police documents regarding counter-protests against the National Front during this period.

Source: Sean Mantgamna: The Left and Labour: Lessons from the 1979 General Election.

Reports

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Date
Originator
MPS-UCPI
Title
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0728981
SDS Annual Report 1977
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0728964
SDS Annual Report 1978, inc Home Office letter authorising continuation
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0748331
Police Briefing Notes for the National Front meeting and counter-demo in Southall on 22 and 23 April 1979
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0748289
Report on proposed National Front election meeting at Newham Town Hall on 25 April 1979
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0748318
Police Operation Order for Public Order Events on 28 April 1979, inc National Front and Socialist Unity demos
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0728963
SDS Annual Report 1979, inc Home Office letter authorising continuation

References

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Author(s)
Title
Publisher
Year
Sean Matgamna
The Left and Labour: Lessons from the 1979 General Election
Workers Liberty