Fabian Society | |
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| Abbreviation | FS |
| General Secretary | Andrew Harrop |
| Founded | 4 January 1884 |
| Membership | 8,000 |
| Political orientation | Social Democracy |
| Website | |
| fabians.org.uk | |
The Fabian Society is a British Social Democratic organisation that supports the Labour Party in an attempt to push their agenda through opportunism. The Fabian Society claims to be a 'socialist' organisation that wishes to rehabilitate capitalism through reformism, they do this by supporting imperialism and the bourgeoisie against the proletariat that they insist they wish to protect.[1]
History
The Fabian Society was founded on 4th January 1884 as an off-shoot of the Fellowship of the New Life.[2] The society's foundation was in 'social imperialism' in which they pushed socialism in words whilst pushing imperialism in actions.[1] At its foundation many members saw the British Empire as a potentially progressive force and espoused racist and antisemitic rhetoric as well as debating eugenics.[2]
Initially the FS attempted to influence the Conservative, and Liberal parties before participating in the formation of the Labour Party in 1900. Many early Labour politicians were Fabians including Prime Ministers Ramsay MacDonald, and Clement Atlee.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Lenin (1916). Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism: 'The critique of imperialism'.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Our History". Fabian Society.