''Justice'' was the weekly newspaper of the

Social Democratic Federation The Social Democratic Federation (SDF) was established as Britain's first organised socialist political party by H. M. Hyndman, and had its first meeting on 7 June 1881. Those joining the SDF included William Morris, George Lansbury, James ...

(SDF) in the

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. The SDF was the Democratic Federation until January 1884. With the name change the organisation launched the newspaper. The paper was initially edited by C. L. Fitzgerald, G. D. H. Cole, ''British Working-Class Politics, 1832-1914'', p.92 and later by

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, then

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for many years, and finally Henry W. Lee. It attempted to present scholarly ideas in a serious fashion, featuring work by

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and

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. After the SDF became the

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, in 1911, ''Justice'' continued as the weekly publication of that party, but in 1916, the group around ''Justice'' split away to form the National Socialist Party. The paper then became the organ of that party, which soon joined the Labour Party and renamed itself the Social Democratic Federation again. In 1925 ''Justice'' was renamed the ''Social Democrat'' and became a monthly. It was edited by William Sampson Cluse until its demise in 1933.

Editors

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:1913: Henry W. Lee :1923: Tom Kennedy :1929:

Walton Newbold John Turner Walton Newbold (8 May 1888 – 20 February 1943), generally known as Walton Newbold, was the first of the four Communist Party of Great Britain members to be elected as MPs in the United Kingdom. Biography Early years John Turner ...

:1931: William Sampson Cluse

References

External links

''Justice'' Internet Archive
at

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. Links to a large number of articles from ''Justice,'' 1884–1914. Retrieved October 1, 2009. Publications established in 1884 Publications disestablished in 1933 British Socialist Party Social Democratic Federation Socialist newspapers published in the United Kingdom 1884 establishments in the United Kingdom 1933 disestablishments in the United Kingdom {{UK-newspaper-stub